* Astronomy

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RE: April 22nd

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The Colchester earthquake occurred on the morning of 22 April 1884 at 09:18
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1884_Colchester_earthquake

Chlorine gas was first used as a weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres on April 22, 1915.
http://chemicalweapons.cenmag.org/when-chemicals-became-weapons-of-war/

The Tsinghua College was established in Beijing, China, on 22 April 1911
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsinghua_University

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Soyuz 10 was launched on 22 April 1971 (world's first mission to the first space station)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_10

USA-212 was the first flight of the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 1, launched on 22 April 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-212

Launch of Ariane Flight VA201 with the Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn satellite payloads in 2011
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t16493240/yahsat-1a-satellite/

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John Anthony Llewellyn (22 April 1933 - 2 July 2013), was a Welsh-born former NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Llewellyn

Yelena Olegovna Serova (born April 22, 1976) is a Russian cosmonaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelena_Serova

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 - 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant

Wilhelm Schickard (22 April 1592 - 24 October 1635) was a German professor of Hebrew and Astronomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schickard

Sir Harold Jeffreys (22 April 1891 - 18 March 1989) was a mathematician and astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Jeffreys

Miguel Hurtado (born April 22, 1978 in Málaga, Spain) is a Spanish astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Hurtado

Robert Shirley Richardson (April 22, 1902 - November 12, 1981 was an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Richardson

Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 - February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48829491/julius-robert-oppenheimer-1904-1967/

Paul Charles William Davies, AM (born 22 April 1946) is an English physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t12340799/paul-davies/

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Invaders from Mars is a 1953 American science fiction film directed by William Cameron Menzies

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NGC 3244 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 22nd April 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57359196/ngc-3244/

NGC 3533 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 22nd April 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57359166/ngc-3533/

NGC 4828 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 22nd April 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57359162/ngc-4828/

NGC 4850 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 22nd April 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57359154/ngc-4850/

NGC 4865 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 22nd April 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57359148/ngc-4865/

NGC 4881 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 22nd April 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57359140/ngc-4881/

NGC 4883 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 22nd April 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57359133/ngc-4883/

NGC 4884 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 22nd April 1865
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t62971483/ngc-4884/

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Exoplanet PSR B1257+12 b was discovered on the 22nd April 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_B1257%2B12_A

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Meteorites

The Jackalsfontein (L6) meteorite fell in Western Cape, South Africa, on the 22nd April 1903.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53432255/jackalsfontein-meteorite/

The Kapoeta (Howardite) meteorite fell in South Sudan, on the 22nd April 1942.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53432273/kapoeta-meteorite/

The Sutter's Mill (carbonaceous chondrite) meteorite fell in northern California, on the 22nd April 2012
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48835760/sierra-meteor/