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Historical events & facts — April 22
What happened on April 22?
On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was held, convened by US Senator Gaylord Nelson after witnessing the damage from the Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969. Some 20 million Americans took to the streets. The event drove the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and key environmental protection laws. Today Earth Day is the largest civic event in the world.
On April 22, 1724, philosopher Immanuel Kant was born in Königsberg, Prussia — whose Critique of Pure Reason (1781) is considered one of the most influential works in the history of Western philosophy. Kant synthesised rationalism and empiricism, established the conditions of human knowledge and formulated the categorical imperative as the foundation of ethics. He led such a regular life that citizens set their clocks by his walks.
On April 22, 1994, former US President Richard Nixon died in Yorba Linda, California, at age 81. Nixon, the only president to resign in American history, did so in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal. However, his foreign policy — the opening to China (1972), détente with the USSR and the end of the Vietnam War — is considered by many historians as one of the most impactful legacies of the Cold War.
Notable birthdays — April 22
Famous people born on April 22
Fritz Mayer van den Bergh
Frédéric Henri Godefroid Émile Constantin (Fritz) ridder Mayer van den Bergh was a Belgian art collector and art historian.
Nicola Sacco
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists, controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a guard and a paymaster, during the April 15, 1920, armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States.
Kaneto Shindo
Kaneto Shindō was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note.
Sidney Nolan
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan was one of the leading Australian artists of the 20th century. Working in a wide variety of media, his oeuvre is among the most diverse and prolific in all of modern art. He is best known for his series of paintings on legends from Australian history, most famously that of Ned Kelly, the bushranger and outlaw.
Wolf V. Vishniac
Wolf Vladimir Vishniac was an American microbiologist. He was the son of photographer Roman Vishniac and the father of astronomer Ethan Vishniac. Educated at Brooklyn College and Stanford University, he was a professor of biology at the University of Rochester. He died on a research trip to the Antarctic attempting to retrieve equipment in a crevasse.
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