FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2011

Today is Friday, April 22, the 112th day of 2011. There are 253 days left in the year.

687 B.C. ― Chinese record a meteor shower in Lyra

1056 ― Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye

1500 ― Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil and claims it for Portugal

1526 ― First slave revolt occurs in South Carolina

1659 ― Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament

1876 ― Tchaikovsky completes his ``Swan Lake" ballet

1915 ― First military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WWI

1944 ― Hitler and Mussolini meet at Salzburg

1969 ― First human eye transplant performed

1989 ― Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)