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April 22
1500Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal. 1509Henry VIII became king of England. 1616The Spanish poet Cervantes died in Madrid. (Some sources say April 23.) 1864Congress authorized the inscription "In God We Trust" on coins minted as U.S. currency. 1889The land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to settlers. 1970The first Earth Day was observed. 1994Richard M. Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81. 2000Armed immigration agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives to reunite him with his father. 
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