Talk:April 22

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April 22

Pedro Álvares Cabral

1500 – A fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral (pictured) anchored off present-day Brazil; he later claimed the land for the Portuguese Empire.
1885 – The first meeting of the Colonial Defence Committee, a standing committee of the British Colonial Office, was held to discuss the defence of Barbados.
1918 – The short-lived Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was established on territory formerly part of the Russian Empire.
1951 – Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacked positions occupied mainly by Australian and Canadian forces, starting the Battle of Kapyong.
2016 – The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, opened for signature and was signed by 175 parties.

Philip of Poitou (d. 1208)
Robert Ludwig Kahn (b. 1923)
Regine Velasquez (b. 1970)

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Canadian-Swiss[edit]

Regarding Zarley Zalapski - the only connection with Switzerland is that he became a Swiss citizen through marriage in 2006. I think that if we said he was, say, Italian-Canadian we would be saying that he is a Canadian from Italy or of Italian descent. So calling him "Canadian-Swiss" implies that his primary identity is Swiss, but he is from Canada or of Canadian descent, which doesn't seem to be true. He is a Canadian, with no Swiss descent or parentage. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 17:17, 22 April 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]