April 22nd

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.

243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra.

Armed immigration agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives to reunite him with his father.

The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends after 126 days. The hero status of the Peruvian troops involved in the successful raid was later called into question when evidence of summary executions of captured insurgents emerged.

7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered by Hutu in the stadium at Kibuye, Rwanda.

Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington D.C.

A series of massive explosions destroys parts of Guadalajara. The disaster in the downtown district of Analco occurred after gasoline had leaked into the sewer system. At least 206 people died, nearly 500 were injured, and about 15,000 were left homeless.

Optical fiber is used for telephone transmissions for the first time. Fiber-optic technology allows sending information over long distances by means of light pulses. It has played an important role in the development of modern-day global communications.

The first Earth Day was observed.

Adolf Hitler admits defeat. The German dictator announced in the underground Führerbunker that he plans to commit suicide after learning that Soviet forces had entered Berlin.

1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I.

The 1906 Olympic Games begin in Athens. While the meet in practice was the second Olympic Games of the modern era, it is not recognized as such by the International Olympic Committee.

Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game in New York at Hilltop Park vs Washington Senators, lose 3-1 before 11,950.

The land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to settlers.

Congress authorized the inscription "In God We Trust" on coins minted as U.S. currency.

The Spanish poet Cervantes died in Madrid. (Some sources say April 23.).

Henry VIII became king of England.

Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal.