April 21st All Events |
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| April 21st, 2043 (April 21 2043) | Event | Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killedied in Although Antony fails to capture Mutina, Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly afterwards. | |
| April 21st, 2008 (April 21 2008) | Event | The United States Air Force retires the F-117 Nighthawk. | |
| April 21st, 2008 (April 21 2008) | Death | Al Wilson, American singer (born in 1939) | |
| April 21st, 2007 (April 21 2007) | Birth | Princess Isabella of Denmark | |
| April 21st, 2007 (April 21 2007) | Death | Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (born in 1941) | |
| April 21st, 2006 (April 21 2006) | Death | T.K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (born in 1922) | |
| April 21st, 2006 (April 21 2006) | Death | Tele Santana, Brazilian football manager (born in 1931) | |
| April 21st, 2005 (April 21 2005) | Death | Gerry Marshall, British racing driver (born in 1941) | |
| April 21st, 2004 (April 21 2004) | Death | Mary McGrory, American journalist (born in 1918) | |
| April 21st, 2003 (April 21 2003) | Death | Nina Simone, American singer and pianist (born in 1933) | |
| April 21st, 2000 (April 21 2000) | Death | Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (born in 1929) | |
| April 21st, 1999 (April 21 1999) | Death | Charles Buddy Rogers, American actor and musician (born in 1904) | |
| April 21st, 1998 (April 21 1998) | Death | Jean Francois Lyotard, French philosopher and sociologist (born in 1924) | Philo Quotes |
| April 21st, 1996 (April 21 1996) | Death | Dzhokhar Dudaev, Chechen leader (born in 1944) | |
| April 21st, 1996 (April 21 1996) | Death | Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, American bookie and sports broadcaster (born in 1919) | |
| April 21st, 1994 (April 21 1994) | Event | The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan. | |
| April 21st, 1991 (April 21 1991) | Death | Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (born in 1909) | |
| April 21st, 1990 (April 21 1990) | Death | Erte, French artist (born in 1892) | |
| April 21st, 1989 (April 21 1989) | Event | Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang. | |
| April 21st, 1989 (April 21 1989) | Death | Princess Dukhye of Korea (born in 1912) | |
| April 21st, 1988 (April 21 1988) | Birth | Robbie Amell, Canadian actor | |
| April 21st, 1988 (April 21 1988) | Birth | Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer | |
| April 21st, 1987 (April 21 1987) | Event | The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, killing 106 people. | |
| April 21st, 1987 (April 21 1987) | Birth | Nadif Chowdhury, Bangladeshi cricketer | |
| April 21st, 1986 (April 21 1986) | Birth | Audra Cohen, American tennis player | |
| April 21st, 1986 (April 21 1986) | Birth | Alexander Edler, Swedish hockey player | |
| April 21st, 1986 (April 21 1986) | Death | Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930) | |
| April 21st, 1985 (April 21 1985) | Death | Rudi Gernreich, Austrian fashion designer (born in 1922) | |
| April 21st, 1985 (April 21 1985) | Death | Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (born in 1902) | |
| April 21st, 1985 (April 21 1985) | Death | Tancredo de Almeida Neves, Brazil banker and elected president (born in 1910) | |
| April 21st, 1984 (April 21 1984) | Birth | Eric Devendorf, American basketball player | |
| April 21st, 1983 (April 21 1983) | Birth | Pawel Brozek, Polish footballer | |
| April 21st, 1983 (April 21 1983) | Death | Walter Slezak, Austrian actor (born in 1902) | |
| April 21st, 1982 (April 21 1982) | Event | Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves. | |
| April 21st, 1982 (April 21 1982) | Birth | Carnell "Cadillac" Williams, American football player | |
| April 21st, 1981 (April 21 1981) | Birth | Stephanie Larimore, American model | |
| April 21st, 1980 (April 21 1980) | Birth | Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian hockey player | |
| April 21st, 1980 (April 21 1980) | Birth | Tony Romo, American football player | |
| April 21st, 1980 (April 21 1980) | Birth | Jeff Keppinger, American baseball player | |
| April 21st, 1980 (April 21 1980) | Death | Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (born in 1894) | |
| April 21st, 1980 (April 21 1980) | Death | Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (born in 1928) | |
| April 21st, 1979 (April 21 1979) | Birth | James McAvoy, Scottish actor | |
| April 21st, 1978 (April 21 1978) | Birth | Jacob Burns, Australian footballer | |
| April 21st, 1978 (April 21 1978) | Birth | Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish) | |
| April 21st, 1978 (April 21 1978) | Birth | Branden Steineckert, American drummer (Rancid, formerly of The Used) | |
| April 21st, 1978 (April 21 1978) | Death | Sandy Denny, British vocalist (born in 1947) | |
| April 21st, 1978 (April 21 1978) | Death | Thomas Wyatt Turner, American civil rights advocate and agricultural engineer (born in 1877) | Thomas Wyatt Quotes |
| April 21st, 1977 (April 21 1977) | Birth | Jamie Sale, Canadian figure skater | |
| April 21st, 1977 (April 21 1977) | Birth | Doseone, American rapper | |
| April 21st, 1977 (April 21 1977) | Death | Gummo Marx, American actor and comedian (born in 1892) | |
| April 21st, 1976 (April 21 1976) | Birth | Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player | |
| April 21st, 1975 (April 21 1975) | Event | 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. | |
| April 21st, 1973 (April 21 1973) | Birth | Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian athlete | |
| April 21st, 1973 (April 21 1973) | Death | Arthur Fadden, thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (born in 1894) | |
| April 21st, 1972 (April 21 1972) | Birth | Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer | |
| April 21st, 1972 (April 21 1972) | Birth | Severina Vuckovic, Croatian singer | |
| April 21st, 1971 (April 21 1971) | Birth | Alexander Kravchenko, Russian professional poker player | |
| April 21st, 1971 (April 21 1971) | Birth | Michael Turner, American comic book artist | |
| April 21st, 1971 (April 21 1971) | Death | Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, Haitian dictator (born in 1907) | |
| April 21st, 1970 (April 21 1970) | Event | The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia. | |
| April 21st, 1970 (April 21 1970) | Birth | Glen Hansard, Irish song-writer/actor | |
| April 21st, 1970 (April 21 1970) | Birth | Rob Riggle, American comedian | |
| April 21st, 1970 (April 21 1970) | Birth | Nicole Sullivan, American actress | |
| April 21st, 1969 (April 21 1969) | Birth | Robin Meade, American reporter | |
| April 21st, 1967 (April 21 1967) | Event | A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d etat, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years. | |
| April 21st, 1966 (April 21 1966) | Event | Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. | |
| April 21st, 1966 (April 21 1966) | Birth | Michael Franti, American musician | Michael Franti Quotes |
| April 21st, 1965 (April 21 1965) | Event | The 1964-1965 New York World s Fair opens for its second and final season. | |
| April 21st, 1965 (April 21 1965) | Birth | Ed Belfour, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 21st, 1965 (April 21 1965) | Birth | Karen Foster, American model (Playboy) | |
| April 21st, 1965 (April 21 1965) | Birth | Fiona Kelleghan, American academic/critic | |
| April 21st, 1965 (April 21 1965) | Death | Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1892) | |
| April 21st, 1964 (April 21 1964) | Birth | Alex Baumann, Canadian Olympic swimmer | |
| April 21st, 1964 (April 21 1964) | Birth | Ludmila Engquist, Russian-born Swedish athlete | |
| April 21st, 1963 (April 21 1963) | Event | The Universal House of Justice of the Baha i Faith is elected for the first time. | |
| April 21st, 1963 (April 21 1963) | Birth | Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (died in 2004) | |
| April 21st, 1963 (April 21 1963) | Birth | Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor | |
| April 21st, 1963 (April 21 1963) | Birth | John Cameron Mitchell, American film director | John Mitchell Quotes |
| April 21st, 1962 (April 21 1962) | Event | The Seattle World s Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World s Fair in the United States since World War II. | |
| April 21st, 1962 (April 21 1962) | Birth | Les Lancaster, American baseball player | |
| April 21st, 1960 (April 21 1960) | Event | Brasilia, Brazil s capital, is officially inauguratedied in At 9:30 am the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro. | |
| April 21st, 1960 (April 21 1960) | Event | Founding of the Orthodox Baha i Faith in Washington, D.C. | |
| April 21st, 1960 (April 21 1960) | Birth | Michel Goulet, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 21st, 1959 (April 21 1959) | Birth | Robert Smith, British musician (The Cure) | |
| April 21st, 1959 (April 21 1959) | Birth | Jerry Only, American musician (The Misfits) | |
| April 21st, 1959 (April 21 1959) | Birth | Michael Timmins, Canadian musician (Cowboy Junkies) | |
| April 21st, 1958 (April 21 1958) | Birth | Andie MacDowell, American actress | |
| April 21st, 1958 (April 21 1958) | Birth | Michael Zarnock, American author/columnist/Guinness World Record Holder | |
| April 21st, 1958 (April 21 1958) | Birth | Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist | |
| April 21st, 1957 (April 21 1957) | Birth | Edward Leslie, American professional wrestler | |
| April 21st, 1956 (April 21 1956) | Birth | Phillip Longman, American demographer | |
| April 21st, 1956 (April 21 1956) | Death | Charles MacArthur, American writer (born in 1895) | |
| April 21st, 1954 (April 21 1954) | Birth | James Morrison, American actor | |
| April 21st, 1954 (April 21 1954) | Birth | Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer | |
| April 21st, 1952 (April 21 1952) | Event | Secretary s Day (now Administrative Professionals Day) is first celebrated. | |
| April 21st, 1951 (April 21 1951) | Birth | Tony Danza, American actor and comedian | |
| April 21st, 1951 (April 21 1951) | Birth | Michael Hartley Freedman, American mathematician | |
| April 21st, 1951 (April 21 1951) | Birth | Robert Gotobed, English drummer (Wire) | |
| April 21st, 1951 (April 21 1951) | Birth | Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 21st, 1949 (April 21 1949) | Birth | Patti LuPone, American singer and actress | |
| April 21st, 1948 (April 21 1948) | Birth | Gary Condit, American politician | |
| April 21st, 1948 (April 21 1948) | Birth | Paul Davis, American singer | |
| April 21st, 1947 (April 21 1947) | Birth | Iggy Pop, American musician (The Stooges) | |
| April 21st, 1947 (April 21 1947) | Birth | John Weider, British rock musician (Eric Burdon and the Animals, Family) | |
| April 21st, 1946 (April 21 1946) | Death | John Maynard Keynes, English economist (born in 1883) | John Maynard Keynes Quotes |
| April 21st, 1945 (April 21 1945) | Event | World War II: The Soviet Union forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters. | |
| April 21st, 1945 (April 21 1945) | Birth | Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (died in 2000) | |
| April 21st, 1945 (April 21 1945) | Death | Walter Model, German field marshal (born in 1891) | Walter Model Quotes |
| April 21st, 1944 (April 21 1944) | Event | Women in France receive the right to vote. | |
| April 21st, 1944 (April 21 1944) | Birth | Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball coach | |
| April 21st, 1942 (April 21 1942) | Event | 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 (with 25 fellow Aggies who were under his command), while 1.8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack. | |
| April 21st, 1939 (April 21 1939) | Birth | Helen Prejean, American writer | |
| April 21st, 1938 (April 21 1938) | Birth | Ernie Maresca, American singer, songwriter and record executive | |
| April 21st, 1938 (April 21 1938) | Death | Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet (born in 1877) | Philo Quotes |
| April 21st, 1936 (April 21 1936) | Birth | James Dobson, American evangelist | James Dobson Quotes |
| April 21st, 1935 (April 21 1935) | Birth | Charles Grodin, American actor | |
| April 21st, 1935 (April 21 1935) | Birth | Thomas Kean, former Governor of New Jersey and 9/11 Commission Chairman | |
| April 21st, 1932 (April 21 1932) | Birth | Elaine May, American comedian | |
| April 21st, 1930 (April 21 1930) | Birth | Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (died in 1989) | |
| April 21st, 1930 (April 21 1930) | Death | Robert Bridges, English poet (born in 1844) | Robert Bridges Quotes |
| April 21st, 1927 (April 21 1927) | Birth | Gerald Flood, British actor (died in 1989) | |
| April 21st, 1926 (April 21 1926) | Birth | Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | |
| April 21st, 1926 (April 21 1926) | Birth | Arthur Rowley, English Footballer (died in 2002) | |
| April 21st, 1925 (April 21 1925) | Birth | Sir Anthony Mason, former Chief Justice of Australia | |
| April 21st, 1924 (April 21 1924) | Death | Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (born in 1858) | |
| April 21st, 1923 (April 21 1923) | Birth | John Mortimer, English barrister and writer | John Mortimer Quotes |
| April 21st, 1922 (April 21 1922) | Event | The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Aggies who had died in the previous year. | |
| April 21st, 1922 (April 21 1922) | Death | Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (born in 1858) | |
| April 21st, 1920 (April 21 1920) | Birth | Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (died in 1991) | |
| April 21st, 1920 (April 21 1920) | Birth | Ronald Magill, British actor (died in 2007) | |
| April 21st, 1919 (April 21 1919) | Birth | Don Cornell, American singer (died in 2004) | |
| April 21st, 1918 (April 21 1918) | Event | 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. | |
| April 21st, 1918 (April 21 1918) | Death | Manfred von Richthofen, German pilot (born in 1892) | |
| April 21st, 1915 (April 21 1915) | Birth | Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born actor (died in 2001) | |
| April 21st, 1914 (April 21 1914) | Birth | Norman Panama, American screenwriter (died in 2003) | |
| April 21st, 1912 (April 21 1912) | Birth | Marcel Camus, French film director (died in 1982) | |
| April 21st, 1911 (April 21 1911) | Birth | Ivan Combe, American inventor (died in 2000) | |
| April 21st, 1910 (April 21 1910) | Death | Mark Twain, American author and humorist (born in 1835) | Mark Twain Quotes |
| April 21st, 1905 (April 21 1905) | Birth | Pat Brown, American politician (died in 1996) | |
| April 21st, 1904 (April 21 1904) | Birth | Odilo Globocnik, Austrian Nazi (died in 1945) | Odilo Globocnik Quotes |
| April 21st, 1898 (April 21 1898) | Event | 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. | |
| April 21st, 1894 (April 21 1894) | Event | Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jorgensen rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years. | |
| April 21st, 1889 (April 21 1889) | Birth | Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1971) | |
| April 21st, 1887 (April 21 1887) | Birth | Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (died in 1978) | |
| April 21st, 1882 (April 21 1882) | Birth | Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1961) | |
| April 21st, 1879 (April 21 1879) | Birth | Kartini, Indonesian national figure (died in 1904) | |
| April 21st, 1870 (April 21 1870) | Birth | Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer (died in 1941) | |
| April 21st, 1868 (April 21 1868) | Death | Henry James O Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh | Henry James Quotes |
| April 21st, 1864 (April 21 1864) | Birth | Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (died in 1920) | |
| April 21st, 1863 (April 21 1863) | Event | Baha u llah, considered the founder of the Baha i Faith, declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest". | |
| April 21st, 1854 (April 21 1854) | Birth | William Stang, Roman Catholic Bishop (died in 1907) | |
| April 21st, 1852 (April 21 1852) | Death | Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (born in 1787) | |
| April 21st, 1851 (April 21 1851) | Birth | Charles Barrois, French geologist (died in 1939) | |
| April 21st, 1838 (April 21 1838) | Birth | John Muir, American environmentalist (died in 1914) | John Muir Quotes |
| April 21st, 1837 (April 21 1837) | Birth | Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, Nobel laureate (died in 1922) | |
| April 21st, 1836 (April 21 1836) | Event | Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto - Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. | |
| April 21st, 1825 (April 21 1825) | Death | Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (born in 1765) | |
| April 21st, 1816 (April 21 1816) | Birth | Charlotte Bronte, English author (died in 1855) | Charlotte Bronte Quotes |
| April 21st, 1815 (April 21 1815) | Death | Joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (born in 1746) | |
| April 21st, 1814 (April 21 1814) | Birth | Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, English philanthropist (died in 1906) | |
| April 21st, 1811 (April 21 1811) | Birth | Alson Sherman, American politician (died in 1903) | |
| April 21st, 1810 (April 21 1810) | Birth | John Putnam Chapin, American politician (died in 1864) | |
| April 21st, 1793 (April 21 1793) | Death | John Michell, English seismologist (born in 1724) | |
| April 21st, 1792 (April 21 1792) | Event | Tiradentes, a revolutionary who was leading a movement for Brazil s independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered. | |
| April 21st, 1792 (April 21 1792) | Death | Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (born in 1746) | |
| April 21st, 1775 (April 21 1775) | Birth | Alexander Anderson, American illustrator (died in 1870) | |
| April 21st, 1774 (April 21 1774) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (died in 1862) | |
| April 21st, 1767 (April 21 1767) | Birth | Elisabeth of Wurttemberg, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (died in 1790) | |
| April 21st, 1722 (April 21 1722) | Death | Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (born in 1673) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| April 21st, 1720 (April 21 1720) | Death | Antoine Hamilton, French writer (born in 1646) | |
| April 21st, 1719 (April 21 1719) | Death | Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (born in 1640) | |
| April 21st, 1713 (April 21 1713) | Birth | Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (died in 1793) | |
| April 21st, 1701 (April 21 1701) | Death | Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (born in 1667) | |
| April 21st, 1699 (April 21 1699) | Death | Jean Racine, French dramatist (born in 1639) | Jean Racine Quotes |
| April 21st, 1673 (April 21 1673) | Birth | Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire Empress (died in 1742) | |
| April 21st, 1671 (April 21 1671) | Birth | John Law, Scottish economist (died in 1729) | John Scott Quotes |
| April 21st, 1652 (April 21 1652) | Birth | Michel Rolle, French mathematician (died in 1719) | |
| April 21st, 1651 (April 21 1651) | Birth | Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (died in 1711) | |
| April 21st, 1574 (April 21 1574) | Death | Cosimo I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born in 1519) | |
| April 21st, 1557 (April 21 1557) | Death | Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (born in 1495) | |
| April 21st, 1555 (April 21 1555) | Birth | Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (died in 1619) | |
| April 21st, 1551 (April 21 1551) | Death | Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (born in 1510) | |
| April 21st, 1509 (April 21 1509) | Event | Henry VIII ascends the throne of England (unofficially) at the death of his father, Henry VII. | |
| April 21st, 1509 (April 21 1509) | Death | King Henry VII of England (born in 1457) | |
| April 21st, 1329 (April 21 1329) | Death | Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (born in 1282) | |
| April 21st, 1142 (April 21 1142) | Death | Pierre Abelard, French writer (born in 1079) | |
| April 21st, 1109 (April 21 1109) | Death | Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| April 21st, 1073 (April 21 1073) | Death | Pope Alexander II | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| April 21st, 0753 (April 21 0753) | Event | Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date). | |
