Today in History for 22nd April 2022:
Historical Events
1500 – Pedro Álvares Cabral is the first european to discover Brazil, landing near Monte Pascoal, claims it for Portugal
1898 – 1st Spanish–American War action sees the USS Nashville capture a Spanish ship
1903 – American Power Boat Association forms
1916 – Karl Spindler scuttles the Aud near Daunt’s Rock, to prevent its cargo of 20,000 rifles destined for Irish republicans falling into enemy hands
1993 – Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
2018 – Monte Carlo Tennis Masters: Rafael Nadal beats Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-2 to extend his Open-era record for most wins at the same event (11)
Famous Birthdays
1729 – Michael Hillegas, American merchant and first Treasurer of the United States (1775-89), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1804)
1909 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist (Nobel 1986), born in Turin, Italy (d. 2012)
1943 – Mel Carter, American pop singer (“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me”), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1948 – Carol Drinkwater, Anglo-Irish actress (Father, All Creatures Great and Small) and author (The Haunted School, Provence), born in London
1967 – Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and actress
1980 – Courtney Friel, presenter of World Poker Tour
Famous Deaths
1782 – Anne Bonny, Irish pirate, dies in prison at 85
1821 – John Crome [Old Crome], English landscape painter and etcher, dies at 52
1893 – Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor and academic, dies at 67
1982 – Melville Bell Grosvenor, American photographer and president of National Geographic Society, dies at 80
2006 – Alida Valli [Baroness Alida von Marckenstein-Frauenberg], Italian actress (The Paradine Case, The Third Man), dies at 84
2013 – Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist who opened the Woodstock Festival (“Freedom”; “Here Comes The Sun”), dies from a heart attack at 72