Historical Events on April 21, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on April 21st This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang. |
| 1989 | Nintendo launched the original Game Boy in Japan. The portable video game system had four Japanese launch titlesl; Super Mario Land, Alleyway, Baseball, and Yakuman. |
| 1987 | The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people. |
| 1985 | The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege. |
| 1982 | Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves. |
| 1977 | Annie opens on Broadway. |
| 1975 | Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyỿn VĿn Thiỿu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lỿc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls. |
| 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. |
| 1966 | Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. |
| 1965 | The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season. |
| 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. |
| 1963 | The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith. |
| 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. |
| 1960 | Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro. |
| 1952 | Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated. |
| 1948 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted. |
| 1945 | World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters. |
| 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). |
| 1926 | Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis. |
| 1918 | World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France. |
| 1914 | Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz. |
| 1898 | Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date. |
| 1894 | Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years. |
| 1856 | Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day. |
| 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. |
| 1821 | Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile. |
| 1809 | Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl. |
| 1806 | Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa. |
| 1802 | Twelve thousand Wahhabis under Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, invaded city of Karbala, killed over three thousand inhabitants, and sacked the city. |
| 1792 | Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered. |
| 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. |
| 1615 | The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta. |
| 1526 | The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat. |
| 1509 | Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII. |
| 1506 | The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics. |
| 1092 | The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II |
| 900 | The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations. |
| 753 BC | Romulus founds Rome (traditional date). |
| 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. |
Famous People Born on April 21
Here is a random list who born on April 21. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player |
| 1652 | Michel Rolle, French mathematician and academic (d. 1719) |
| 1932 | Angela Mortimer, English tennis player |
| 1957 | Hervé Le Tellier, French linguist and author |
| 1970 | Jeff Anderson, American actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 1984 | Shayna Fox, American voice actress |
| 1970 | Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
| 1986 | Alexander Edler, Swedish ice hockey player |
| 1964 | Alex Baumann, Czech-Canadian swimmer |
| 1933 | Easley Blackwood, Jr., American pianist, composer, and educator |
Famous People Deaths On April 21
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on April 21. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1720 | Antoine Hamilton, Irish-French soldier and author (b. 1646) |
| 1930 | Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844) |
| 1996 | Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-born American engineer and racing driver (b. 1909) |
| 1932 | Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864) |
| 1736 | Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663) |
| 1863 | Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782) |
| 1989 | James Kirkwood, Jr., American actor, playwright, and author (b. 1924) |
| 1987 | Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1906) |
| 1136 | Stephen, Count of Tréguier Breton noblemen (b. c. 1058/62) |
| 1985 | Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (b. 1910) |
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