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)