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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22: National Earth Day: -- On March 21, 1970, the first Earth Day proclamation was issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco, and a sanctioned Proclamation was signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations that same day. Eddie Albert participated in the creation of Earth Day, who was born on the same calendar date, and spoke at one of its events in that year. A month later, on April 22, 1970, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day and celebrated it for the first time. Environmentalists held rallies in large cities around the country. The observance became a global event in 1990 and hasn't stopped since. An annual global campaign to promote ways to save the Earth, the organizers of Earth Day has since its inception promoted events educating the public about a variety of subjects including climate change; air pollution; water pollution; erosion; recycling; composting; renewable fuels and power; carbon footprints; efficient cars; rain forests and ecosystems. As citizens of the world, we can take actions protecting the Earth, its creatures and their habitats. Greener living can include more fuel-efficient vehicles or windows. It can also include landscaping for your climate reducing the amount of water required. To observe #NationalEarthDay, celebrate by engaging in Earth Day activities in your area. Ways to participate include: share your Earth Day experiences and join the conversation using #EarthDay on social media; support and use recycling programs in your community; volunteer to clean up local parks and streets on clean up days; support and frequent green businesses; use re-usable products versus disposable; repurpose items that have outworn their use; shop secondhand and thrift stores for gently used items; use energy-efficient appliances or line dry your clothes; walk or ride your bike to work if possible; carpool or make one trip instead of multiple trips for shopping; and encourage your favorite products to reduce packaging. "The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard." - Gaylord Nelson - Founder of Earth Day. Numerous green campaigns launch events around the globe each year. Join one near you or organize one that fits your community needs. Be sure to register the event, too! For example, check out One Square Inch of Silence. Founded on Earth Day in 2005, it encourages you to participate in expanding naturally silent spaces around the globe. n 1969, the concept of Earth Day was established at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/america-the-second-century-us-2nd-100-years-history-621006.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22: National Beagle Day: -- Floppy ears and soulful eyes, the beagle is man's best friend. Beagles were bred to be hunting dogs, but now they're some of the most popular pet dogs around. Beagle Day is essentially an opportunity for all beagle lovers to come together (in person or online) and share everything they love about beagles. Even though beagles are a very ancient dog breed, Beagle Day is a relatively modern creation. It was first officially recognized in 2017. Since then, it's grown each year, although it's still mainly an online event. It's also often used as an opportunity to raise the profile of beagles by fundraising for good causes. This is often done by special, beagle-themed events. For example, a Beagle Day walk means that beagles now hold the world record for the largest single-breed dog walk. The event featured a total of 1,029 beagles (and their human friends). Even though beagles are a very ancient dog breed, Beagle Day is a relatively modern creation. It was first officially recognized in 2017. Since then, it's grown each year, although it's still mainly an online event. Beagles often have a white tip on their tails, bred to help hunters spot them in the field. This feature made them invaluable in tracking game, especially in tall grass or dense forests. It's a unique characteristic not common in other breeds. Charles Darwin's ship, the HMS Beagle, is named after this beloved breed. The ship's expeditions, particularly the journey to the Galapagos Islands, laid the groundwork for Darwin's theory of evolution. "Snoopy", the iconic character from Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" comic strip, is one of the most famous Beagles. His imaginative, human-like antics helped shape a global appreciation for the breed's personality and charm. Apollo 10 (May 18-26, 1969), the second human spaceflight to orbit the Moon and the "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing two months later by Apollo 11, used the mission call signs "Snoopy" for the Lunar Landing Module (LM or LEM) and Charlie Brown for the Command Service Module (CSM), and each of these "Peanuts" characters became semi-official mascots of the mission (indeed, "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz also drew mission-related artwork for NASA). Beagles have around 220 million scent receptors, compared to humans' 5 million. Their brain prioritizes olfactory input, giving them an unparalleled ability to track scents, a skill used by customs agencies and search-and-rescue teams. Beagles are known for their "baying," a mix of barking and howling. This unique sound historically alerted hunters to their location and continues to be a hallmark of the breed today. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/outer-space-films-3-project-apollo-reaching-for-the-moon-dv3.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22: National Baseball Day: -- A reminder for people who enjoy the game to show some love and appreciation for the game, as well as the players, coaches and even the fans! The history of National Baseball Day can be traced back to the time in the mid-1800s when baseball made its way into the world via the United States. Likely modeled after an older British game called rounders, baseball has gone through many eras and iterations to become the American national pastime that it is today. From the time when the first professional league started in the late 1800s to today's version of baseball, this game has grown to be beloved by adults and children in various parts of the world. National Baseball Day dates back to 1964 when it was signed as a declaration by then US President Lyndon Johnson. Baseball's reach extends beyond the U.S., impacting sports worldwide. In Japan, it's a major sport, with high school tournaments like Koshien drawing national attention. Latin American countries, such as the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, have produced numerous MLB stars, showcasing the game's international appeal. Each MLB team boasts distinct traditions. The Milwaukee Brewers host the "Sausage Race," featuring mascots racing around the field. The New York Yankees' "Bleacher Creatures" conduct a spirited roll call of players each game. These customs enhance the fan experience and celebrate team heritage. In countries like Japan, fans attend games wearing team colors and participate in coordinated cheers. In the Caribbean, local leagues organize special matches, blending baseball with regional music and dance, creating a festive atmosphere. Many players adhere to rituals, like eating the same meal before games or avoiding stepping on foul lines. Some pitchers carry lucky charms in their pockets, believing these habits enhance performance. The seventh-inning stretch dates back to the 19th century. One theory suggests President William Howard Taft stood up to stretch during a game, prompting the crowd to follow. This pause became a standard practice in baseball games. During World War II, baseball provided morale boosts for both soldiers and civilians. Many MLB players served in the military, and exhibition games were held to support war bonds. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was also established to keep the sport alive during this period. Baseball has inspired numerous songs, poems, and artworks. The classic tune "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a staple at games. Artists like Norman Rockwell have captured baseball scenes, reflecting its cultural significance. A common myth is that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839. However, evidence suggests the game evolved from older bat-and-ball games like rounders and cricket. In Japan, the Koshien tournament is a high school baseball championship that garners nationwide attention, with rituals like teams bringing home soil from the field. In the Dominican Republic, baseball games are central to community festivals, accompanied by music and dance. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/when-baseball-went-to-war-baseball-and-its-players-during-wwii-mp4-dvd.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22: Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day: -- The day honors all Girl Scout volunteers working as leaders and mentors of these girls who at such ages need good guidance. Girl Scout leaders are adult volunteers in Girl Scouting and serve as guides and mentors. These selfless people help girls develop confidence, learn important skills, and introduce them to new experiences that set Girl Scouts on their way to achieving their potential. They make exceptional contributions to the development of the Girl Scout movement, serving as role models. Although their efforts are always appreciated, Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day has been set aside to publicly acknowledge the important roles they play. Girl Scouting in America started as the Girl Guide troop and was organized by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912. It was a meeting of 18 girls in Savannah, Georgia intending to give the United States and the world "something for all girls". Her goal was to bring girls in America out of their homes to serve their communities, experience the outdoors, and have the opportunity to develop their self-reliance and resourcefulness. Since its humble beginnings and to date, it has been an avenue for growth for girls. In late 1912, Juliette Low proposed a merge between the Camp Fire Girls and the Girl Guides but was rejected in January 1913 as the Camp Fire Girls was the larger group then. After the failure of the proposed merge, she tried to merge the organization with the Girl Scouts of America which was founded by Clara Lisetor-Lane in Des Moines, Iowa as she thought the similarities between both organizations would make it easier. This didn't go well however as Lisetor-Lane felt like Low copycatted her organization and threatened to sue. Lisetor-Lane's organization later crumbles due to a lack of financial resources. In 1913, the Girl Guides of America changed its name to Girl Scouts of the United States and moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C. The name was later changed on March 16, 1947, to its current form, Girl Scouts of the United States of America (G.S.U.S.A.). Today, more than 50 million American women have participated in Girl Scouts and through its membership in the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, G.S.U.S.A. represent over 10 million members in 146 countries. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/scouts-the-life-and-legacy-of-lord-badenpowell-dvd-mp4-us4.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22: National Pin-Up Day (National Pinup Day): -- Since the 1940s, pin-up has been an integral part of American culture. Pin-up refers to paintings, drawings, other illustrations, and photographs of models. A pin-up model is a model whose pictures are produced in mass and intended for informal display. They see the appeal in popular culture and have been delighting fans for a long time. The day comes with retro vibes that coincide with the origins of pin-up models. Most people, not just Americans, dress up in vintage or retro to celebrate the day. Pin-up models were fashion models, glamour models, or actresses whose pictures were for informal display. The pictures taken by these models are sometimes known as 'cheesecake photos.' 'Cheesecake' is American slang for scantily-clad, nude, or semi-nude women photos. The nineteenth-century woman's potential depended on her sexuality and level of visibility in the public sphere. People assumed that a woman's availability or sexuality was directly related to how public a woman was. The term 'pin-up' is attested to in English in 1941; however, the documented practice dates to the 1890s. People cut pin-up images out of newspapers, magazines, postcards, or lithographs. They mostly appear on walls, desks, or calendars. In the mid-twentieth century, posters of these images were mass-produced and popularized. Male pin-ups were less common than female pin-ups throughout the 20th century and were known as 'beefcake.' Pictures of male celebrities targeted women or girls in this period. Pin-up modeling has its origins in the theatre with burlesque performers. American burlesque is a variety show with elements of Victorian burlesque, music hall, and minstrel shows. It became popular in the late 1860s and slowly evolved to feature female nudity and blue comedy. In the late 1920s, the striptease element of burlesque overshadowed the comedy and became subjected to extensive local legislation. With legislatures coming down hard on them, it lost its popularity gradually in the 1940s. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/vintage-nude-photos-dvd-40000-pics-nudes-in-art-and-hi40000.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1707: #BOTD: #HBD! Henry Fielding, English magistrate, novelist, dramatist and playwright (d. October 8, 1754) is #born at Sharpham, Somerset, England. Known for his earthy humour and satire, he is best known as the author of the comic novel Tom Jones. He also holds a place in the history of law enforcement, having used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, which some have called London's first police force. The force originally numbered six men and was founded in 1749. Bow Street Runners was the public's nickname for the officers, "although the officers never referred to themselves as runners, considering the term to be derogatory". The Bow Street group was disbanded in 1839. Henry Fielding died in Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal at the age of 47 after a rapid deterioration in his health caused by gout, asthma, cirrhosis of the liver and other afflictions, reportedly in pain and mental distress. His tomb is in the British Cemetery (Cemiterio Ingles), the graveyard of St. George's Church, Lisbon. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/nbc-university-theater-of-the-air-otr-mp3-dv3.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1724: #BOTD: #HBD! Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic, one of the central Enlightenment thinkers, known as "The Father Of Modern Ethics", "The Father Of Modern Aesthetics", and by bringing together rationalism and empiricism, "The Father Of Modern Philosophy", whose comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology (the study the nature of knowledge, belief, and related issues), metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western philosophy (d. February 12, 1804) is #born in Konigsberg, Kingdom of Prussia (present-day Kaliningrad, Russia). In his doctrine of Transcendental Idealism -- a philosophical approach to knowledge that transcends mere consideration of sensory evidence and requires an understanding of the mind's innate modes of processing that sensory evidence -- Kant argued that space and time are mere "forms of intuition" that structure all experience, and that the objects of experience are mere "appearances". The nature of things as they are in themselves is unknowable to us. In an attempt to counter the philosophical doctrine of skepticism, he wrote the Critique of Pure Reason (1781/1787), his best-known work. Kant drew a parallel to the Copernican revolution in his proposal to think of the objects of experience as conforming to our spatial and temporal forms of intuition and the categories of our understanding, so that we have a priori (Latin: "from the earlier", i.e. (Latin: "that is", meaning "that is to say") knowledge is independent from any experience) cognition of those objects. These claims have proved especially influential in the social sciences, particularly sociology and anthropology, which regard human activities as pre-oriented by cultural norms. Kant believed that reason is the source of morality, and that aesthetics arises from a faculty of disinterested judgment. Kant's religious views were deeply connected to his moral theory. Their exact nature, however, remains in dispute. He hoped that perpetual peace could be secured through an international federation of republican states and international cooperation. His cosmopolitan reputation, however, is called into question by his promulgation of scientific racism for much of his career, although he altered his views on the subject in the last decade of his life. Immanuel Kant died in the city of his birth aged 79. The exact cause of Immanuel Kant's death is unclear, though we do know that he died after a prolonged illness, and that he suffered from dementia in his late years. His last words were "Es ist gut" (German: "It is good"). Originally, Kant was buried inside Konigsberg Cathedral, but in 1880 his remains were moved to a neo-Gothic chapel adjoining the northeast corner of the cathedral. Over the years, the chapel became dilapidated and was demolished to make way for Kant's mausoleum, which was built on the same location. When his body was exhumed, his skull was measured and found to be larger than the average German male's with a high, broad forehead. His forehead has been an object of interest ever since it became well known through his portraits. The tomb and its mausoleum are among the few artifacts of German times preserved by the Soviets after they captured the city. Today, many newlyweds bring flowers to the mausoleum. Artifacts previously owned by Kant, known as Kantiana, were included in the Konigsberg City Museum. However, the museum was destroyed during World War II. A replica of the statue of Kant that in German times stood in front of the main University of Konigsberg building was donated by a German entity in the early 1990s and placed in the same grounds. fter the expulsion of Konigsberg's German population at the end of World War II, the University of Konigsberg where Kant taught was replaced by the Russian-language Kaliningrad State University, which appropriated the campus and surviving buildings. In 2005, the university was renamed Immanuel Kant State University of Russia. The name change was announced at a ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Chancellor Gerhard Schroder of Germany, and the university formed a Kant Society, dedicated to the study of Kantianism. The university was again renamed in the 2010s, to Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/story-of-civilization-will-amp-ariel-durant-mp3-dvd-11-audiobo311.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1870: #BOTD: Vladimir Lenin, German/Swedish-Russian lawyer, communist revolutionary leader, politician, socialistist, Marxist, political theorist, founder of the Soviet Union who served as head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924 (d. January 21. 1924) is #born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in Simbirsk, Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ulyanovsk, Russia). Under Lenin's administration, Russia and then the wider Soviet Union became a one-party communist state governed by the Russian Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist, he developed political theories known as Leninism. Born to a wealthy middle-class family in Simbirsk, Lenin embraced revolutionary socialist politics following his brother's 1887 execution. Expelled from Kazan Imperial University for participating in protests against the Russian Empire's Tsarist government, he devoted the following years to a law degree. He moved to Saint Petersburg in 1893 and became a senior Marxist activist. In 1897, he was arrested for sedition and exiled to Shushenskoye for three years, where he married Nadezhda Krupskaya. After his exile, he moved to Western Europe, where he became a prominent theorist in the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). In 1903, he took a key role in a RSDLP ideological split, leading the Bolshevik faction against Julius Martov's Mensheviks. Encouraging insurrection during Russia's failed Revolution of 1905, he later campaigned for the First World War to be transformed into a Europe-wide proletarian revolution, which as a Marxist he believed would cause the overthrow of capitalism and its replacement with socialism. After the 1917 February Revolution ousted the Tsar and established a Provisional Government, he returned to Russia to play a leading role in the October Revolution, in which the Bolsheviks overthrew the new regime. Lenin's Bolshevik government initially shared power with the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, elected soviets, and a multi-party Constituent Assembly, although by 1918 it had centralised power in the new Communist Party. Lenin's administration redistributed land among the peasantry and nationalised banks and large-scale industry. It withdrew from the First World War by signing a treaty with the Central Powers and promoted world revolution through the Communist International. Opponents were suppressed in the Red Terror, a violent campaign administered by the state security services; tens of thousands were killed or interned in concentration camps. His administration defeated right and left-wing anti-Bolshevik armies in the Russian Civil War from 1917 to 1922 and oversaw the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921. Responding to wartime devastation, famine, and popular uprisings, in 1921 Lenin encouraged economic growth through the market-oriented New Economic Policy. Several non-Russian nations secured independence after 1917, but three re-united with Russia through the formation of the Soviet Union in 1922. In increasingly poor health, Lenin expressed opposition to the growing power of his successor, Joseph Stalin, before dying at his dacha in Gorki. Following his death in 1924, his body was embalmed and placed in a tomb on display in Moscow's Red Square and was viewed as a much venerated national shrine until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Widely considered one of the most significant and influential figures of the 20th century, Lenin was the posthumous subject of a pervasive personality cult within the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991. He became an ideological figurehead behind Marxism-Leninism and thus a prominent influence over the international communist movement. A controversial and highly divisive individual, Lenin is viewed by supporters as a champion of socialism and the working class, while critics on both the left and right emphasize his role as founder and leader of an authoritarian regime responsible for political repression and mass killings. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/vladimir-lenin-documentary-biography-dvd-mp4-video-download-usb-driv4.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1873: #BOTD: #HBD! Ellen Glasgow, American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize For The Novel in 1942 (d. November 21, 1945) is #born Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow in Richmond, Virginia. She was a lifelong Virginian who published 20 books including seven novels which sold well (five reaching best-seller lists) as well as gained critical acclaim. Glasgow portrayed the changing world of the contemporary South, differing from the idealistic escapism that characterized Southern literature after Reconstruction. Ellen Glasgow died in her sleep at home in Richmond, Virginia at age 72 and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, also in Richmond. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/long-shadows-dvd-legacy-of-the-american-civil-war.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1897: First Publications: -- The Forward publishes its first issue: a one-page sheet in Yiddish that cost a penny which carried reports from the Middle East war front, accounts of Cuban unrest, and stories of a steam-fitters' strike in New York. The headlines held an enormous amount of news and information. "From the Class Struggle: Locked Out Steamfitters are Holding Fast," blared one headline. "Enough Swinders!" declared another. With that one page, this Yiddish-language daily newspaper joined New York's immigrant presses. Through the leadership of founding editor, Abraham Cahan, by the 1930's The Forward became the voice of the Jewish immigrant with a circulation rivaling The New York Times. They've published continuously since that first issue in 1897. Since 1897 The Forward has gone through a lot of changes. In 1990 they started publishing in English, and changed over the years from a printed daily to a weekly magazine to the digital daily news they publish today. Throughout all of it, including the coronavirus pandemic, they have remained committed to fiercely independent coverage of news that matters to American Jews. That's what The Forward was founded on and it's what we still publish today. Help us celebrate 123 years of independent Jewish news! Donate 18.97 USD to celebrate the year of our founding and publishing traditions that continue for nearly a century and a quarter. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-forward-from-immigrants-to-americans-dvd-yiddish-newspaper.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1899: #BOTD: #HBD! Vladimir Nabokov, also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin, Russian-American novelist, poet, translator and entomologist (d. July 2, 1977) is #born Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His first nine novels were in Russian, but he achieved international prominence after he began writing English prose. Nabokov's Lolita (1955), his most noted novel in English, was ranked fourth in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels; Pale Fire (1962) was ranked 53rd on the same list, and his memoir, Speak, Memory (1951), was listed eighth on the publisher's list of the 20th century's greatest nonfiction. He was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction seven times. Nabokov was an expert lepidopterist (authority on moths and butterflies) and a composer of chess problems. Vladimir Nabokov died aged 78 in Montreux, Switzerland. The cause of death is uncertain; it was caused an infection by a virus, but which virus has not been publicly identified. His remains were cremated and buried at the Clarens cemetery in Montreux. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/franz-kafka39s-the-trial-dvd-1987-docum391987.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1904: #BOTD: #HBD! J. Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist and academic, wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is among those who are credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for their role in the Manhattan Project, the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons used in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (d. February 18, 1967) is #born Julius Robert Oppenheimer into a Jewish family in New York City. Julius Robert Oppenheimer was professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. After the war ended, Oppenheimer became chairman of the influential General Advisory Committee of the newly created United States Atomic Energy Commission. He used that position to lobby for international control of nuclear power to avert nuclear proliferation and a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union. After provoking the ire of many politicians with his outspoken opinions during the Second Red Scare, he suffered the revocation of his security clearance in a much-publicized hearing in 1954, and was effectively stripped of his direct political influence; he continued to lecture, write and work in physics. Nine years later, President John F. Kennedy awarded (and Lyndon B. Johnson presented) him with the Enrico Fermi Award as a gesture of political rehabilitation. Oppenheimer's achievements in physics included the Born-Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wave functions, work on the theory of electrons and positrons, the Oppenheimer-Phillips process in nuclear fusion, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling. With his students he also made important contributions to the modern theory of neutron stars and black holes, as well as to quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and the interactions of cosmic rays. As a teacher and promoter of science, he is remembered as a founding father of the American school of theoretical physics that gained world prominence in the 1930s. After World War II, he became director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Robert Oppenheimer died of throat cancer at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 62. A memorial service was held a week later at Alexander Hall on the campus of Princeton University. The service was attended by 600 of his scientific, political and military associates that included Bethe, Groves, Kennan, Lilienthal, Rabi, Smyth and Wigner. His brother Frank and the rest of his family were also there, as was the historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., the novelist John O'Hara, and George Balanchine, the director of the New York City Ballet. Bethe, Kennan and Smyth gave brief eulogies. Oppenheimer's body was cremated and his ashes placed in an urn. His wife took the ashes to St. John and dropped the urn into the sea, within sight of the beach house. The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in the Trinity test in New Mexico; Oppenheimer later remarked that it brought to mind words from the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/day-one-dvd-before-hiroshima-and-after-docudrama-2-disc2.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1906: #BOTD: #HBD! Eddie Albert, American actor and activist who participated in the creation of Earth Day, which is celebrated on the same calendar date as his birthday (d. May 26, 2005) is #born Edward Albert Heimberger was an American actor in Rock Island, Illinois. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; the first nomination came in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and the second in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid. Other well-known screen roles of his include Bing Edwards in the Brother Rat films, traveling salesman Ali Hakim in the musical Oklahoma!, and the sadistic prison warden in 1974's The Longest Yard. He starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s television sitcom Green Acres and as Frank MacBride in the 1970s crime drama Switch. He also had a recurring role as Carlton Travis on Falcon Crest, opposite Jane Wyman. Eddie Albert died of pneumonia on at the age of 99 in his home in Pacific Palisades, California. He is interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, next to his late wife and near his Green Acres co-star Eva Gabor. For contributions to the television industry, Eddie Albert was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6441 Hollywood Boulevard. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wwii-films-homefront-usa-dvd.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1915: The European Civil War: World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of World War I): The Eastern Front Of World War I: The Battle Of Humin-Bolimow (The Battle Of Bolimow): First Weapons Deployments: Chemical Weapons: Poison Gas: Chlorine Gas: -- The use of poison gas escalates when chlorine gas is released by the Germans as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle Of Ypres. The Second Battle Of Ypres was fought from April 22 to May 25, 1915 for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium after the First Battle Of Ypres the previous autumn. It was the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front. For the first time, a former colonial force (the 1st Canadian Division) defeated a European power (the German Empire) on European soil (in the battles of St. Julien and Kitcheners' Wood, engagements during the battle). Although the use of toxic chemicals as weapons dates back thousands of years, the first large scale use of chemical weapons was during World War I. They were primarily used to demoralize, injure, and kill entrenched defenders, against whom the indiscriminate and generally very slow-moving or static nature of gas clouds would be most effective. The types of weapons employed ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas, to lethal agents like phosgene, chlorine, and mustard gas. This chemical warfare was a major component of the first global war and first total war of the 20th century. The killing capacity of gas was limited, with about ninety thousand fatalities from a total of some 1.3 million casualties caused by gas attacks. Gas was unlike most other weapons of the period because it was possible to develop countermeasures, such as gas masks. In the later stages of the war, as the use of gas increased, its overall effectiveness diminished. The widespread use of these agents of chemical warfare, and wartime advances in the composition of high explosives, gave rise to an occasionally expressed view of World War I as "the chemist's war" and also the era where weapons of mass destruction were created. The use of poison gas performed by all major belligerents throughout World War I constituted war crimes as its use violated the 1899 Hague Declaration Concerning Asphyxiating Gases and the 1907 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited the use of "poison or poisoned weapons" in warfare. Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare and biological warfare, which together make up NBC, the military acronym for nuclear, biological, and chemical (warfare or weapons), all of which are considered "weapons of mass destruction" (WMDs). None of these fall under the term conventional weapons which are primarily effective due to their destructive potential. With proper protective equipment, training, and decontamination measures, the primary effects of chemical weapons can be overcome. Many nations possess vast stockpiles of weaponized agents in preparation for wartime use. The threat and the perceived threat have become strategic tools in planning both measures and counter-measures. The use of chemical weapons is prohibited under customary international humanitarian law. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-poisoned-winds-of-the-cold-war-chemical-weapons-dvd-mp4-usb-driv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Menuhin: A Family Portrait: Yehudi Menuhin Biography DVD, MP4, USB
Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1916: #BOTD: #HBD! Yehudi Menuhin, Jewish American-Swiss violinist and conductor, widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century (d. March 12, 1999) is #born in New York City to a family of Lithuanian Jews. Baron Menuhin, OM KBE was an American-born violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain. He played the Soil Stradivarius of 1714, considered one of the finest violins made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona (1644-1737), one of two Stradivari violins named after Belgian industrialist Amedee Soil. A product of Stradivari's golden period, it is considered one of his finest. The Soil was acquired by Yehudi Menuhin in 1950 and in 1986 by its current owner Itzhak Perlman, who played this instrument while recording the Cinema Serenade with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1997. This instrument is characterized by its brilliant red varnish and a two-piece maple back with the flames of the grain joined, descending from the edges toward the center. Yehudi Menuhin died in Martin Luther Hospital in Berlin, Germany, from complications of bronchitis, aged 82. He is buried at The Yehudi Menuhin International School in Stoke D'Abernon, Elmbridge Borough, Surrey, England. Soon after his death, the Royal Academy of Music acquired the Yehudi Menuhin Archive, which includes sheet music marked up for performance, correspondence, news articles and photographs relating to Menuhin, autographed musical manuscripts, and several portraits of Paganini. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/menuhin-a-family-portrait-dvd-yehudi-menuhin-documentary.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1919: #BOTD: #HBD! Bull Moose Jackson, African American blues and rhythm and blues singer and saxophone player who was most successful in the late 1940s, performer of dirty blues because of the suggestive nature of some of his songs, such as "I Want a Bowlegged Woman" and "Big Ten Inch Record" (d. July 31, 1989) is #born Benjamin Clarence Jackson in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1947, his recording of "I Love You, Yes I Do" reputedly became the first R & B single to sell a million copies, holding the number 1 spot on the R & B chart for three weeks and crossing over to the pop chart, where it reached number 24. He formed his own group, the Buffalo Bearcats, and over the next five years recorded in a wide variety of musical styles, including both romantic crooning and bawdy jump blues. His big hits in 1948 included the double-sided hit "All My Love Belongs to You" / "I Want a Bowlegged Woman", and his biggest R & B chart hit, "I Can't Go on Without You", which stayed at number 1 on the R & B chart for eight weeks. He also made an appearance in the 1948 film Boarding House Blues, with Millinder; Millinder had originally encouraged Jackson to sign a solo contract with Syd Nathan of King Records to play rhythm and blues. The first recording in his own right was "I Know Who Threw the Whiskey", in 1946, an answer song to Millinder's "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well". Millinder also had first recruited Jackson as a saxophonist, and the musicians in Millinder's band gave him the nickname "Bull Moose" for his appearance. He began singing when he was required to stand in for Wynonie Harris at a show in Lubbock, Texas, himself a pioneer of dirty blues. In 1949, Jackson covered "Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me", a song that been successful for Wayne Raney and also for several country-and-western performers. Jackson toured throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s. Around 1951, his band included the bebop composer and arranger Tadd Dameron on piano and Benny Golson, another jazz musician, on saxophone. Some of Jackson's later risque material, including "Big Ten Inch Record" and "Nosey Joe" (written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller), caused a sensation during live performances but were too suggestive for the radio, and few of the records were sold. However, his band faithfully played "Big Ten Inch Record" at every show. By the mid-1950s, Jackson was tired of touring and retired from music to work for a catering firm in Washington, D.C., although he occasionally still performed at private parties. In 1961, he re-recorded "I Love You, Yes I Do" with modern high-fidelity equipment and had a minor hit. Twenty years later, the Flashcats, a blues band that performed in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, regularly included "Big Ten Inch Record" in their performances. A local DJ reputedly told the Flashcats that he knew Bull Moose Jackson, and the band's frontman, Carl Grefensette, found him catering at Howard University. Grefensette convinced Jackson to perform with them, and they quickly became a sensation in western Pennsylvania. Jackson then made the Flashcats his backing band and began a revival of his career. He also recorded a comeback album, Moosemania! (1985). During the 1980s, Jackson, then in his 60s, had an extremely successful run performing in the United States and internationally. However, he fell ill with lung cancer in 1987 and retired from the touring circuit in the spring of 1988. An old girlfriend of his came back to care for him during his final illness. He died in Cleveland on July 31, 1989. Bull Moose Jackson died of lung cancer in the city of his birth, Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 70. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/boarding-house-blues-dvd-moms-mabley-dusty-fletcher-race-film.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Jean Shepherd Radio Shows All Known To Exist DVD, MP3 Download, USB
Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1922: #BOTD: #HBD! Charles Mingus, African American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader (d. January 5, 1979) is #born Charles Mingus Jr. in Nogales, Arizona into a family of German American, African American, and Native American ancestry. Charlie Mingus created compositions that retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop, drawing heavily from black gospel music and blues, while sometimes containing elements of Third Stream, free jazz, and classical music. He once cited Duke Ellington and church as his main influences. Mingus espoused collective improvisation, similar to the old New Orleans jazz parades, paying particular attention to how each band member interacted with the group as a whole. In creating his bands, he looked not only at the skills of the available musicians, but also their personalities. Many musicians passed through his bands and later went on to impressive careers. He recruited talented and sometimes little-known artists, whom he utilized to assemble unconventional instrumental configurations. As a performer, Mingus was a pioneer in double bass technique, widely recognized as one of the instrument's most proficient players. Nearly as well known as his ambitious music was Mingus's often fearsome temperament, which earned him the nickname "The Angry Man of Jazz". His refusal to compromise his musical integrity led to many onstage eruptions, exhortations to musicians, and dismissals. Because of his brilliant writing for midsize ensembles, and his catering to and emphasizing the strengths of the musicians in his groups, Mingus is often considered the heir of Duke Ellington, for whom he expressed great admiration and collaborated on the record Money Jungle. Indeed, Dizzy Gillespie had once claimed Mingus reminded him "of a young Duke", citing their shared "organizational genius.". Mingus' compositions continue to be played by contemporary musicians ranging from the repertory bands Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty, and Mingus Orchestra, to the high school students who play the charts and compete in the Charles Mingus High School Competition. Gunther Schuller has suggested that Mingus should be ranked among the most important American composers, jazz or otherwise. In 1988, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts made possible the cataloging of Mingus compositions, which were then donated to the Music Division of the New York Public Library for public use. In 1993, The Library of Congress acquired Mingus's collected papers - including scores, sound recordings, correspondence and photos - in what they described as "the most important acquisition of a manuscript collection relating to jazz in the Library's history". Charlie Mingus died in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where he had traveled for convalescence and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), at the age of 56. His ashes were scattered in the Ganges River. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/complete-jean-shepherd-radio-and-lp-collection-mp3-dvds-2-dis32.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Bettie Page Films 16 Video Collection DVD, Video Download, USB Stick
Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1923: #BOTD: #HBD! Bettie Page, known as the "Queen of Pinups", whose jet-black hair, blue eyes, and trademark fringe have influenced artists for generations, American model who gained a significant profile in the 1950s for her pin-up photos (d. December 11, 2008) is #born Betty Mae Page in Nashville, Tennessee. Bettie Mae Page (in childhood began spelling her first name "Bettie") lived in California in her early adult years before moving to New York City to pursue work as an actress. There, she began to find work as a pin-up model, and posed for dozens of photographers throughout the 1950s. Page was "Miss January 1955", one of the earliest Playmates of the Month for Playboy magazine. "I think that she was a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society," said Playboy founder Hugh Hefner to the Associated Press in 2008. In 1959, Page converted to evangelical Christianity and worked for Billy Graham, studying at Bible colleges in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, with the intent of becoming a missionary. The latter part of Page's life was marked by depression, violent mood swings, and several years in a state psychiatric hospital suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. After years of obscurity, she experienced a resurgence of popularity in the 1980s. Bettie Page died at age 85 after her family eventually agreed to discontinue life support in a Los Angeles hospital; her long-time frend and business agent Mark Roesler stated that Page had hospitalized in critical condition on December 6, and was quoted by the Associated Press as saying Page had a heart attack, as well as by Los Angeles television station KNBC as claiming Page had pneumonia. She is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Brentwood, California; her tombstone bears the heading "Queen of Pin-Ups". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/bettie-page-films-dvd-16-vide16.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Causes Of World War II Documentaries DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1930: The Aftermath Of World War I: The Interwar Years: Arms Control Treaties: Naval Treaties: Naval Arms Limitation: Naval Arms Limitation Treaties: Interwar Naval Arms Limitation: The London Naval Treaty (The Treaty For The Limitation And Reduction Of Naval Armament): -- The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. The Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, commonly known as the London Naval Treaty, recieved ratifications in London on 27 October 1930, and the treaty went into effect on the same day. It was registered in League Of Nations Treaty Series on February 6, 1931. The terms of the treaty were seen as an extension of the conditions agreed in the Washington Naval Treaty, an effort to prevent a naval arms race after World War I. In Japan, as a result of the ratification of the treaty, which limited the size of the Imperial Japanese Navy to a position significantly inferior to that of the US and UK both individually and collectively, a movement grew within the junior officer corps to overthrow the government, and to replace it with military rule. The result was The May 15 Incident, an attempted coup d'etat in the Empire Of Japan, on May 15, 1932, launched by reactionary elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy, aided by cadets in the Imperial Japanese Army and civilian remnants of the ultra nationalist League of Blood. Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated by 11 young naval officers. The following trial and popular support of the Japanese population led to extremely light sentences for the assassins, strengthening the rising power of Japanese militarism and weakening democracy and the rule of law in the Empire Of Japan, and ultimately lead to the Pacific War of World War II. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/causes-of-world-war-ii-documentaries-4-dvd-se4.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1936: #BOTD: #HBD! Glen Campbell, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, television host and actor, best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television from 1969 until 1972 (d. August 8, 2017) is #born Glen Travis Campbell in Delight, Arkansas. He released 64 albums in a career that spanned five decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album. Born in Billstown, Arkansas, Campbell began his professional career as a studio musician in Los Angeles, spending several years playing with the group of instrumentalists later known as "The Wrecking Crew". After becoming a solo artist, he placed a total of 80 different songs on either the Billboard Country Chart, Billboard Hot 100, or Adult Contemporary Chart, of which 29 made the top 10 and of which nine reached number one on at least one of those charts. Among Campbell's hits are "Universal Soldier", his first hit from 1965, along with "Gentle on My Mind" (1967), "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (1967), "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" (1968), "Wichita Lineman" (1968), "Galveston" (1969), "Rhinestone Cowboy" (1975) and "Southern Nights" (1977). In 1967, Campbell won four Grammys in the country and pop categories. For "Gentle on My Mind", he received two awards in country and western; "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" did the same in pop. Three of his early hits later won Grammy Hall of Fame Awards (2000, 2004, 2008), while Campbell himself won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He owned trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took the CMA's top award as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. Campbell played a supporting role in the film True Grit (1969), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. He also sang the title song, which was nominated for an Academy Award. Glen Campbell died of Alzheimer's disease in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 81. He is buried in the Campbell family cemetery in Billstown, Arkansas. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/classic-tv-music-amp-dance-shows-13-byrds-kingsmen-hondells-d13.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Little Shop Of Horrors Roger Corman Jack Nicholson DVD MP4 USB
Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1937: #BOTD: #HBD! Jack Nicholson, American actor, filmmaker, director, producer and screenwriter is #born John Joseph Nicholson in Neptune City, New Jersey. Jack Nicholson's career has spanned more than 60 years. He is known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including comedy, romance, and darkly comic portrayals of anti-heroes and villainous characters. In many of his films, he played the "eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter", someone who rebels against the social structure. His most known and celebrated films include the road drama Easy Rider (1969); the dramas Five Easy Pieces (1970) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); the comedy-dramas Little Shop of Horrors (1960), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Last Detail (1973), Terms of Endearment (1983), Prizzi's Honor (1985), As Good as It Gets (1997), and About Schmidt (2002); the neo-noir mystery Chinatown (1974); the horror film The Shining (1980); the biopic Reds (1981); the fantasy comedy The Witches of Eastwick (1987); the superhero film Batman (1989); the legal drama A Few Good Men (1992); the romantic horror film Wolf (1994); the science fiction comedy Mars Attacks! (1996); the comedy Anger Management (2003); the romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give (2003); and the crime drama The Departed (2006). He has also directed three films, including The Two Jakes (1990), the sequel to Chinatown. Nicholson's 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice: one for the drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and the other for the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets (1997). He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983). He is one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards, and is the only actor to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s. He has won six Golden Globe Awards and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In 1994, at 57, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. Nicholson had a number of high-profile relationships, most notably with Anjelica Huston and Rebecca Broussard, and was married to Sandra Knight from 1962 to 1968. He has five children: one with Knight, two with Broussard (including Lorraine Nicholson), and one each with Susan Anspach and Winnie Hollman. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-little-shop-of-horrors-roger-corman-jack-nicholson-dvd-mp4-us4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: War Props: The Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant DVD, MP4, USB Flash Drive
Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1943: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Mediterranean And Middle East Theater Of World War II (The Mediterranean Theater Of War) The Italian Campaign Of World War II (The Liberation Of Italy): Aviation: Military Aviation: Air Warfare Of World War II: -- A formation of 27 fully loaded Me 323s was being escorted across the Sicilian Straits by Messerschmitt Bf 109s of Jagdgeschwader 27 when it was intercepted by seven squadrons - Supermarine Spitfires (No. 1 Squadron SAAF) and Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks (No. 7 South African Wing). Of the 27 transports, only six reached their destination; the remaining 21 of the Me 323s were lost while three of the P-40s were shot down by the escorts. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/war-props-the-messerschmitt-me-323-gigant-dvd-mp4-usb-flash-d3234.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Choppers: Helicopter History TV Documentary Series DVD, Download, USB
Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1944: Aviation Firsts: Aviation: The History Of Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: The History Of The Helicopter: The History Of Military Helicopter: World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Asiatic-Pacific Theater: The China Burma India Theater (CBI) (The India-Burma Theaters [IBT]) : The South-East Asian Theater Of World War II: Air Warfare Of World War II: Air Warfare Of The Pacific War: -- The first use of helicopters in combat occurs when The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater. The Sikorsky R-4 was a two-seat helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky with a single, three-bladed main rotor and powered by a radial engine. The R-4 was the world's first large-scale mass-produced helicopter and the first helicopter used by the United States Army Air Forces, the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard and the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. In U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard service, the helicopter was known as the Sikorsky HNS-1. In British service, it was known as the Hoverfly. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/choppers-complete-13-part-tv-series-4-dvd-134.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1945: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Eastern Front Of World War II: The Great Patriotic War (The German-Soviet War): The Battle Of Berlin (The Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation, The Fall Of Berlin): The Fuhrerbunker (The Fuehrerbunker): -- After learning that Eberswalde, a major town in the German State of Brandenburg about 50 km northeast of Berlin (where the world's first radio concert was broadcast in 1923), had been taken by Soviet forces without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/hitler-the-final-chapter-the-fate-of-adolf-hitler39s-body-dvd-mp4-394.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1948: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Decolonization Of Asia: The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Mandatory Palestine: Intercommunal Conflict In Mandatory Palestine: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The 1947-1948 Civil War In Mandatory Palestine: The 1948 Palestine War: The Nakba (Arabic: An-Nakbah, "The Catastrophe"): Plan Dalet: The Battle Of Haifa (Operation Bi'ur Hametz [Hebrew: "Passover Cleaning"]): -- Haifa, a major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces. It was an operation planned and executed by the Haganah, a Jewish paramilitary organization in the British Mandate of Palestine (1921-48) which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Carried out on April 21-22 1948, the objective of the operation was the capture of the Arab neighborhoods of Haifa and was a major event in the final stages of the civil war in Palestine, leading up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was part of Plan Dalet, a Zionist military plan executed in the civil war phase of the 1948 Palestine war for the conquest of territory in Mandatory Palestine in preparation for the establishment of a Jewish state, and it was to be achieved by The Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Mandatory Palestine through their violent displacement and dispossession of land, property and belongings, along with the destruction of their society, culture, identity, political rights, and national aspirations; the policy and the term also describes the ongoing persecution and displacement of Palestinian people by Israel. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/exodus-the-birth-of-israel-dvd-history-of-zionism.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1950: Peter Frampton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, is #born Peter Kenneth Frampton in Beckenham, Kent, South East England. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. After the end of his 'group' career, as a solo artist, Frampton released several albums including his international breakthrough album, the live release Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold more than 8 million copies in the United States and spawned several hit singles. Since then he has released several other albums. He has also worked with Ringo Starr, the Who's John Entwistle, David Bowie and both Matt Cameron and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, among others. Frampton is best known for such hits as "Breaking All the Rules", "Show Me the Way", "Baby, I Love Your Way", "Do You Feel Like We Do", and "I'm in You", which remain staples on classic rock radio. He has also appeared as himself in television shows such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Madam Secretary. Frampton is known for his work as a guitar player, particularly with a talk box and his voice. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/rock-amp-roll-an-unruly-history-10-part-tv-series-mp4-video-download-104.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1952: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: Nuclear Warfare: Nuclear Weapons Testing: American Nuclear Warfare: Nuclear Weapons Testing: Operation Tumbler-Snapper: -- The first Live TV coverage of an atomic bomb blast occurs at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) Area 7, reported by Walter Cronkite on television station KTLA Channel 5 Los Angeles, and syndicated throughout the CBS television network. It was a free air drop of a Mark 4 nuclear bomb (Mk-4) that detonated at an elevation of 4,200 feet, and its purpose was a weapons development test. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/ktla-the-first-35-years-tv-channel-5-la-355.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1954: Anti-Communism In The United States: The Red Scare: The Second Red Scare: McCarthyism: The Army-McCarthy Hearings: -- Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy hearings begins. The Army-McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations (April-June 1954) to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. The Army accused Chief Committee Counsel Roy Cohn of pressuring the Army to give preferential treatment to G. David Schine, a former McCarthy aide and friend of Cohn's. McCarthy counter-charged that this accusation was made in bad faith and in retaliation for his recent aggressive investigations of suspected Communists and security risks in the Army. Chaired by Senator Karl Mundt, the hearings convened on March 16, 1954, and received considerable press attention, including gavel-to-gavel live television coverage on ABC and DuMont (April 22-June 17). The media coverage, particularly television, greatly contributed to McCarthy's decline in popularity and his eventual censure by the Senate the following December. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/crime-vs-uncle-sam-kefauver-syndicate-mccarthy-army-hearings-dvd.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1964: Grand Openings: World's Fair Openings: -- The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first of two seasons. The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair held over 140 pavilions, 110 restaurants, for 80 nations (hosted by 37), 24 US states, and over 45 corporations to build exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. The immense fair covered 646 acres (261 ha) on half the park, with numerous pools or fountains, and an amusement park with rides near the lake. However, the fair did not receive official sanctioning from the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) due to a heavily-publicized rules dispute between fair organizier Robert Moses and the BIE over time length, state fair frequency and fees. Hailing itself as a "universal and international" exposition, the fair's theme was "Peace Through Understanding", dedicated to "Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe". American companies dominated the exposition as exhibitors. The theme was symbolized by a 12-story-high, stainless-steel model of the earth called the Unisphere, built on the foundation of the Perisphere from the 1939 NYC fair. The fair ran for two six-month seasons, April 22 - October 18, 1964, and April 21 - October 17, 1965. Admission price for adults (13 and older) was 2 USD in 1964 (equivalent to 15.78 USD in 2017) but 2.50 USD (equivalent to 19.41 USD in 2017) in 1965, and 1 USD for children (2-12) both years (equivalent to 7.89 USD in 2017). The fair is noted as a showcase of mid-20th-century American culture and technology. The nascent Space Age, with its vista of promise, was well represented. More than 51 million people attended the fair, though fewer than the hoped-for 70 million. It remains a touchstone for many American Baby Boomers, who visited the optimistic fair as children before the turbulent years of the Vietnam War, cultural changes, and increasing domestic violence associated with the Civil Rights Movement. In many ways the fair symbolized a grand consumer show covering many products produced in America at the time for transportation, living, and consumer electronic needs in a way that would never be repeated at future world's fairs in North America. Many major American manufacturing companies from pen manufacturers, to chemical companies, to computers, to automobiles had a major presence. This fair gave many attendees their first interaction with computer equipment. Corporations demonstrated the use of mainframe computers, computer terminals with keyboards and CRT displays, teletype machines, punch cards, and telephone modems in an era when computer equipment was kept in back offices away from the public, decades before the Internet and home computers were at everyone's disposal. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-1964-new-york-world39s-fair-fil196439.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll DVD, MP4 Video Download, Flash Drive
Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1966: Aesthetics: The Performing Arts: Music: Music History: Music Of The United States: The History Of Rock And Roll (Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll, Rock 'N' Roll, Rock 'N Roll, Rock N' Roll): Record Releases: -- The Troggs' single "Wild Thing" is released. On June 25, 1966, the single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and on July 30, 1966, it reached number one, where it remained for two weeks. In Canada, the single (Fontana 1548) reached number two on the RPM magazine charts on August 8, 1966; it would reach number two on the UK Singles Chart at the same time. Their version of "Wild Thing" was ranked at number 257 on the Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and in 2019, their version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. "Wild Thing" was written by American songwriter Chip Taylor, an American songwriter and singer also noted for writing "Angel Of The Morning", younger brother of actor Jon Voight and geologist Barry Voight, paternal uncle of actress Angelina Jolie and former actor James Haven. It was originally recorded and released by the American rock band the Wild Ones in 1965, but it did not chart. The Troggs recorded the song after their manager Larry Page recommended it, recalling later that it was "so weird and unusual that we just had to record it". "Wild Thing" has also been performed by many other musicians. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-golden-age-of-rock-39n39-roll-dvd-complete-tv-series-5-39395.html

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Today, April 22, 2026

April 22, 1978: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War In The Carribean: The War On Drugs: Jamaican Political Conflict: The One Love Peace Concert (OLPC): -- Bob Marley, after a 14 month exile from Jamaica, returns to play along with The Wailers a large concert at The National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica during a political civil war in Jamaica between the opposing parties of The Jamaican Labour Party and The People's National Party. The concert came to its peak during Bob Marley & The Wailers' performance of "Jamming", when Marley joined the hands of political rivals Michael Manley (PNP) and Edward Seaga (JLP). The Jamaican Political Conflict is a long-standing feud between right-wing and left-wing elements in the country, often exploding into violence. The Jamaican Labour Party and the People's National Party have fought for control of the island for years and the rivalry has encouraged urban warfare in Kingston. Each side believes the other to be controlled by foreign elements; the JLP is said to be backed by the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the PNP is said to have been backed by the Soviet Union and Cuba. After he was elected Prime Minister of Jamaica in 1972, Michael Manley pursued a socialist agenda intended to redistribute wealth by nationalizing the country's major export industries. His agenda proved to be financially unsustainable, as his policies deterred foreign investment in Jamaica. Manley was also aggressively opposed by the CIA and American business interests, as had happened to similar reformist governments in Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and multiple other countries throughout the Americas. Beginning in 1974, he was also opposed by the more conservative Edward Seaga of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), and the two politicians hired local gangsters to help them increase their hold on power. Ironically, the idea for the One Love Peace Concert came from two such gangsters from rival political factions, who happened to be locked up in the same jail cell together and who both wanted to alleviate the violence. Claudius 'Claudie' Massop (JLP) and Aston 'Bucky' Marshall (PNP) decided that the best means to bring the country together was to use music as a uniting factor and organize a major concert. Quickly realizing that Bob Marley, living in exile in London, was a critical element upon which their success depended, Massop flew to London after being released from jail to convince Marley to perform at the event. Marley accepted the invitation, and the concert was Marley's first performance in Jamaica since the "Smile Jamaica" concert held days after he was shot in 1976. The One Love Peace Concert brought together 16 of Reggae's biggest acts, and was dubbed by the media as the "Third World Woodstock", "Bob Marley plays for Peace" and simply, "Bob Marley Is Back." The concert attracted more than 32,000 spectators with the proceeds of the show going towards "much needed sanitary facilities and housing for the sufferahs in West Kingston." The concert was kicked off at exactly 5:00 PM with a message from Asfa Wossen, the crown prince of Ethiopia, praising the concert organizers' efforts to restore peace in Jamaica. This introduction to the event is important in illustrating the growing prevalence of the Rastafari movement in everyday Jamaican culture. The concert was divided into two halves, with the first half devoted to showcasing some of Reggae's newer talent, and the second half devoted to the more established artists. Jacob Miller energetically launched the second half of the concert, during which time Edward Seaga and Michael Manley got to their seats. The highlight of Miller's performance came when he "leaped onto the field with lighted spliff herb and offered it to a police man, donned the lawman's helmet, jumped back onto the stage and continued the number as he paraded the herb." Alternatively, Peter Tosh took the opportunity during his performance to berate the two political leaders sitting directly in front of him for their positions against legalizing marijuana. His set lasted 66 minutes, and Tosh spent almost half of that time denouncing the problems prevalent in society. At around 12:30 AM, Bob Marley took the stage to perform some of his biggest hits. The climax came during his performance of Jammin' when he called both Manley and Seaga to the stage, and in a symbolic gesture, the three held up their hands together to signify their unity. Bob Marley said the following as he called the two politicians onstage, and while he held their hands above his head and said while improvising on "Jammin'": "Just let me tell you something (yeah), to make everything come true, we gotta be together. (Yeah, yeah, yeah) and through the spirit of the Most High, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, we're inviting a few leading people of the slaves to shake hands...To show the people that you love them right, to show the people that you gonna unite, show the people that you're over bright, show the people that everything is all right. Watch, watch, watch, what you're doing, because I wanna send a message right out there. I mean, I'm not so good at talking but I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. Well, I'm trying to say, could we have, could we have, up here onstage here the presence of Mr. Michael Manley and Mr. Edward Seaga. I just want to shake hands and show the people that we're gonna make it right, we're gonna unite, we're gonna make it right, we've got to unite. The moon is right over my head, and I give my love instead. The moon was right above my head, and I give my love instead." Unfortunately, the event did little to quell the political violence. The event's two organizers, Claude Massop and Bucky Marshall were both killed within two years after the concert. The following election year in 1980 would see 889 reported murders in Jamaica, over 500 more than the previous year. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/bob-marley-and-the-wailers-dvd-1986-documen1986.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Terry And The Pirates Movie Serials Audio/Video MegaSet DVD, MP4, USB
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22: National Terry Day: --- Celebrates all the men and women named Terry, both a masculine and feminine first name. It's derived from the French Thierry, but may also be a short form of Theresa, Terrell, or Terrence. Sometimes it's spelled as Teri, as in the case of actress Teri Hatcher. In some instances, Terry is a surname, as seen with American cartoonist and founder of Terrytoons Paul Terry, and English soccer player John Terry. With over 550,000 people named Terry in the United States alone, it's clear this is one of the most famous names in the country. The name Terry has roots in various languages, including French, German, Greek, Roman, and even ancient Gaelic and Anglo cultures. Many notable figures have borne this name through the years. Author Terry Pratchett is undoubtedly the most famous of them all. Born Terence David John Pratchett on April 28, 1948, he was an only child bullied for having a speech impediment. Growing up, Pratchett developed a keen interest in astronomy, was an avid member of his school's debate society, and wrote short stories for the school newspaper. Believing he lacked the intelligence to become an astronomer, Pratchett delved into the world of science fiction, becoming enamored with the genre. His first book, "The Carpet People," was published in 1971, but it wasn't until the 1990s that it became trendy among fantasy readers. His next book, "The Color of Magic," came out in 1983 and was the first in his now-famous "Discworld" series. By the mid-90s, Pratchett was a U.K.s bestselling author, with a cult following. He received a knighthood in 2009 for his services to literature. Closer home, Terry Alan Crews found success on the gridiron and the T.V. screen. During his career in the N.F.L., Crews played as a defensive end and linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, and Washington Redskins. Despite his massive frame, he was constantly getting cut from rosters. In 1997, Crews retired from the N.F.L. to pursue a career in Hollywood. His first big break came in the movie "Friday After Next" (2002), followed by his famous role in "White Chicks" (2004). After an appearance in "The Longest Yard" (2005), Crews landed the part of Julius Rock in the comedy "Everybody Hates Chris," making it his most prominent role and getting prime exposure on primetime T.V. He cemented his place as a bonafide comedy actor with no formal training. https://store.earthstation1.com/4-disc-terry-and-the-pirates-movie-serials--radio-series-dvd4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Shrimpenstein 1960s Horror Children's TV Show DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22: National Jelly Bean Day: -- We're all for cutting back on sugar - but let's start tomorrow. We still have plenty of Easter candy on hand! They first appeared in the popular press after the turn of the century. Sugar, corn syrup., starch and lots of color. Their look is part of the appeal, and yes, their egg-like shape make them the perfect Easter treat. Grab go a handful - Your dentist need never know! Who doesn't love an excuse to eat as many sweets as they want without feeling bad about it? Well, that's what National Jelly Bean Day is all about. After all, how are you going to celebrate the jelly bean properly if you don't have a good helping of them? Jelly beans are one of the most popular types of candies around the world. They come in many different vibrant colors, with flavors that are just as exciting! A lot of restaurants give their customers some jelly beans with their receipt as well. We're sure you get just as excited as us when you see the bill arrive with some colorful sweet treats! Jelly Beans have a long history, reaching back further than their association with Easter and, in fact, the Easter Bunny. In the mid-1800's, the Jelly Bean was developed, bringing these flavorful rainbows into our lives and much joy with them. It is thought that the original bean was inspired by the sweet candy known as Turkish delight, comprised of rich fruit and powdered sugar. Perhaps the development was someone trying to find a less messy and more portable version of this already popular treat. Jelly Beans have had a surprisingly deep influence on our culture, with the term expanding beyond meaning a simple delicious candy. The term Jelly Bean has been used to describe simple multi-use electronics equipment in the Electronics Industry, as well as the odd but distinctly American use in the 1910's. During this time Jelly-Bean was often used to describe a youth who dressed in the latest style to catch the eye of young women, but beyond that had little to offer those who took the bait. One of the most well-known uses of Jelly Beans is in the hugely successful Harry Potter series, wherein we can find the devilish and untrustworthy "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean". A rather adventurous assortment of Jelly Beans where the flavors could literally be anything you imagine. While some of these flavors haven't translated into real life, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean is indeed a product you can buy, with such flavors as Earwax, Vomit, and more. Certainly not for the faint of heart. https://store.earthstation1.com/shrimpenstein-1960s-horror-childrens-tv-show-dvd-mp19604.html

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Today, April 22, 2026
April 22: April Showers Day: -- A sometimes fond, sometimes cautious observance of the rainstorms that occur in the Northern Hemisphere during April, are known as April showers. Heavy rain downpours are common at this time due to the direction of the jet stream, which goes north and creates large depressions to bring rain and strong winds from the Atlantic Ocean. This occurrence is commemorated on April Showers Day when people look out for rain. The reason for April Showers Day being celebrated on April 22 is unknown. The term "April Showers" is well-known in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It essentially describes the heavy and rapid rain showers that are typical of April weather in the northern hemisphere, particularly in the British Isles, and are caused by the jet stream's northward movement. Winter in the Northern Hemisphere lasts from the December solstice, which occurs on December 21 U.T.C., through the March equinox, which occurs on March 20 U.T.C. As temperatures rise in Western New York, the last bit of snow melts and turns to rain, igniting the beginnings of flowers and plants blooming in the area. The smallest possibility of rain in the U.K. this year falls between April 21 and April 27. The average sliding 31-day rainfall in April is also quite low, ranging from 1.3 to 1.8 inches (between 3.3 to 4.6 centimeters). The saying "March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers" was first documented in English-speaking countries in 1886. And the shorter, trochaic variant "April showers bring May flowers," originally "Sweet April showers/Do spring May flowers," was part of a poem published in 1610. The phrase is mentioned in the General Prologue of "The Canterbury Tales." So this April Showers Day, get out your umbrella and rain shoes and let's stand outside to witness an amazing downpour - don't forget your raincoat! https://store.earthstation1.com/natural-disasters-dvd-earthquakes-floods-tornados-hurricanes.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Road To Brown: Battle Against Plessy v Ferguson DVD Download USB
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 1950: #DOTD: #RIP: Charles Hamilton Houston, prominent African American lawyer, Dean of Howard University Law School, and NAACP first special counsel, or Litigation Director (b. September 3, 1895) #dies of a heart attack in the city of his birth of Washington, D.C. at the age of 54. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, Houston played a significant role in dismantling Jim Crow laws, especially attacking segregation in schools and racial housing covenants. He earned the title "The Man Who Killed Jim Crow". Houston is also well known for having trained and mentored a generation of black attorneys, including Thurgood Marshall, future director of the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund and appointed as Supreme Court Justice. He recruited young lawyers to work on the NAACP's litigation campaigns, building connections between Howard's and Harvard's university law schools. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-road-to-brown-battle-against-plessy-v-ferguson-dvd-download-usb.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Night That Panicked America: War Of The Worlds DVD, Download, USB
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 1978: #DOTD: #RIP: Will Geer, American actor, musician, and social activist, who was active in labor organizing and other movements in New York and Southern California in the 1930s and 1940s, best known for his role as the grandfather figure Zebulon Walton in the TV series The Waltons until his death (b. March 9, 1902) #dies at age 76 at Midway Hospital in Los Angeles, California of respiratory arrest following a respiratory ailment, shortly after completing the sixth season of The Waltons; the death of his character was written into the show's script. His final episode, the last episode of the 1977-1978 season, depicted his being reunited with his onscreen wife Esther (played by Ellen Corby; she had been absent for the entire season, due to a stroke). His character was mourned onscreen during the first episode of the 1978-1979 season, titled "The Empty Nest". Will Geer was born William Aughe Ghere in Frankfort, Indiana. In California, he befriended rising singer Woody Guthrie, and they both lived in New York for a time in the 1940s. He was blacklisted in the 1950s by Hollywood after refusing, in testimony before Congress, to name persons who had joined the Communist Party. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-night-that-panicked-america-dvd-war-of-the-worlds-broadcast.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Armed Forces Radio Presents Jubilee! WWII Radio DVD, MP3 Download, USB
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 1983: #DOTD: #RIP: Earl Hines, also known as Fatha Hines, African American jazz pioneer, pianist and bandleader, one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano (d. December 28, 1903) #dies of a heart attack in Oakland, California, aged 79. As he had wished, his Steinway was auctioned for the benefit of gifted low-income music students, still bearing its silver plaque: PRESENTED BY JAZZ LOVERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THIS PIANO IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD AND EXPRESSES THE GREAT GENIUS OF A MAN WHO HAS NEVER PLAYED A MELANCHOLY NOTE IN HIS LIFETIME ON A PLANET THAT HAS OFTEN SUCCUMBED TO DESPAIR. Hines is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California. Earl Hines was born Earl Kenneth Hines in Duquesne, Pennsylvania. Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, a member of Hines's big band along with Charlie Parker, wrote "If it hadn't been for Earl Hines blazing the path for the next generation to come, it's no telling where or how they would be playing now. There were individual variations but the style of the modern piano came from Earl Hines.". Jazz pianist Lennie Tristano said, "Earl Hines is the only one of us capable of creating real jazz and real swing when playing all alone.". Jazz pianist Horace Silver said, "He has a completely unique style. No one can get that sound, no other pianist.". Jazz pianist Erroll Garner said, "When you talk about greatness, you talk about Art Tatum and Earl Hines.". Jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie said that Hines was "the greatest piano player in the world.". https://store.earthstation1.com/armed-forces-radio-presents-jubilee-otr-jazz-music-mp3-dv3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Rock & Roll An Unruly History 10 Part TV Series MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 2013: #DOTD: #RIP: Richie Havens, African American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. January 21, 1941) #dies in Jersey City, New Jersey of a heart attack at the age of 72. The BBC referred to him as a "Woodstock icon", while Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young said Havens "could never be replicated". The Daily Telegraph stated Havens "made an indelible mark on contemporary music", while Douglas Martin of The New York Times reported that Havens had "riveted Woodstock". Pursuant to Havens's request, he was cremated, and his ashes were scattered from the air over the original site of the Woodstock Festival, in a ceremony held on August 18, 2013, the 44th anniversary of the festival's last day. Richie Havens was born Richard Pierce Havens in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. Haven' music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He is best known for his intense and rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), protest songs, soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. https://store.earthstation1.com/rock-amp-roll-an-unruly-history-10-part-tv-series-mp4-video-download-104.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Choppers: Helicopter History TV Documentary Series DVD, Download, USB
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 1944: World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Pacific Ocean Theater Of World War II: The South West Pacific Area (SWPA): The New Guinea Campaign: The Landing At Aitape (Operation Persecution): -- Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) at Aitape on northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The amphibious landing was undertaken simultaneously with the landings at Humboldt and Tanahmerah Bays to secure Hollandia to isolate the Japanese 18th Army at Wewak. Operations in the area to consolidate the landing continued until May 4, although US and Japanese forces fought further actions in western New Guinea following a Japanese counter-offensive that lasted until early August 1944. Aitape was subsequently developed into an Allied base of operations and was used by Australian forces throughout late 1944 and into 1945 during the Aitape-Wewak campaign. https://store.earthstation1.com/choppers-complete-13-part-tv-series-4-dvd-134.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Know Your Enemy: Japan WWII Frank Capra + The Samurai MP4 Download DVD
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 2005: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Asian-African Conference (Indonesian: Konferensi Asia-Afrika) (The Afro-Asian Conference): The Asian-African Summit 2005 (The Golden Jubilee Of The Asian-African Conference 1955): War Apology Statements Issued By Japan: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's April 22, 2005 War Apology Statement: -- Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record during The Pacific War during World War II in an address at The Asian-African Summit 2005 on the occassion of The Golden Jubilee Of The Asian-African Conference 1955 (The Afro-Asian Conference, The Bandung Conference). Koizumi said: "Japan squarely faces these facts of history in a spirit of humility. And with feelings of deep remorse and heartfelt apology always engraved in mind, Japan has resolutely maintained, consistently since the end of World War II, never turning into a military power but an economic power, its principle of resolving all matters by peaceful means, without recourse to using of force. Japan once again states its resolve to contribute to the peace and prosperity of the world in the future as well, prizing the relationship of trust it enjoys with the nations of the world." Official war apology statements have been issued by Japan regarding war crimes committed by the Empire of Japan during World War II beginning in the 1950s, and have continued; as recently as August 15, 2020, at a memorial ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the war dead, Emperor Naruhito expressed "deep remorse" over Japan's wartime past and he stated "I earnestly hope that the ravages of war will never again be repeated". Despite this, controversies remain regarding these apologies regarding the former enemies of the Empire Of Japan, especially with regard to Japan's use of the word "owabi" (Japanese: "Apology") in such apologies rather than shazai (Japanese: "Apology"). For example, The Washington Coalition For Comfort Women Issues rebuffed the use of the word owabi rather than shazai in Japanese apologies, saying that the expression "in most cases means a sense of apology slightly weightier than 'Excuse me' [in English]". However, in a paper published by Jeffrey Mok and Mitsuhiro Tokunaga, this is attributed to a mistranslation and misunderstanding of the word owabi. "The use of owabi was clearly appropriate in its formality and degree of imposition. Both the authoritative dictionaries from Beijing Waiguoyu Xuexiao Japanese-Chinese Dictionary and Iwanami Japanese-Chinese Dictionary categorized owabi as a formal and weighty apologetic word. It was also commonly used as an official and formal way of apology and carried the same degree of regret as other formal forms of apologetic words such as shazai, shinsha and chinsha. It was also noted that shazai use was limited to print and was rare. Both owabi and chinsha were commonly used as an official and formal apologetic expressions and neither was considered weaker than the other." ========= (2024: #JC Kaelin here: it's clear to me, after several decades of reviewing the matter, that these apologies, as far as the Japanese government is concerned, are sincere; having personally witnessed the lack of contrition on the behalf of some Japanese ciitizens and institutions on this matter, I have likewise witnessed just as much and more understanding and sincere regret of the same by other Japanese citizens and institutions -- and time marches on.) https://store.earthstation1.com/know-your-enemy-japan-1945-frank-capra-wwii-film-dvd-mp19454.html

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Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 1994: #DOTD: #RIP: Richard Nixon, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (b. January 9, 1913) #dies at 9:08 p.m. at 81 years of age at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, New York of cerebral edema (excess fluid in the brain) with his daughters at his bedside. Richard M. Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. He served as vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953-61, then made an unsuccessful run for the presidency, narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy. Nixon ran for governor of California in 1962 and lost. He then told reporters he was leaving politics. Real Audio 1:27 However, he re-emerged in 1968 and ran a successful presidential campaign against Hubert Humphrey. He won re-election by a landslide in 1972, but resigned two years later amid impeachment proceedings resulting from the Watergate scandal. https://store.earthstation1.com/richard-nixon-reflects-dvd-morton-kondracke-interview.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Adolf Hitler: Man And Myth Documentary DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 1983: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): Hoaxes: The Hitler Diaries (German: Hitler-Tagebucher): -- The German magazine Stern claims the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries. The Hitler Diaries (German: Hitler-Tagebucher) were a series of sixty volumes of journals purportedly written by Adolf Hitler, but forged by Konrad Kujau between 1981 and 1983. The diaries were purchased in 1983 for 9.3 million Deutsche Marks (2.33M Pounds Sterling or 3.7M USD) by the West German news magazine Stern, which sold serialisation rights to several news organisations. One of the publications involved was The Sunday Times, who asked their independent director, the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, to authenticate the diaries; he did so, pronouncing them genuine. At the press conference to announce the publication, Trevor-Roper announced that on reflection he had changed his mind, and other historians also raised questions concerning their validity. Rigorous forensic analysis, which had not been performed previously, quickly confirmed that the diaries were fakes. Kujau, born and raised in East Germany, had a history of petty crime and deception. In the mid-1970s he began selling Nazi memorabilia which he was smuggling from the East, but found he could raise the prices by forging additional authentication details to link ordinary souvenirs to the Nazi leaders. He began forging paintings by Hitler and an increasing number of notes, poems and letters, until he produced his first diary in the mid- to late 1970s. The West German journalist with Stern who "discovered" the diaries and was involved in their purchase was Gerd Heidemann, who had an obsession with the Nazis. When Stern started buying the diaries, Heidemann stole a significant proportion of the money. Kujau and Heidemann spent time in prison for their parts in the fraud, and several newspaper editors lost their jobs. The story of the scandal was the basis for the films Selling Hitler (1991) for the British channel ITV and the German cinema release Schtonk! (1992). https://store.earthstation1.com/adolf-hitler-man-and-myth-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Eagle And The Bear: The Korean War 2 Part Series MP4 Download DVD
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 1951: Korea: The History Of Korea: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Korean Conflict: The Korean War: The Chinese Spring Offensive (Chinese: Zhongguo Chunji Gongshi) (The Chinese Fifth Phase Offensive [Chinese: Di Wu Ci Zhanyi): -- The Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) mobilize three field armies totaling 700,000 men to conduct their largest offensive operation since their Second Phase Offensive in November and December 1950, aimed at permanently driving the United Nations Command (UN) forces off the Korean peninsula. The offensive's first thrust fell upon the units of US I Corps and US IX Corps on April 22 but was halted at the No-Name Line north of Seoul by April 30. On May 15 1951, the PVA and Korean People's Army (KPA) commenced the second impulse of the spring offensive and attacked the Republic of Korea Army (ROK) and US X Corps in the east. Although initially successful, they were halted by May 22. On May 20, perceiving that the enemy were overextended, the US Eighth Army counterattacked the exhausted PVA/KPA forces, inflicting heavy losses. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-eagle-and-the-bear-the-korean-war-dvd-both-tv-documentaries.html

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Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 1951: Korea: The History Of Korea: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Korean Conflict: The Korean War: The Chinese Spring Offensive (Chinese: Zhongguo Chunji Gongshi) (The Chinese Fifth Phase Offensive [Chinese: Di Wu Ci Zhanyi): The Battle Of Kapyong (Korean: Gapyeongjeontu; April 22-27, 1951) (The Battle Of Jiaping (Chinese: Jiaping Zhan Dou): -- The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begins assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong. The Battle of Kapyong was fought between the United Nations (UN) forces of primarily Australian, Canadian and New Zealand versus the Chinese communist People's Volunteer Army. The fighting occurred during the Chinese Spring Offensive and saw the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade establish blocking positions in the Kapyong Valley, on a key route south to the capital, Seoul. The two forward battalions - 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) and 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI) - supported by a New Zealand artillery battery, occupied positions astride the valley and hastily developed defences. As thousands of South Korean soldiers began to withdraw through the valley, the Chinese infiltrated the brigade position under the cover of darkness, and assaulted the Australians on Hill 504 during the evening and into the following day. Although heavily outnumbered, the 27th Brigade held their positions into the afternoon before the Australians were finally withdrawn to positions in the rear of the brigade, with both sides having suffered heavy casualties. The Chinese then turned their attention to the Canadians on Hill 677, but during a fierce night battle they were unable to dislodge them. The fighting helped blunt the Chinese offensive and the actions of the Australians and Canadians at Kapyong were important in assisting to prevent a breakthrough on the United Nations Command central front, and ultimately the capture of Seoul. The two battalions bore the brunt of the assault and stopped an entire Chinese division during the hard fought defensive battle. The next day the Chinese withdrew back up the valley, in order to regroup. Today, the battle is regarded as one of the most famous actions fought by the Australian and Canadian armies in Korea. https://store.earthstation1.com/korea-the-unknown-war-dvd-complete-6-part-tv-series-3-dis63.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Pirates 12 Part Documentary Series MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 1616: #DOTD: #RIP: Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish soldier, tax collector, novelist, poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language, and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists (b. September 29, 1547 (assumed) #dies aged 68 in Madrid, Crown of Castile (modern Spain); the symptoms described, including intense thirst, correspond to diabetes, then untreatable. In accordance with his will, Cervantes was buried in the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians, in central Madrid. His remains went missing when moved during rebuilding work at the convent in 1673, and in 2014, historian Fernando de Prado launched a project to rediscover them. In January 2015, Francisco Etxeberria, the forensic anthropologist leading the search, reported the discovery of caskets containing bone fragments, and part of a board, with the letters 'M.C.'. Based on evidence of injuries suffered at Lepanto, on March 17, 2015, they were confirmed as belonging to Cervantes along with his wife and others. They were formally reburied at a public ceremony in June 2015. Miguel de Cervantes was born Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in Alcala de Henares, Crown of Castile. Much of his life was spent in poverty and obscurity, including his name, background and what he looked like, and the bulk of his surviving work was produced in the three years preceding his death. Although he signed himself Cerbantes, his printers used Cervantes, which became the common form for his best known work Don Quixote, a classic of Western Literature, published in two parts between 1605 and 1615, often cited as the first modern novel, and as the most influential work of fiction ever written, and his influence and literary contribution are reflected by the fact Spanish is often referred to as "the language of Cervantes". In later life, Cervantes used Saavedra, the name of a distant relative, rather than the more usual Cortinas, after his mother. But historian Luce Lopez-Baralt, claimed that it comes from the word shaibedraa that in Arabic dialect means "one-handed", his nickname during his captivity. In 1569, Cervantes was forced to leave Spain and moved to Rome, where he worked in the household of a cardinal. In 1570, he enlisted in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment, and was badly wounded at the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571. He served as a soldier until 1575, when he was captured by Barbary pirates; after five years in captivity, he was ransomed, and returned to Madrid. His first significant novel, titled La Galatea, was published in 1585, but he continued to work as a purchasing agent, then later a government tax collector. Part One of Don Quixote was published in 1605, and its immediate success allowed him to write full time for the first time. Part Two of Don Quixote was published in 1615, other publications include Novelas ejemplares, or Exemplary Novels, Viaje del Parnaso, or Journey to Parnassus, and Ocho comedias y ocho entremeses. Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda, or The Travails of Persiles and Sigismunda, was published after his death in 1616. https://store.earthstation1.com/pirates-12-part-documentary-series-mp4-video-download-124.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Classic Baby Boomer Bloopers TV & Movie Outtakes 2 MP4s Or 2 DVDs Set
Today, April 22, 2026
April 22, 2017: #DOTD: #RIP: Erin Moran, American actress best known for playing Joanie Cunningham on the television sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi (b. October 18, 1960) #dies at the age of 56 of complications of stage-four throat cancer (squamous-cell carcinoma). An autopsy report from the Harrison County coroner indicated the cause of death. Toxicology testing showed that no illegal narcotics were involved in her death, and no illegal substances were found in Moran's home. Moran's husband, in an open letter released through her co-star Scott Baio, confirmed that she had first experienced symptoms of throat cancer around Thanksgiving 2016 and deteriorated rapidly from that point, and that the facilities that had unsuccessfully attempted to treat her cancer had not made anyone aware of how extensively the cancer had metastasized. Her cremains were given to her widow Steven Fleischmann. Erin Moran was born Erin Marie Moran in Burbank, California, and raised in nearby North Hollywood, the second-youngest of six children born to Sharon and Edward Moran. Her father was a finance manager, and her interest in acting was supported by her mother, who signed her with a talent agent when she was five years old. Two of her brothers are also actors, John Moran and Tony Moran, the latter of whom played the unmasked Michael Myers in the movie Halloween (1978). Moran's first acting role was at the age of five in a television commercial for First Federal Bank. At the age of seven, she was cast as Jenny Jones in the television series Daktari, during its fourth and final season in 1968. She made her feature-film debut in How Sweet It Is! (1968) with Debbie Reynolds, and made regular appearances on The Don Rickles Show in 1972, and guest appearances in The Courtship of Eddie's Father, My Three Sons, Bearcats!, Family Affair, and The Waltons, in an episode titled "The Song", in 1975. She also appeared in the television series Gunsmoke (as Rachel Parker in "Lijah"). In 1974, at the age of 13, Moran was cast to play her best-known role as Joanie Cunningham on the sitcom Happy Days, the younger sister of Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard). Moran continued the role in 1982 in the short-lived spin-off series Joanie Loves Chachi. Moran later stated that she had only reluctantly agreed to star in the series because she would have preferred to remain with Happy Days. She won the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a New Television Series for her role. After Joanie Loves Chachi's cancellation in 1983, she returned to Happy Days for its final season. In 1983, Moran said in an interview that the Happy Days producers had pressured her to change from about the age of 15: They "suddenly wanted me to lose weight and become this sexy thing." In the following years, Moran made several other television guest appearances, including The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, and Diagnosis: Murder, and starred opposite Edward Albert in the cult sci-fi horror film Galaxy of Terror (1981). She became estranged from the Happy Days cast, with People claiming that she called them "evil" in an interview, a statement she would deny on a later talk show. In 2008, she was a contestant on VH1's reality show Celebrity Fit Club. Two years later, she made an appearance in the independent comedy feature Not Another B Movie (2010). On April 19, 2011, Moran, three of her Happy Days co-stars -- Don Most, Anson Williams, and Marion Ross -- and the estate of Tom Bosley, who died in 2010, filed a 10M USD breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS, which owns the show. The suit claimed that cast members had not been paid merchandising revenues owed under their contracts. Revenues included those from show-related items such as comic books, T-shirts, scrapbooks, trading cards, games, lunch boxes, dolls, toy cars, magnets, greeting cards, and DVDs with cast members' likenesses on the box covers. Their contracts entitled the actors to be paid 5% of the net proceeds of merchandising if a single actor's likeness was used, and half that amount if the cast members were pictured in a group. CBS stated it owed the actors between 8.5 and 9K USD each, most of it from slot-machine revenues, but the group stated they were owed millions. The lawsuit was initiated after Ross was informed by a friend playing slots at a casino of a Happy Days machine on which players won the jackpot when five Marion Rosses were rolled. In October 2011, a judge rejected the group's claim of fraud, thereby eliminating the possibility of recouping millions of dollars in damages. On June 5, 2012, a judge denied a motion to dismiss filed by CBS, which meant the case would go to trial on July 17 if not settled by then. In July 2012, the actors settled their lawsuit with CBS; each received a payment of 65K USD and a promise from CBS to continue honoring the terms of their contracts. In 1987, Moran married Rocky Ferguson. They divorced in 1993. Later that year, she married Steven Fleischmann. After Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi were cancelled, Moran moved from Los Angeles to the California mountains. She said in 1988 that she suffered from depression and was unable to secure acting roles. Moran confirmed news reports that her California home was foreclosed on in 2010, following media claims that she had been served eviction papers and moved into her mother-in-law's trailer home in Indiana. https://store.earthstation1.com/classic-baby-boomer-bloopers-tv-amp-movie-blooper-outtakes-dvd.html