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National Earth Day April 22 | ||
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International Mother Earth Day April 22 | ||
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National Girl Scout Leaders Day April 22 | ||
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National Jelly Bean Day April 22 | ||
Also on April 22
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: יום העצמאות (IL)
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Yom HaAtzma’ut יום העצמאות holiday
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2016 — The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming
- 2014 — More than 60 people are killed and 80 are seriously injured in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province. ↗
- 2013 — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest and charge two men with plotting to disrupt a Toronto area train service in a plot claimed to... ↗
- 2008 — The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service. ↗
- 2005 — Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1993 — Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Australian footballer
- 1993 — Ngani Laumape, New Zealand rugby player
- 1992 — Kenny Stills, American football player
- 1992 — Joonas Vaino, Estonian basketball player
- 1992 — Dyro, Dutch DJ and EDM producer
🏀 Sports on this Date
- NBA: Portland Trail Blazers @ San Antonio Spurs — 00:00 Final
- MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 Final
- MLB: San Diego Padres @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 Final
- MLB: Toronto Blue Jays @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 Final
- MLB: Athletics @ Seattle Mariners — 01:40 Final
- MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 01:40 Final