On this day April 2-9, 2022 (week 14) infographic
Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week.
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On this day April 2-9, 2022 (week 14)

April 3, 2022 - April 9, 2022 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features the iPAD, the foundation of Moscow, the Siege of Sarajevo, the independent republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, matches and the discovery of the ancient Egyptian city of Aten

April 3, 2010: Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer, notching up 300,000 sales on its first day. By 2020, Apple had sold over 500 million iPads

April 4, 1147: Yuri Dolgoruki (above) met with Sviatoslav Olgovich at a minor settlement called Moscow, leading to the foundation of Russia’s capital city on the site

April 5, 1992: The Siege of Sarajevo began when snipers shot dead two peace protesters. The longest siege of a capital city in modern warfare, it lasted until February 1996

April 6, 2014: Pro-Russian militants seized government buildings in Ukraine’s eastern cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, announcing they would form an independent republic

April 7, 1827: English chemist John Walker sold the first friction matches, his own invention using a mixture of antimony sulphide, potassium chlorate, gum, and starch

April 8, 2021: Archaeologists announced the discovery of the ancient Egyptian city of Aten, founded 3,400 years ago and the most important find since the tomb of Tutankhamun

April 9, 2021: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 99, two months short of his 100th birthday. He and the Queen were married for 73 years

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PUBLISHED: 20/03/2022; DESIGN: Phil Bainbridge; PICTURE RESEARCH: Julie Mullins; EVENT SELECTION: Fiona Roberts and Susan Shepherd; PROOFING: Julie Mullins; TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION: Fiona Roberts;; STORY: Julie Mullins; PICTURES: Newscom, Getty, Associated Press
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