April 22: Portugal Claims Brazil, Barbara Walters and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

On This Day in History April 22, 2020 Historical Events 1500  Pedro Álvares Cabral is the first european to discover Brazil, landing near Monte Pascoal, claims it for Portugal 1915  1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I 1976  Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor (Today Show) 1993  Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington, D.C. 1994  7,000 Tutsi slaughtered by Hutus in the stadium at Kibuye, Rwanda 2006  243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra. 2016  Paris Agreement on climate change signed in New York binding 195 nations to an increase in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Glen Campbell (1936 - 2017) Isabella I of Castile (1451 - 1504) Jack Nicholson 83rd Birthday Vladimir Lenin (1870 - 1924) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Anne Bonny (1702 - 1782) Richard Nixon (1913 - 1994) More Famous Deaths Weekly Quiz for April 20 - 26 What nationality was WWI figher ace The Red Baron? What was Elvis Presley's 1st #1 hit record? What country is the Chernobyl nuclear power station located in? Take the Quiz You Might Like Take Our Weekly Quiz You received this email because you opted in at our website, OnThisDay.com Update Your Preferences | Unsubscribe © 2020 OnThisDay.com 2 Acacia Place, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand