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What happend on 21. April in History
In our data base we found 301 events happened on 21. April:
• 1073: Pope Alexander II [category: Deaths]
• 1109: Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1033) [category: Deaths]
• 1142: Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079) [category: Deaths]
• 1329: Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) [category: Deaths]
• 1509: Henry VII of England (b. 1457) [category: Deaths]
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• 1509: Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII. [category: Events]
• 1551: Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) [category: Deaths]
• 1555: Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) [category: Births]
• 1557: Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) [category: Deaths]
• 1574: Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519) [category: Deaths]
• 1651: Joseph Vaz, Indian priest, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) [category: Births]
• 1652: Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) [category: Births]
• 1671: John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) [category: Births]
• 1673: Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1699: Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639) [category: Deaths]
• 1701: Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667) [category: Deaths]
• 1713: Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, French peer and Marshal of France (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1719: Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640) [category: Deaths]
• 1720: Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646) [category: Deaths]
• 1722: Robert Beverley, Jr., American historian (b. 1673) [category: Deaths]
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• 1730: Antonín Kammel, Czech composer and violinist (d. 1788) [category: Births]
• 1767: Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1774: Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1775: Alexander Anderson, American illustrator (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1782: The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke. [category: Events]
• 1792: Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary, leading member of Inconfidência Mineira (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1792: Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered. [category: Events]
• 1809: Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl. [category: Events]
• 1810: John Putnam Chapin, American politician (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1811: Alson Sherman, American politician (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1814: Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, English philanthropist (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1815: Joseph Winston, American Congressman (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1816: Charlotte Brontë, English author (d. 1855) [category: Births]
• 1825: Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (b. 1765) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto – Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. [category: Events]
• 1837: Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1838: John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1851: Charles Barrois, French geologist (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1852: Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787) [category: Deaths]
• 1854: William Stang, German bishop (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1862: John Thayer, American cricketer (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1863: Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish nobility (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest". [category: Events]
• 1864: Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1868: Henry James O'Farrell, Australian attempted assassin of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha [category: Deaths]
• 1870: Edwin Stanton Porter, American director (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1871: Jaro Fürth, Austrian actor (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1874: Vincent Scotto, French composer (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1879: Raden Ayu Kartini, Indonesian national heroine (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1882: Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1887: Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1889: Efrem Zimbalist, Russian-American violinist, composer, teacher, and conductor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1889: Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1898: Maurice Wilson, English soldier, mystic, mountaineer, and aviator (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1904: Odilo Globocnik, Austrian SS leader (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1905: Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1906: Stephen Tennant, English writer and socialite (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1907: Wade Mainer, American singer and banjoist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1910: Mark Twain, American author and humorist (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Ivan Combe, American businessman and entrepreneur, invented Clearasil and founded Combe Incorporated (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1911: Leonard Warren, American opera singer (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1912: Marcel Camus, French director (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1914: Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1914: Norman Panama, American screenwriter (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz. [category: Events]
• 1915: Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1915: Garrett Hardin, American ecologist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1916: Eldon Rathburn, Canadian composer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer, composer, and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France. [category: Events]
• 1919: Don Cornell, American singer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1919: Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1920: Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1920: Ronald Magill, British actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1922: Alessandro Moreschi, Italian singer (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Texas A&M graduates who had died in the previous year. [category: Events]
• 1923: John Mortimer, English barrister and writer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1924: Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Louvin Brothers) (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1924: Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Anthony Mason, Australian judge and Air Force Officer, Chief Justice of Australia [category: Births]
• 1926: Arthur Rowley, English footballer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1926: Elizabeth II [category: Births]
• 1926: Keith Davey, Canadian politician, Senator, and campaign organizer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1927: Gerald Flood, British actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1927: Robert Savoie, Canadian operatic baritone (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1928: Jack Evans, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1930: Jack Taylor, English football referee (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1930: Robert Bridges, English poet (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Elaine May, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1933: Easley Blackwood, Jr., American educator, pianist, and composer [category: Births]
• 1934: The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax). [category: Events]
• 1935: Charles Grodin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Thomas Kean, American politician [category: Births]
• 1936: James Dobson, American evangelist, author, and psychologist, founder of Focus on the Family [category: Births]
• 1936: Reggie Fleming, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1938: Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Philosopher and Urdu/Persian poet (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Helen Prejean, American author and activist [category: Births]
• 1940: Jacques Caron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1941: Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece. [category: Events]
• 1942: Pierre Lorrain, Canadian politician (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: The most famous (and first international) Aggie Muster is held on the Philippine island of Corregidor, by Brigadier General George F. Moore, while 1.8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack. [category: Events]
• 1944: Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1944: Paul Geremia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1945: Diana Darvey, British actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1945: Ronnie Tober, Dutch singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: World War II: Soviet Union forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters. [category: Events]
• 1946: John Maynard Keynes, English economist (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Barbara Park, American author [category: Births]
• 1947: Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Stooges and The Trolls) [category: Births]
• 1947: John Weider, English musician (Eric Burdon and the Animals, Family, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, and Stud) [category: Births]
• 1948: Gary Condit, American politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1948: Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Patti LuPone, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Bob Varsha, American sports commentator [category: Births]
• 1951: Michael Hartley Freedman, American mathematician [category: Births]
• 1951: Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1951: Tony Danza, American actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated. [category: Events]
• 1953: Guy Mongrain, Canadian reporter and game show host [category: Births]
• 1954: Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1954: James Morrison, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Phillip Longman, American demographer, writer, and editor [category: Births]
• 1956: Charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Edward Leslie, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1957: Jesse Orosco, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1958: Andie MacDowell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Michael Zarnock, American author and columnist [category: Births]
• 1958: Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist [category: Births]
• 1959: Arno Pijpers, Dutch football coach [category: Births]
• 1959: Jerry Only, American singer and musician (The Misfits, Osaka Popstar, and Kryst The Conqueror) [category: Births]
• 1959: Michael Timmins, Canadian musician and songwriter (Cowboy Junkies) [category: Births]
• 1959: Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and musician (The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Glove) [category: Births]
• 1959: Tim Jacobus, American artist [category: Births]
• 1960: Michel Goulet, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1961: Cathy Cavadini, American voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1961: David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1961: Neale Marmon, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Ronald Florijn, Dutch rower [category: Births]
• 1962: Craig Robinson, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1962: Les Lancaster, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1962: The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II. [category: Events]
• 1963: John Cameron Mitchell, American director [category: Births]
• 1963: Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1963: Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1963: The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1964: Alex Baumann, Canadian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1964: Ludmila Engquist, Russian-Swedish athlete [category: Births]
• 1964: A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed. [category: Events]
• 1965: Ed Belfour, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Fiona Kelleghan, American academic and critic [category: Births]
• 1965: Gary Grant, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Karen Foster, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Teri Sue Wood, American cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1965: Sir Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season. [category: Events]
• 1966: Michael Franti, American singer, musician, composer, and poet (The Beatnigs and The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy) [category: Births]
• 1966: Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. [category: Events]
• 1967: Greek military junta of 1967–1974: 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. [category: Events]
• 1968: Peter van Vossen, Dutch footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1969: Jim Thornton, American television and radio announcer [category: Births]
• 1969: Robin Meade, American news anchor [category: Births]
• 1969: Toby Stephens, British actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Frames and The Swell Season) [category: Births]
• 1970: Jeff Anderson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Nicole Sullivan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Rob Riggle, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1970: The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia. [category: Events]
• 1971: Alexander Kravchenko, Russian poker player [category: Births]
• 1971: Anwar al-Aulaqi, American-Yemeni terrorist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1971: Eric Mabius, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Michael Turner, American comic book artist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1971: François Duvalier, Haitian politician, 40th President of Haiti (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1972: Severina Vučković, Croatian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian athlete [category: Births]
• 1973: Arthur Fadden, Australian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Chic Harley, American football player (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Brian J. White, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Charlie O'Connell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Tha Trademarc, American rapper and singer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1976: Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Ronald Vink, Dutch wheelchair tennis player [category: Births]
• 1977: Doseone, American rapper, producer, poet, and artist (Deep Puddle Dynamics, Greenthink, Clouddead, Themselves, Subtle, and 13 & God) [category: Births]
• 1977: Gyula Koi, Hungarian legal scholar [category: Births]
• 1977: Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1977: Gummo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Issy Bonn, English actor, singer, and comedian (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Branden Steineckert, American musician (Rancid and The Used) [category: Births]
• 1978: Jacob Burns, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish and Sethian) [category: Births]
• 1978: Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter and musician (Fairport Convention, Strawbs, and Fotheringay) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and educator, civil rights advocate, (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Damián Álvarez, Argentine-Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: James McAvoy, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Tobias Linderoth, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jeff Keppinger, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Martin Rosete, Spanish director and publicist [category: Births]
• 1980: Tony Romo, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Kim Lammers, Dutch field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Luis Manzano, Filipino actor, television host, and model [category: Births]
• 1981: Mads Junker, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Stephanie Larimore, American model [category: Births]
• 1982: Brianne Davis, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Carnell Williams, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Khalif Barnes, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Lynn Hilary, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Celtic Woman) [category: Births]
• 1982: Terrence J, American ator and television host [category: Births]
• 1982: Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves. [category: Events]
• 1983: Marco Donadel, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Paweł Brożek, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Tarvaris Jackson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Walter Slezak, Austrian actor (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Shayna Fox, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Jay Lethal, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1985: Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio broadcaster (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Rudi Gernreich, Austrian fashion designer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Tancredo de Almeida Neves, Brazilian banker and politician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Alexander Edler, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Audra Cohen, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Mirko Valdifiori, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Rodney Stuckey, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Eric Devendorf, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Leroy George, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Nadif Chowdhury, Bangladeshi cricketer [category: Births]
• 1987: The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo, killing 106 people. [category: Events]
• 1988: Christoph Sanders, American actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Jencarlos Canela, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Mia Permanto, Finnish singer and radio host (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1988: Pedro Mosquera Parada, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Robbie Amell, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Carlos Muñoz, Chilean footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Drew Garrett, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Valerie Tian, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Deokhye, Princess of Korea (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright, author, and actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang. [category: Events]
• 1990: Erté, French artist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Isco, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution. [category: Events]
• 1994: Mitchell Weiser, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan. [category: Events]
• 1996: Dzhokhar Dudaev, Soviet Air Force general and Chechen leader, 1st President of Ichkeria (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jimmy Snyder, American sports commentator and bookie (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor and jazz musician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Carl and Clarence Aguirre, Filipino-American conjoined twins [category: Births]
• 2003: Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Mary McGrory, American journalist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160. [category: Events]
• 2005: Gerry Marshall, English race car driver (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: T.K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Princess Isabella of Denmark [category: Births]
• 2007: Lobby Loyde, Australian musician, songwriter, and producer (Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries, and Rose Tattoo) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Al Wilson, American singer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Knutsen & Ludvigsen) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports administrator (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and educator (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Charles Colson, Christian apologist and founder of Prison Fellowship (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 43_bc: Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after. [category: Events]
• 753_bc: Romulus and Remus founded Rome (traditional date). [category: Events]
• 866: Bardas, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire [category: Deaths]
• 900: The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: the Honourable Namwaran and his children, Lady Angkatan and Bukah, are granted pardon from all their debts by the Commander in chief of Tundun, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah. Luzon, Philippines. [category: Events]
• 941: Bajkam, commander of commanders of the Abbasid Caliphate [category: Deaths]
• _: Abdecalas [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Aggie Muster (Texas A&M University) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Anastasius Sinaita [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Anselm of Canterbury [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: April 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Beuno [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Birthday of Rome (Rome) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Conrad of Parzham [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Grounation Day (Rastafari movement) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Heroic Defense of Veracruz (Mexico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Holy Infant of Good Health [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Inauguration of Brasília (Distrito Federal, Brazil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Kartini Day (Indonesia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Tree Planting Day (Kenya) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Parilia, in honor of the Pales. (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: San Jacinto Day (Texas) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Shemon Bar Sabbae [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of the festival of Ridván. (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tiradentes (Brazil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Wolbodo [category: Holidays and observances]