April 22, 1915: The First Major Use of Poison Gas in Modern warfare
German forces shock Allied soldiers along the western front
by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against
two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium.
April 22, 1954: McCarthy-Army Hearings Begin
Senator Joseph McCarthy begins hearings investigating the United States Army, which he charges with being "soft" on communism.
April 22, 1992: Sewers explode in Guadalajara
Dozens of sewer explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico, kill more than 200 people and damage 1,000 buildings.
BUT ...
As if to make up for all of that, the Fates saw to it that on
April 22, 1961: Tom Hilton was born!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TOM!
;-)
[Capsule history blurbs from HistoryChannel.com]
[That's all, folks]
Saturday, April 22, 2006
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