Daily Calendar for Sunday, April 22, 2029

Name: Daily Almanac Features
Start: 2029-04-22T00:00:00
End: 2029-04-22T23:59:59

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Ansel Adams (photographer) – 1984
Richard M. Nixon (37th U.S. president) – 1994
Erma Bombeck (humorist) – 1996
Pat Tillman (Former NFL player, was killed while serving as an Army Rangers soldier in Afghanistan. Tillman walked away from a $3.6 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals to join the military after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S.) – 2004

U.S. Proclamation of Neutrality issued – 1793
Sirius became first ship to complete trek across Atlantic solely by steam – 1838
First White House Easter Egg Roll – 1878
Every student in Nebraska City, Nebraska planted at least one tree in honor of the first official Arbor Day, which was founded by Julius Sterling Morton – 1885
Oklahoma land rush began – 1899
Symphony Society of N.Y. began first European tour by U.S. orchestra – 1920
Ray Keech drove 207,552 mph in the White Triplex car – 1928
Jacques Cousteau granted patent for diving apparatus – 1952
Lester Pearson inaugurated as prime minister of Canada – 1963
Doctors in Houston, Texas, performed the first substantial human eye transplant – 1969
The first Earth Day was celebrated in the United States – 1970
The Blues Brothers made their first appearance on Saturday Night Live – 1978
In Washington, D.C., the Albert Einstein memorial was unveiled on the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences – 1979
The Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, D.C. – 1993
Red Sox players Manny Ramirez, J. D. Drew, Mike Lowell, and Jason Varitek hit 4 consecutive home runs. This was a first in Red Sox history – 2007

It rained geese in Elgin, Manitoba, after 52 flying geese were struck by lightning. – 1932
Sixteen inches of snow fell in Sheridan, Wyoming – 1958
The Red River crested at 54.35 feet in Grand Forks, North Dakota – 1997