Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/April 22
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- 1529 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the western hemisphere between Spain and Portugal that the dividing line should lay 297.5 leagues west of the Moluccas. Spain gets monetary compensation in return for giving Portugal more territory that was in the earlier treaty.
- 1898 - Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
- 1870 - Vladimir Lenin is born in Simbirsk, Russia.
- 1930 - The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
- 1970 - First Earth Day celebrated
Perhaps the 1914 Babe Ruth item could be moved to May25 to feature his page on the anniversary of his last three of his 714 home runs. -- PFHLai 08:21, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
