• Today is Tuesday, April 22, the 112th day of 2014. There are 253 days left in the year.
• Today's Highlight in History:
• On April 22, 1864, Congress authorized the use of the phrase "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins.
• On this date:
• In 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims.
• In 1912, the United States Chamber of Commerce had its beginnings with a National Commercial Conference held in Washington, D.C.
• In 1930, the United States, Britain and Japan signed the London Naval Treaty, which regulated submarine warfare and limited shipbuilding.
• In 1938, 45 workers were killed in a coal mine explosion at Keen Mountain in Buchanan County, Va.
• In 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces began invading Japanese-held New Guinea with amphibious landings at Hollandia and Aitape.
• In 1952, an atomic test in Nevada became the first nuclear explosion shown on live network television as a 31-kiloton bomb was dropped from a B-50 Superfortress.
• In 1954, the publicly televised sessions of the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings began.
• In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson opened the New York World's Fair.
• In 1970, millions of Americans concerned about the environment observed the first "Earth Day."
• In 1983, the West German news magazine Stern announced the discovery of 60 volumes of personal diaries purportedly written by Adolf Hitler; however, the diaries turned out to be a hoax.
• In 1993, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, D.C. to honor victims of Nazi extermination.

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