On this day: 22 April

Selected events and births on 22 April, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1622 – Anglo-Persian forces combined to capture the Portuguese garrison at Hormuz Island in the Persian Gulf. Read more: Anglo-Persian capture of Hormuz Hormuz Island Persian Gulf
• 1864 – U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the minting of the two-cent piece, the first U.S. coin to bear the phrase "In God We Trust". Read more: Coinage Act of 1864 Two-cent piece (United States) In God We Trust
• 1885 – The first meeting of the Colonial Defence Committee, a standing committee of the British Colonial Office, was held to discuss the defence of Barbados. Read more: Colonial Defence Committee Colonial Office
• 1918 – The short-lived Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was established on territory formerly part of the Russian Empire. Read more: Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic Russian Empire
• 2016 – The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, opened for signature and was signed by 175 parties. Read more: Paris Agreement Climate change List of parties to the Paris Agreement

Born on this day

• 1939 – Theodor Waigel, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Finance Read more: Theo Waigel Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)
• 1942 – Mary Prior, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bristol Read more: Mary Prior Lord Lieutenant of Bristol
• 1945 – Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Indian civil servant and politician, 22nd Governor of West Bengal Read more: Gopalkrishna Gandhi List of governors of West Bengal
• 1957 – Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland Read more: Donald Tusk Prime Minister of Poland
• 1960 – Mart Laar, Estonian historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia Read more: Mart Laar Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1988 – Dee Strange-Gordon, American baseball player Read more: Dee Strange-Gordon
• 1990 – Kevin Kiermaier, American baseball player Read more: Kevin Kiermaier
• 1990 – Eve Muirhead, Scottish curler Read more: Eve Muirhead
• 1991 – Danni Wyatt, English cricketer Read more: Danni Wyatt-Hodge
• 1994 – Chandler Stephenson, Canadian ice hockey player Read more: Chandler Stephenson
• 1997 – Grant Fisher, American runner Read more: Grant Fisher
• 2011 – Violet McGraw, American actress Read more: Violet McGraw

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / April 22 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.