Historical Events for 22nd April 2024

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1164 - Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III
1793 - President Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US
1823 - Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London
1969 - Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 days of non-stop sailing to become the 1st person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
1977 - Shimon Peres becomes Acting Prime Minister of Israel
1983 - Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolf Hitler (turned out to be a hoax)
1986 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1992 - Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists
1993 - Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
2000 - In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida.

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