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April 21 Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years ). There are 254 days remaining.
Events
753 BC - Romulus founds Rome (traditional ).1792 - Tiradentes , a revolutionary who was leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged.1836 - Texas Revolution : Battle of San Jacinto – Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna .1863 - Bahá'u'lláh is proclaimed as the head of the Bahá'í Faith .1863 - Quantrill's Raiders launch a reprisal raid Lawrence, Kansas in the Battle of Lawrence , killing a number of civilians.
1894 - Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.1898 - Spanish-American War : The U.S. Congress , on April 25 , recognizes that a state of war exists between the United States and Spain as of this date.1912 - The New York Giants and New York Yankees play an exhibition game to benefit survivors of the RMS Titanic .1918 - World War I : German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen , known as "The Red Baron," is shot down and killed by Allied fire over Vaux sur Somme in France .1930 - A fire at a Columbus, Ohio , USA , penitentiary kills 320 people.1944 - Women in France receive the right to vote.1945 - World War II : Soviet Union forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.1952 - Secretaries Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day ) is first celebrated.1955 - Bob Hope 's radio program airs its last segment.1956 - Elvis Presley 's song "Heartbreak Hotel " becomes the "King's" first song to reach the top of the Cash Box magazine 1 music charts.1960 - Brasília , Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 9:30 am the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro .1960 - Founding of the Orthodox Baha'i faith in Washington, DC .
1965 - The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.1966 - Rastafari movement : Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica , an event now celebrated as Grounation Day .1967 - A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état , establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.1975 - Vietnam War : President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu flees Saigon , as Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.1985 - Ayrton Senna wins the first of 41 Formula One championship races at the Portuguese Grand Prix in Estoril .1986 - Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on live television and finds nothing.1987 - The Tamil Tigers is blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo , killing 106 people.1989 - Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 : In Beijing , around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate the late Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang .1992 - U.S. death penalty : After 13 years on death row , convicted murderer Robert Alton Harris is executed in California 's gas chamber .1994 - The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan .2005 - John Negroponte becomes the first United States Director of National Intelligence .
Births
1555 - Ludovico Carracci , Italian painter (d. 1619 )1652 - Michel Rolle , French mathematician (d. 1719 )1671 - John Law , Scottish economist (d. 1729 )1729 - Tsarina Catherine II of Russia (d. 1796 )1775 - Alexander Anderson , American wood-engraver and illustrator (d. 1870 )1810 - John Putnam Chapin , Mayor of Chicago (d. 1864 )1811 - Alson Sherman , Mayor of Chicago (d. 1903 )1814 - Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts , English philanthropist (d. 1906 )1816 - Charlotte Brontë , English author (d. 1855 )1837 - Fredrik Bajer , Danish politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1922 )1838 - John Muir , American environmentalist (d. 1914 )1851 - Charles Barrois , French geologist (d. 1939 )1864 - Max Weber , German economist and sociologist (d. 1920 )1879 - Kartini , Indonesian national heroine (d. 1904 )1882 - Percy Williams Bridgman , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961 )1889 - Paul Karrer , Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971 )1905 - Pat Brown , American politician (d. 1996 )1911 - Ivan Combe , American inventor (d. 2000 )1912 - Marcel Camus , French film director (d. 1982 )1915 - Anthony Quinn , Mexican-born actor (d. 2001 )1919 - Don Cornell , American singer (d. 2004 )1922 - Alistair MacLean , Scottish author (d. 1987 )1923 - John Mortimer , English barrister and writer1926 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom 1927 - Gerald Flood , British actor (d. 1989 )1930 - Silvana Mangano , Italian actress (d. 1989 )1932 - Elaine May , American comedienne, writer, director, and actress1935 - Charles Grodin , American actor and journalist1935 - Thomas Kean , Governor of New Jersey
1936 - James Dobson , American evangelist1938 - Helen Prejean , American nun and writer1947 - Iggy Pop , American musician (The Stooges )1948 - Gary Condit , American politician1949 - Patti Lupone , American singer and actress1951 - Michael Hartley Freedman , American mathematician1951 - Tony Danza , American actor and talk show host
1958 - Andie MacDowell , American actress1959 - Robert Smith , British musician, singer, and songwriter (The Cure )1959 - Gene Callahan , American writer1963 - Ken Caminiti , baseball player (d. 2004 )1963 - Roy Dupuis , Canadian actor1965 - Ed Belfour , Canadian hockey player1970 - Nicole Sullivan , American actress, comedienne, and writer (MadTV )1071 - Eric Mabius , American Actor (The Crow: Salvation )1977 - Jamie Salé , Canadian figure skater1980 - Vincent Lecavalier , Canadian hockey player
Deaths
748 - Empress Gensho of Japan (b. 680 )1073 - Pope Alexander II 1109 - Anselm of Canterbury , Archbishop of Canterbury 1142 - Pierre Abélard , French writer (b. 1079 )1329 - Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282 )1509 - King Henry VII of England (b. 1457 )1551 - Oda Nobuhide , Japanese warlord (b. 1510 )1557 - Petrus Apianus , German mathematician (b. 1495 )1574 - Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519 )1699 - Jean Racine , French dramatist (b. 1639 )1701 - Asano Naganori , Japanese warlord (b. 1667 )1719 - Philippe de la Hire , French mathematician and historian (b. 1640 )1720 - Antoine Hamilton , French writer (b. 1646 )1793 - John Michell , English seismologist (b. 1724 )1815 - Joseph Winston , U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746 )1910 - Mark Twain , American author and humorist (b. 1835 )1918 - Manfred von Richthofen , German pilot (b. 1892 )1924 - Eleonora Duse , Italian actress (b. 1858 )1930 - Robert Bridges , English poet (b. 1844 )1938 - Allama Iqbal , Indian philosopher and poet (b. 1877 )1946 - John Maynard Keynes , English economist (b. 1883 )1956 - Charles MacArthur , American writer (b. 1895 )1965 - Edward Victor Appleton , English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892 )1971 - François "Papa Doc" Duvalier , Haitian dictator (b. 1907 )1973 - Arthur Fadden , thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894 )1977 - Gummo Marx , American actor and comedian (b. 1892 )1978 - Sandy Denny , British vocalist (b. 1947 )1978 - Thomas Wyatt Turner , American civil rights advocate and agricultural engineer
1980 - Aleksandr Oparin , Russian biochemist (b. 1894 )1983 - Walter Slezak , Austrian actor (b. 1902 )1985 - Rudi Gernreich , Austrian fashion designer (b. 1922 )1985 - Tancredo de Almeida Neves , Brazil banker and politician (b. 1910 )
1989 - Princess Dukhye of Korea (b. 1912 )1990 - Erté , French artist (b. 1892 )1996 - Dzhokhar Dudaev , Chechen leader (b. 1944 )1996 - Jimmy the Greek , American bookie and sports broadcaster (b. 1919 )
1999 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers , American actor and musician (b. 1904 )2000 - Neal Matthews, Jr. , American singer (b. 1929 )2003 - Nina Simone , American singer and pianist (b. 1933 )2004 - Mary McGrory , American journalist (b. 1918 )
Holidays and observances
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