On This Day - April 22, A Shot Of History

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1954 - The televised Senate Army-McCarthy hearings began.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%E2%80%93McCarthy_hearings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAur_I077NA

1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r2UjMc-DqU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWf-eARnf6U

1997 - The four-month siege of the Japanese embassy in Peru ends in gunfire and explosions as troops storm in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_embassy_hostage_crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQYZ-6fkI8c

1971 - Haiti's ruler, Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier, has died after 14 years in power.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Duvalier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx5nGpGFkK0

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