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April 22
2011 - Geoff blows a fuse with Windows 7 and / or Norton !
1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
1911 – Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
1969 – British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated.
2010 – Deepwater Horizon sinks....
1916 – Birth of Yehudi Menuhin
1984 – Death of Ansel Adams and, in 1994 of Richard Milhous Nixon....
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