On This Day: What happened on 22 April?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 22 April, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

2009 | The national and provincial elections to elect a new National Assembly and new provincial legislature in each province is held in South Africa.

2016 | Idriss Deby wins the 5th term as the President of Chad.

2016 | Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, signed the Paris Agreement on climate change on behalf of South Africa at the United Nations.

2019 | Heavy storms in Durban caused the deaths of at least 70 people and more than 1000 displaced. The properties damaged were valued at R650 million.

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DEATHS

1941 | South African cricket player, Arthur Briscoe (30)

1957 | South African poet, Roy Campbell (54)

1993 | Former South African Minister of Education, Andries Petrus Treurnicht (72)

1998 | South African rugby coach, Kitch Christie (58)

2014 | Zambian football player and commentator, Dennis Liwewe (77)

BIRTHDAYS

1935 | Former South African Minister of Transport, Mac Maharaj

1952 | South African Minister of Police, Bheki Cele

1971 | South African rugby player, Jannie de Beer

1992 | Former Miss South Africa and Miss World 2014, Rolene Strauss

SPORT

2007 | London Marathon: Kenyan long-distance runner Martin Lel wins the men’s race (2:07:41).

2018 | Egyptian professional footballer who plays for Liverpool, Mohamed Salah wins the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) player of the year award.

 

ENTERTAINMENT

2019 | ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Scarlet Johansson is released.

AFRICA FACT

The African continent has the second largest population in the world. It is approximately 14.72% of the world’s population.