Today's Trivia and What Happened on April 22

What is next? 17, 25, 32, 37, ?

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47. Each number is the previous number plus the sum of its digits.
17 + (1+7) = 25, 25 + (2+5) = 32, etc.

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Quote: People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. - Darryl F. Zanuck

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Holidays

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Earth Day

Celebrating the Earth and environment. Earth Day was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom award in recognition of his work.

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McCarthy Hearings

April 22, 1954

Sen. Joseph McCarthy begins televised hearings of alleged Communist activity. He was accusing the U.S. Army of being soft on communism and the Army accused McCarthy and his chief counsel of improperly pressuring the Army for favorable treatment to an Army private who was a former McCarthy aide. Even though McCarthy was acquitted of these charges, his public approval ratings dropped considerably, with many people seeing him as unethical and a bully. He would be condemned by the U.S. Senate for his actions during his investigations into Communist activity.

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First Nationally-Televised Atomic Bomb Explosion

April 22, 1952

The U.S. explodes a bomb in Nevada, allowing the image to transmitted coast to coast.

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In God We Trust

April 22, 1864

U.S. Congress passes legislation authorizing the phrase "In God We Trust" on one-cent and two-cent coins.

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First Left-Handed Heavyweight Boxing Champ

April 22, 1994

Michael Moorer defeats Evander Holyfield for the title.

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Mexican Sewer Explosion

April 22, 1992

A Series of explosions in the Guadalajara, Mexico sewer system flattened buildings, hurled cars into air, and killed about a thousand people. Residents had been complaining of a strong gas-like odor and white smoke coming from the sewers for several days before the explosions. They were experiencing burning eyes, burning throats, and nausea. City workers found dangerously high levels of gasoline fumes. However, the city mayor did not feel it was necessary to evacuate the city because he felt that there was no risk of an explosion.
And investigation showed that new water pipes, made of zinc-coated iron, were built too close to an existing steel gasoline pipeline. The underground humidity caused these steel pipes to chemically react with the water pipes and corrode, creating a hole in the pipeline that permitted gasoline to leak into the ground and into the main sewer pipe. Normally, sewer pipes are built in a slope so that gravity helps move waste along. However, this sewer pipe had been recently rebuilt into a U-shape so that the city could expand its underground metro railway system. The city used an inverted siphon so that fluids could be pushed against gravity. However, while liquids were successfully pumped through, gases were not, and gas fumes built up, leading to the explosions.

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First Released Genetically Altered Virus

April 22, 1986

The first Genetically Altered Virus to be released into the environment is approved by the Department of Agriculture. It was to fight a form of herpes affecting swine.

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The Beatles

April 22, 1969

John Lennon changes his middle name from Winston to Ono.

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First Large-Scale Chemical Warfare

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First Large-Scale Chemical Warfare

April 22, 1915

German forces release 168 tons of chlorine gas, killing 5,000. This was during the World War I in the Second Battle of Ypres, western Belgium (April 22 - May 25).
The German chemist Fritz Haber proposed using heavier-than-air chlorine gas to clear trenches. He originally proposed using the more deadly phosgene gas, but not enough was readily available.
After the initial chlorine-gas attacks, Allied troops used masks of cotton pads soaked in urine to help neutralize the chlorine, until gas masks could be provided.

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First Light-Heavyweight Boxing Championship

April 22, 1903

Jack Root beats Charles "Kid" McCoy by points.

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First National League Game

April 22, 1876

Baseball's Boston Red Stockings beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5.

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Birthdays

Peter Frampton

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Peter Frampton

Born April 22, 1950

English guitarist, rock musician. His 1976 Frampton Comes Alive! is one of the all-time best-selling live pop albums. It was released following four unsuccessful solo albums. The songs "Show Me the Way", "Baby, I Love Your Way", and "Do You Feel Like We Do" were released as singles with all three reaching the Top 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also popularized the use of the talk-box musical sound effect.
The album also featured Bob Mayo (rhythm guitar, piano, Hammond organ, vocals), Stanley Sheldon (bass guitar, vocals), and John Siomos (drums).

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Jack Nicholson

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Jack Nicholson

Born April 22, 1937

American Oscar-winning actor. Film: Easy Rider (1969), The Last Detail (1973), Chinatown (1974), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, Oscar), The Shining (1980, "Here's Johnny"), and Batman (1989, The Joker).

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Aaron Spelling

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Aaron Spelling

Born April 22, 1923 d. 2006

American TV and film producer. TV: The Mod Squad (1968-73), Charlie's Angels (1976-81), The Love Boat (1977–86), Fantasy Island (1977-84), Dynasty (1981-89), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000, which starred his daughter Tori), and Melrose Place (1992–99).

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Neal Ball

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Neal Ball (Cornelius Ball)

Born April 22, 1881 d. 1957

American baseball shortstop. He made the first major-league unassisted triple play (1909).
Ball was playing shortstop for the Cleveland Naps when he caught a Boston Red Sox line drive, touched 2nd, and tagged the runner.
After his major league career, Ball coached for the minor league Baltimore Orioles, where he was assigned to train Babe Ruth, who had just come out of St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys.
An unassisted triple play occurs when a defensive player makes all three outs by himself in one continuous play, without his teammates making any assists.

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Vladimir Lenin

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Vladimir Lenin (Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov)

Born April 22, 1870 d. 1924

Russian revolutionary. Founder of the Soviet Union (1917).

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Byron Allen (Byron Allen Folks)

Born April 22, 1961

American comedian.

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Catherine Mary Stewart

Born April 22, 1959

Canadian actress. TV: Days of Our Lives (Kayla Brady).

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Marilyn Chambers

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Marilyn Chambers (Marilyn Ann Briggs)

Born April 22, 1952 d. 2009

American porn star. Film: Behind the Green Door (1972). She was the teenage mother on the Ivory Snow soap box. She also did spots for Pepsi and Clairol, had a minor role in The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), and was a Junior Olympics diver and gymnast.

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Glen Campbell

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Glen Campbell

Born April 22, 1936 d. 2017

American singer, five-time Grammy-winner. Music: Gentle on My Mind (1967), Wichita Lineman (1968), and Rhinestone Cowboy (1975). Film: True Grit (1969). TV: The Glenn Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969-72).

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Charlotte Rae (Charlotte Rae Lubotsky)

Born April 22, 1926 d. 2018

American actress. TV: Diff'rent Strokes (Edna) and Facts of Life (Edna).

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Ralph Byrd

Born April 22, 1909 d. 1952

American actor. Dick Tracy of the movies and TV series.

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Eddie Albert (Edward Albert Heimberger)

Born April 22, 1906 d. 2005

American actor. TV: Green Acres (Oliver Wendell Douglas).

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

Born April 22, 1904 d. 1967

American physicist. "father of the atom bomb." He predicted the existence of rapidly rotating neutron stars (1938), black holes (1939), and directed the lab that perfected the atom bomb (1943-45).

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Thomas Holden

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Thomas Holden

Born April 22, 1895 d. 1953

American criminal. He was the first person to make the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List (1950). He had killed his wife and her two brothers. He was apprehended and died in prison.
Holden and Francis Keating robbed payroll deliveries, trains, and banks, becoming one of the most notorious holdup teams by the end of the 1920s. They were captured and convicted in 1928 and each sentenced to 25 years in prison.
After two years, they escaped Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary and went on to form a new gang, committing a series of daylight robberies during 1930 and 1931. They were recaptured and returned to Leavenworth, where Holden was paroled in 1947. Two and a half years later, Holden killed his wife and two of her brothers during a drunken family argument.

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Immanuel Kant

Born April 22, 1724 d. 1804

German philosopher, founder of critical philosophy.

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Alexander VIII

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Alexander VIII (Pietro Vito Ottoboni)

Born April 22, 1610 d. 1691

Italian religious leader, 241st Pope (1689-91).

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Deaths

Richard Milhous Nixon

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Richard Milhous Nixon

Died April 22, 1994 b. 1913

American politician. 37th U.S. President (1969-74) and 36th U.S. Vice-President (1953-61).
An avid bowler, Nixon had a one-lane bowling alley built in the basement of the White House (1969).

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Ansel Adams

Died April 22, 1984 b. 1902

American photographer. Famous for his black and white photographs of the California's Yosemite Valley.

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Robert Morse

Died April 22, 2021 b. 1931

American Tony-winning actor. Broadway: How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962, Tony).

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Shirley Knight

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Shirley Knight (Shirley Knight Hopkins)

Died April 22, 2020 b. 1936

American Tony-Emmy-winning actress. TV: thirtysomething (1987-90, Hope's mother), and Desperate Housewives (2005-07, Bree Van De Kamp).

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Erin Moran

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Erin Moran

Died April 22, 2017 b. 1960

American actress. TV: Happy Days (1974-84, Joanie Cunningham), Joanie Loves Chachi (1982-83, Joanie Cunningham), and Daktari (1968-69, Jenny Jones).

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Linda Lovelace (Linda Susan Boreman)

Died April 22, 2002 b. 1949

American porn star. Film: Deep Throat (1972, one of the highest-grossing porn films of all time). In her biography Ordeal she claimed she was forced into porn performances by her abusive husband. In later life, she became an anti-pornography spokeswoman.

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Erma Louise Bombeck

Died April 22, 1996 b. 1927

American columnist, author. Quote: "Insanity is hereditary. You can catch it from your kids."

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Maggie Kuhn

Died April 22, 1995 b. 1905

American executive, founder of the Gray Panthers (1970).

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Earl "Fatha" Hines

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Father of Modern Jazz Piano

Earl "Fatha" Hines

Died April 22, 1983 b. 1903

American jazz pianist, "Father of Modern Jazz Piano." Music: My Monday Date (1928), Caution Blues (1928), Fifty-Seven Varieties (1928), and Rosetta (1933).

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Charles Middleton

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Charles Middleton

Died April 22, 1949 b. 1874

American actor. Film: Flash Gordon series (1936-40, Ming the Merciless).

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Lionel Atwill

Died April 22, 1946 b. 1885

British horror actor. Film: Doctor X (1932, title role), The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933, disfigured sculptor), and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943, Professor Moriarty).

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Sir Frederick Henry Royce

Died April 22, 1933 b. 1863

English auto maker. Co-founder of the Rolls-Royce automobile company (1904).

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Richard Mather

Died April 22, 1669 b. 1596

Puritan clergyman. Richard Mather, John Eliot and 28 other ministers created the Bay Psalm Book (1640), the first book printed in America in English.

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Died April 22, 1616 b. 1547

Spanish author. Writings: Don Quixote (1605).

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Saint Agapitus I

Died April 22, 536 b. ????

Italian religious leader, 57th Pope (535-536).

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Saint Caius

Died April 22, 296 b. ????

religious leader, 28th Pope (283-296).

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