This Day in History Apr. 22

Apr. 22

1793 President George Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US
1809 Battle at Eckm?hl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl
1823 R J Tyers patents roller skates
1838 English steamship "Sirius" docks in NYC after Atlantic crossing
1861 Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces
1864 Coinage Act that mandates that, In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as US currency
1889 Oklahoma land rush officially starts
1898 1st Spanish-American War action USS Nashville, takes enemy ship
1898 Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry
1898 US President William McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors
1915 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany)
1915 2nd Battle of Ypres begins
1916 France battles at Fort Douaumont
1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right)
1943 German counter attack in North-Tunisia
1943 RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea
1944 Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea
1944 Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia area of New Guinea
1944 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters, the 1st use of helicopters in combat
1944 Hitler & Mussolini meet at Salzburg
1971 Soyuz 10 launched
1972 Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke ride on the Moon
1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth
1991 Intel releases the 486SX chip
1994 In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds is made

I was drafted into the Army on April 22, 1953. Our daughter was born at Ft Bragg NC when I was with the 82nd Airborne Div. Hal

My little sister was born in 1950. I stayed with an Aunt, and ate Cheerios for the first time. (I was kind of a corn flakes man)