How Many Days Until April 22?

This day in history: April 22

1. 1951

   Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacked positions occupied mainly by Australian and Canadian forces, starting the Battle of Kapyong.

2. 1993

   Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager, was murdered while waiting for a bus in Eltham, London, leading to cultural changes of attitudes on racism and the police, and to the law and police practice.

3. 2000

   In a pre-dawn raid, U.S. federal agents seized six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami and returned him to his Cuban father.

4. 2004

   Flammable cargo exploded at a railway station in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than a thousand others.

5. 2013

   The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested two men who were plotting to commit terrorist attacks against Via Rail operations.

6. 2016

   The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, opened for signature and was signed by 175 parties.

7. 2020

   A truck struck and killed four Victoria Police officers on the Eastern Freeway, Australia, the force's deadliest single incident.

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