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22 April 2024 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 22 April 2024 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Like That” by Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar.
- Top Film of 2024
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 22 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 22 April 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 22 April 2024 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 22 April
- 1970 The first Earth Day is celebrated.
- 1970 Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park.
- 1977 Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
- 2005 Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
- 2016 The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.
Famous people born on April 22
- J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (1904–1967)
- Jack Nicholson, American actor and producer (born 1937)
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor (born 1966)
- Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia (1870–1924)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2024 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 10 – The 96th Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is nominated for 13 awards and wins seven, including Best Picture.
- April 8 – A total solar eclipse is viewable in the central and northeastern US, with the path of total eclipse over parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
- April 19 – Taylor Swift releases her new double album The Tortured Poets Department. It breaks the record for most-streamed album in a single day and she becomes the most-streamed artist in a single day.
Life in the US in 2024
President
Joe Biden
Gas (per gallon)
$3.31
Loaf of Bread
$3.04
Average House
$420,000
Weekly Wage
$1,145
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