Historical Events for 22nd April 2023

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1500 - Pedro Álvares Cabral is the first european to discover Brazil, landing near Monte Pascoal, claims it for Portugal
1804 - Gioachino Rossini performs as a singer in Imola, Italy, aged only 12 years old
1871 - All German Jews emancipated after the German Constitution adopted by its last state Bavaria
1893 - Paul Kruger elected President of Transvaal for the third time
1971 - Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 10 launched
1981 - Almost 1 million West German metal workers go on strike
1991 - Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park
1993 - Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1993 - Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
2000 - The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom

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