On this day

April 22nd.

1906 - 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece

1969 - 1st human eye transplant performed

1992 - Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico

Birthdays.

Gary Rhodes-50
Michelle Ryan-26

Birthdays.

Lee Majors-70
Roy Orbison-74
Shirley Temple Black-82

Born on this day in 1564-William Shakespeare.

1962 - 1st US satellite to reach the moon launched

1984 - AIDS-virus identified (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

1992 - McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China

1661 - Charles II was crowned King of England, completing the restoration of the monarchy. His father, Charles I, had been beheaded by Oliver Cromwell following the Civil War.

1968 - The first decimal coins appeared in Britain - the 5p and 10p pieces which replaced the 1 shilling and 2 shilling coins.

1990 - Charlie Wilson, the ‘silent man' of the Great Train Robbery (8th August 1963), was shot dead at his home near Marbella, Spain.

1900 - The first issue of the newspaper the Daily Express. It was founded by Arthur Pearson.

1953 - Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

1985 - The Coca-Cola Co. announced it was changing its secret formula for Coke. (Negative public reaction forced the company to revert to the original version.)

2005 - The first video was uploaded to YouTube.com.

1284 - The birth of King Edward II, who became the first heir-apparent to bear the title Prince of Wales. King from 1307, he ruled during a period of pestilence, famine and defeats at the hands of the Scots, and was eventually murdered.

1719 - Robinson Crusoe first appeared in paperback. Written by Daniel Defoe it was based partly on the story of Alexander Selkirk who was marooned on a Pacific island for four years.

1915 - World War I - 90,000 Australian, New Zealand, British and French forces began landing on the Gallipoli Peninsular to attack Turkish positions.

March 26th events.

1887 - Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity

1962 - Ariel 1 Launch (1st UK Satellite)

1981 - Largest US bank robbery (Tucson Arizona), more than $33 million stolen

1982 - Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island

1607 - Captain John Smith landed at Cape Henry, in Virginia with the first group of colonists who established a permanent English settlement in America.

1923 - The marriage of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later 'the Queen Mother') to the Duke of York (later King George VI) at Westminster Abbey in London. It was the first royal wedding at the abbey since 1383.

1986 - The world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere; at least 31 Soviets died immediately.

1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland.

1810 - Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.

1908 - 4th modern Olympic games opens in London

1984 - Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana