This Day, That Year – April 22

President Washington attended the opening of Ricketts’, the first circus in the US, on this day in 1793.

Did you know that:

• Alphonse Bertillon, a French inventor of anthropometry used to identify criminals, was born on this day in 1853
• Amber Heard is an American film and television actress born on this day in 1986
• Colson Baker, known professionally as Machine Gun Kelly, is an American rapper, singer, and musician born on this day in 1990