Sunday, April 22, 2012

TODAY IN HISTORY

APRIL 22
1889:At high noon, an estimated 50,000 people rush into the largely unsettled Indian Territory of present-day Oklahoma to occupy unclaimed homesteads. Countless towns are formed in a single afternoon.

1970: The first Earth Day, conceived of and promoted by Democratic Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, is held in the United States to raise environmental awareness.

1993: President Bill Clinton, Israeli President Chaim Herzog and Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel speak at the opening of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. The museum would open to the public four days later, with the Dalai Lama becoming the first visitor to the museum. Annually, more than 2 million people visit the museum and memorial to the millions of people murdered by the Nazis during World War II.

1978:John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd performed as The Blues Brothers on SNL.

1954:Army-McCarthy televised hearings begin.

1864:US mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")

1509:Henry VIII ascended to throne of England
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