04-22-2006, 07:14 AM
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April 22nd
1724 ~ Birthday of Immanuel Kant, Philosopher.
1870 ~ Birthday of Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary.
1889 ~ The Oklahoma Land Rush began.
1904 ~ Birthday of Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist.
1943 ~ Albert Hofmann wrote his first report about the hallucinogenic properties of LSD.
1970 ~ First Earth Day celebrated.
1984 ~ Death of Ansel Adams, Photographer.
1996 ~ Death of Erma Bombeck, Humorist & Writer.
1997 ~ A four-month siege of the Japanese embassy in Peru ended when commandos stormed and captured the building, rescuing 71 hostages. Interestingly, all 14 rebels died.
2000 ~ Federal agents seized six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida, and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, DC.
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