April 21

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 21. From 1900 until now. April 21 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Elizabeth II (1926), James McAvoy (1979) and Robert Smith (musician) (1959). Several movies were released around April 21 over the years, such as Ein Robinson in 1940 directed by Arnold Fanck and Frequency in 2000 directed by Gregory Hoblit.
But much more happened on April 21 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Rome - city birthday.
Saint Wolbodo
Saint Konrad von Parzham
Saint Anastasius I
Saint Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury
Texas-San Jacinto Day
Grounation Day in Rastafari movement.
Sunni Islam - Mawlid, Prophet Muhammad's birthday (2005).
Roman Empire - the Parilia was held in honor of Pales.
Bah�'f Faith - First day of the festival of Ridv�n.
Tiradentes - Brazil.
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Events

2019 A series of explosions at churches and hotels in four cities in Sri Lanka, including the nation's commercial capital and largest city Colombo, kills at least 359 people and wounds around 500 others. ISIL has since claimed responsibility for the attacks. (BBC)
2018 2018 Gaza border protests: Ambassador to the United Nations for Palestine Riyad Mansour says diplomats will ask the UN to probe the violence. (The Washington Post)
2017 War in Afghanistan: 2017 Camp Shaheen attack: Taliban insurgents attack an Afghan military base in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh Province, killing more than 140 soldiers. It is said to be the deadliest attack of its kind (BBC) , (AP) (Reuters)
2016 Sudanese nomadic conflicts, Ethnic violence in South Sudan: The Ethiopian Army crosses the border into South Sudan with the latter's approval in search of more than 100 children who were kidnapped and spirited across the border in a surprise attack by unknown assailants that also killed 208 people a few days ago. (Al Jazeera)
2015 Somali Civil War (2009–present): A deadly explosion in a Mogadishu restaurant kills at least four people and injures ten others. (Al-Jazeera)
2014 South Sudan conflict: The UN condemns the "Targeted Killings" and wounding of hundreds of civilians based on their ethnic origins in the town of Bentiu after South Sudanese rebels seized the oil hub last week. (Al Jazeera)
2013 Syrian civil war:: Locals and activists in Damascus report that the Syrian Army killed over 500 people in the suburb of Jdeit al-Fadel. (CNN)
2012 Arab Spring:
2011 2011 Libyan civil war:
2010 52 civilians are killed and 55 others are wounded in renewed tribal clashes in Sudan's South Darfur state. (Kazinform) (China Dialy) (China.org)
2009 Yahoo! will cut between 600 and 700 jobs. (AP via ''Forbes'')
2008 Bank of America, the largest American retail bank, reports a 77 percent decline in the quarter ending March 31, the third straight quarterly loss. The loss included over US$5 billion in write-downs and credit-related costs.
2007 At least 10 people are missing in Chile following a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. (Reuters via News Limited)
2006 April 2006 Nepalese general strike: King Gyanendra of Nepal asks for Prime Minister nominations to be made to assist in ending unrest in the country. (BBC)
2005 400 Iranian volunteers sign up to sacrifice their lives in "occupied Islamic countries", particularly Israel, after being inspired by a fatwa from a top hardline cleric giving religious backing to suicide missions. (Reuters)
2004 Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
2003 Boston Marathon: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot wins in 2:10:11, Svetlana Zakharova in 2:25:20 (legally blind American Marla Runyan finishes fifth), Ernst Van Dyk and Christina Ripp win the wheelchair races in 1:28:32 and 1:54:57 respectively.
2002 Chirac (19.88%), Le Pen (16.86%), Jospin (16.18%), Bayrou (6.5%), Lauguiller (5.72%), Mamere (5.25%), Chevenement (5.32%), Besancenot (4.5%), Saint-Josse (4.0%), Hue(3.6%). Turnout 75%.
2001 12th Annual Thunder Over Louisville is held in Louisville, Kentucky.
1997 Ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit
1996 Delicate Balance, opens at Plymouth Theater, New York City
1995 Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, New York Knicks win 98-92.
1994 Picnic opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1993 Wilder, Wilder, Wilder opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 30 performances
1992 High Rollers opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
1991 Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pittsburgh Pirates score 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Chicago Cubs lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th.
1990 Cartoon All Stars to Rescue shown on all 4 TV networks
1989 George W Bush and Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose, ending American League season-opening winning streak at 13 games.
1986 Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Arizona).
1985 Flyers 5-Isles 2 - Patrick Division Finals - Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1984 After 37 weeks, Thriller is knocked off as top album by Footloose
1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?]
1982 Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
1981 US furnishes US$1 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia.
1980 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit, Michigan
1979 Carmelina closes at St. James Theater NYC after 17 performances
1977 Annie opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing.
1975 Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
1974 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win.
1972 John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
1971 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland.
1970 Reds clout 7 HRs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records
1969 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49.
1968 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz and Guilderstern and Hallelujah Baby! win.
1967 EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in the Netherlands
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 Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
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.
1961 French army revolts in Algeria
1960 Founding of the Orthodox Baha'i Faith in Washington, D.C.
1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
1958 United Airlines Flight 736 is involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force F-100F-5-NA Super Sabre jet fighter near Las Vegas, Nevada. All 49 persons in both aircraft are killed.
1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
1956 Former U.S. First Daughter Margaret Truman marries Clifton Daniel.
1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die.
1954 Gregori Malenkov becomes Premier of the USSR
1952 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
1951 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat the New York Knicks, 4 games to 3
1948 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US
1946 SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
1945 He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
1944 NFL Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on December 3).
1943 Worst Bombing of Aberdeen in WW2.
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 (with 25 fellow Texas A&M graduates who are under his command), while 1.8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack.
1941 Greece surrenders to Nazi-Germany
1940 Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer.
1935 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties.
1934 Moe Berg, Washington Senators' catcher, plays American League record 117th consecutive errorless game.
1933 Nazi Germany outlaws the kosher ritual shechita.
1930 Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
1927 A banking crisis hits Japan.
1925 Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR.
1922 The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Texas A&M graduates who had died in the previous year.
1919 The US Victory Liberty Loan offers $4.5 billion in bonds.
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.
1914 US marines occupy Vera Cruz MTxico, stay six months.
1913 Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper.
1910 Cleveland Naps play first game at League Park, lose to Detroit Tigers 5-0.
1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League).
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Famous Birthday

Elizabeth II: Royalty.
James McAvoy: Scottish actor, best known for his roles...
Robert Smith (musician)
Iggy Pop: American musician, a punk rocker.
Nicolas Bedos
Andie Macdowell
David Servan-Schreiber: French physician, neuroscientist and...
Anthony Quinn: Mexican-American actor and producer (d....
Philippe Séguin: French political figure who was...
Severina Vučković: Croatian pop-folk singer.
Gwendal Peizerat: French former competitive ice dancer.
Tony Danza: TV Actor.
Toby Stephens: English actor.
Robin Meade: American model singer and journalist.
Brasilia (Brazil)
Jencarlos Canela: Soap Opera Actor.
Kitty Raymond: American astrologer and writer, the...
Jukka Nevalainen: Finnish drummer.
Jamie Salé: Canadian figure skater, who, with...
Roy Dupuis: Canadian actor.
Jason Simpson: American noted family, son of O.J.
Claire Legendre
Patti Lupone
Jean Hélion: French painter whose abstract work of...
André Bettencourt: French politician, Secretary of State.
Rollo May: American psychoanalyst and lecturer who...
Brian J White
Charles Grodin: American actor and talk show host.
Valérie André: French neurosurgeon, aviator and the...
Nadeshda Brennicke
Danyon Loader: New Zealand pro swimmer who placed with...
Carys Douglas: American noted family, the second child...
Elaine May: American actress director and...
Gary Grant (basketball)
Lisa-Mari Moen Jünge
Raphaëlle Tervel
Robbie Amell: Canadian actor.
Akram Ojjeh
Alistair MacLean: Scottish noted writer of...
Hans Fritzsche: German Head of Radio Broadcast of the...
Mikhail Fridman
Pascal Auberson
Hilda Hilst: Brazilian writer who often described...
Alana Ladd: American noted family and one of four...
Feike Asma: Dutch musician, an organist who was...
Claire Denis: Paris, France -- Actress (Boom Boom,...
Patrick Rambaud: French writer.
John Cameron Mitchell
Gabriel Loire: French artist, a stained glass artist...
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Anselmo Duarte
Rocky Santiago: American minor actor in small roles; his...
Nelo Risi: Italian film director and noted family,...
Mario Covas
Thomas Helmer: German footballer.
Alfredo Uchoa
Mike Barson: Scottish founding member, songwriter and...
Berthe Meijer: Dutch professional chef and author of 17...
Ian Carr: Scottish musician, a rock and jazz...
Jerry Only: American musician (The Misfits).
John Mortimer: British barrister, screenwriter and...
Marcel Camus: French film director.
Gary Condit: American politician, CA rep, elected as...
Judith Blegen
Alain Bentolila
Johnny McElhone: Scottish rock musician with the band...
Sieglinde Wagner
Gabriel de Broglie
Pat Brown: American politician, a lawyer from 1927.
Alicia Aylies
Richard Demont: San Francisco sports Champions.
James Morrison (actor)
Michel Rougerie
Mark Olberding
Michael Franti: American musician, a vocalist and...
Peter Kowald
Brianne Davis: American model actress and producer.
Iain Mills: Scottish politician and Member of...
Rebecca Zlotowski
Isabella Acres
Nicole Sullivan: American actress and screenwriter.
Simonetta Greggio
Pedro Winter
Ludmila Engquist: Russian-born Swedish athlete.
Sam Vaknin
Beatriz Recari
Eve Arnold: Photojournalist (d. 2012).
Ken Caminiti: American baseball player (d. 2004).
Vincent Lecavalier: Canadian ice hockey player.
Glen Hansard: Irish singer-songwriter guitarist and...
Ed Belfour: Canadian ice hockey player.
Yuliya Pechenkina
David Choe
Judith McGrath
Kim Ji-seok
Vidar Riseth
Angela Mortimer: English tennis player (Wimbledon).
John Tejada
Christoph Sanders: American actor.
Alain Aurenche
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Famous Deaths

Nina Simone: American jazz singer, although may be...
Robert Hersant: French entrepreneur, the founder of a...
Tancredo Neves: Brazilian politician, lawyer, public...
Ursula Jeans: Simla, India -- Actress (I Lived With...
Juan Antonio Samaranch: Spanish chairman of the International...
Elisabeth Sladen: English Actor (Born 1958).
Elisabeth Sladen: English Actor (Born 1958).
Jack Allan Westrup: Composer, dies at 70.
Vladimir K Romanov: Grand Duke / Rus pretender to the...
Dzhojar Dudaev: President of Republic of Chechenia...
Allama Iqbal: Urdu philosopher and poet (Born 1877).
Walter Model: German field marshal (Born 1891).
John Maynard Keynes: English economist (Born 1883).
Edward Victor Appleton: English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate...
Thomas Wyatt Turner: American civil rights advocate and...
Aleksandr Oparin: Russian biochemist (Born 1894).
Tancredo de Almeida Neves: Brazil banker and elected president...
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers: American actor and musician (Born 1904).
Heinrich Vogl composer: dies at age 55.
Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] author(Tom Sawyer: Huckleberry Finn), dies in Redding...
"Red Baron": [Manfred von Richtofen] shot down in WWI...
John M Keynes: English economist (How to pay for the...
[Richard] Stafford Cripps: English minister of plane-manufacturing,...
Frederick Handley Page: designer of first big airplane (40...
Edward V Appleton: English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947),...
Toby Halicki: car-crash film producer, killed shooting...
Gummo [Milton] Marx: US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at age...
Edith S Green: American politician...
Johnny Beagley: winner of two 1942 World Series games,...
Willi Boskovsky: Austrian conductor (new years concert),...
Hal Schumacher: baseball pitcher, dies at age 82.
Clement Merk: animal trainer, dies at age 93.
Stafford Heginbotham: toymaker/Football Club Chairman, dies at...
Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder: oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at...
Rodney Meredith Thomas: architect/painter, dies at age 93.
Andres Rodriguez: Paraguayan President (1989-93), dies.
Francois ''Papa Doc'' Duvalier: Haitian dictator (Born 1907).
Charles ''Chic'' Harley: American football player (Born 1895).
Hristo Prodanov: Bulgarian mountaineer (Born 1943).
Erte: French artist (Born 1892).
Salah Jaheen: Egyptian poet and cartoonist (Born...
Jimmy ''The Greek'' Snyder: American bookie and sports broadcaster...
TK Ramakrishnan: Indian politician (Born 1922).
Tele Santana: Brazilian football manager and former...
Lobby Loyde: Australian guitarist and songwriter...
Jean-Francois Lyotard: French philosopher and sociologist (Born...
Zora Arkus-Duntov: Belgian-born American engineer.
Robert Bridges: Britain's poet laureate from 1913 to...
Eleanora Duse: Italian actress who ruled the stage by...
Muhammad Iqbal: Indian Muslim philosopher, poet and...
Aldo Leopold: American author, scientist, ecologist,...
Gustav Lorentzen: Norwegian thermodynamic scientist and...
Alessandro Moreschi: Italian castrato singer of the late 19th...
Mary McGrory: American Pulitzer-Prize winning...
Eleonora Duse: Italian actress (Born 1858).
Edmund Lowe: Actor (Front Page Detective), dies at...
Dzhokhar Dudayev: Russian-Chechen general and politician...
Issy Bonn: British actor and musician (Born 1893).
Manfred von Richthofen: German captain and pilot (d. 1918).
Leslie Banks: Actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness),...
Diosdado Macapagal: Filipino lawyer and politician 9th...
Gummo Marx: American actor and comedian (Born 1892).
Neal Matthews: Jr.
Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman: Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79.
Gerry Marshall: English race car driver (d. 2005).
Foster Hewitt: Canadian radio pioneer (Born 1902).
Charles MacArthur: American playwright and screenwriter (d....
Robert S Bridges: Poet laureate (Testament of beauty),...
Herman Finck: Composer, dies at 66.
Carlos Lopez Buchardo: Composer, dies at 66.
James Melton: American operatic tenor (The Ziegfield...
Norman Demuth: Composer, dies at 69.
Francois "Doc" Duvalier: Dictator of Haiti, dies at 64.
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