On This Day — April 22

Here are some of the most significant historical events that happened on April 22.

• 2025: At least 26 people are killed in a terrorist attack on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed responsibility for the attack.
• 2020: Four police officers are killed after being struck by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in Victoria Police history.
• 2016: The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.
• 2005: Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
• 1993: Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.

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