Today is Thursday, April 22, the 112nd day of 2010. There are 253 days left in the year.
687 B.C. _ Chinese record a meteor shower in Lyra
1659 _ Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
1876 _ Tchaikovsky completes his ``Swan Lake" ballet
1906 _ Olympic games held in Athens are not accepted by the IOC
1914 _ Mexico ends diplomatic relations with U.S.
1915 _ First military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WWI
1952 _ First atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nev.
1970 _ Flat Earth celebrated
1983 _ Stern magazine announces major historical find _ discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolf Hitler (turned out to be a hoax)
1989 _ Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)