April 21
Day of the year
April 21 is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 254 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1615 – The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta .
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 .
1789 – John Adams sworn in as first US Vice President (nine days before George Washington).
1789 – George Washington's reception at Trenton is hosted by the Ladies of Trenton as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration .[ 2]
1792 – Tiradentes , a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence , is hanged, drawn and quartered .
1796 – War of the First Coalition : In the climax of the Montenotte Campaign , Napoleon Bonaparte decisively defeats the army of Piedmont at the Battle of Mondovi , leading to Piedmont's surrender a week later and decisively turning the Italian campaign in France's favor.[ 3]
1802 – Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala , killing over three thousand inhabitants.
1806 – Action of 21 April 1806 : A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa.
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 .
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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
1901–present
1914 – Ypiranga incident : A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz .
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 .
1926 – Al-Baqi cemetery , former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams , is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis .
1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster , is published in the Daily Mail (in 1994, it is revealed to be a hoax).[ 4]
1945 – World War II : Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
1946 – The U.S. Weather Bureau publish a paper which stated the width of a tornado which struck the city of Timber Lake, South Dakota was 4 miles (6.4 km), which would make this the widest tornado ever documented in history.[ 5]
1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
1950 – The Nainital wedding massacre occurs, killing 22 members of the Harijan caste.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
1952 – Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
1958 – United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada .[ 10]
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 .
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.
1963 – The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Baháʼí Faith .
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.
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.
1972 – Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke fly Apollo 16 's Apollo Lunar Module to the Moon's surface, the fifth NASA Apollo Program crewed lunar landing.[ 11]
1975 – Vietnam War : President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon , as Xuân Lộc , the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls .
1977 – Annie opens on Broadway .
1982 – Baseball : Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
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.
1987 – The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo , killing 106 people.
1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 : In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang .
1993 – The Supreme Court in La Paz , Bolivia , sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
2004 – Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra , killing 74 people and wounding 160.
2010 – The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv , Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.
2012 – Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam , in the Netherlands, killing one person and injuring 116 others.[ 12]
2014 – The American city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River , beginning the ongoing Flint water crisis which has caused lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people, and at least 12 deaths from Legionnaires' disease , ultimately leading to criminal indictments against 15 people, five of whom have been charged with involuntary manslaughter .
2019 – Eight bombs explode at churches, hotels, and other locations in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday , killing at least 269.[ 13]
2021 – Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala (402) sinks in the Bali Sea during a military drill, killing all 53 on board.[ 14]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1619 – Jan van Riebeeck , Dutch founder of Cape Town (d. 1677)
1630 – Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten , Dutch-English painter (d. 1700)
1631 – Francesco Maidalchini , Catholic cardinal (d. 1700)
1642 – Simon de la Loubère , French mathematician, poet, and diplomat (d. 1729)
1651 – Joseph Vaz , Sri Lankan priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1711)
1652 – Michel Rolle , French mathematician and academic (d. 1719)
1671 – John Law , Scottish economist (d. 1729)
1673 – Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1742)
1713 – Louis de Noailles , French general (d. 1793)
1730 – Antonín Kammel , Czech violinist and composer (d. 1788)
1752 – Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait , French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies (d. 1807)
1752 – Humphry Repton , English gardener and author (d. 1818)
1774 – Jean-Baptiste Biot , French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1862)
1775 – Alexander Anderson , Scottish-American illustrator and engraver (d. 1870)
1783 – Reginald Heber , English priest (d. 1821)[ 15]
1790 – Manuel Blanco Encalada , Spanish-Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (d. 1876)
1810 – John Putnam Chapin , American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1864)
1811 – Alson Sherman , American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1903)
1814 – Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts , English art collector and philanthropist (d. 1906)
1816 – Charlotte Brontë , English novelist and poet (d. 1855)
1837 – Fredrik Bajer , Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1922)
1838 – John Muir , Scottish-American environmentalist and author (d. 1914)
1854 – William Stang , German-American bishop (d. 1907)
1864 – Max Weber , German economist and sociologist (d. 1920)
1868 – Alfred Henry Maurer , American painter (d. 1932)
1868 – Mary Rogers Miller , American author and educator (d. 1971)[ 16]
1870 – Edwin Stanton Porter , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1941)
1874 – Vincent Scotto , French composer and actor (d. 1952)
1882 – Percy Williams Bridgman , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
1885 – Tatu Kolehmainen , Finnish runner (d. 1967)
1887 – Joe McCarthy , American baseball manager (d. 1978)
1889 – Marcel Boussac , French businessman (d. 1980)
1889 – Paul Karrer , Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1889 – Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. , Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)
1892 – Freddie Dixon , English motorcycle racer and racing driver (d. 1956)
1893 – Romeo Bertini , Italian runner (d. 1973)
1897 – Odd Lindbäck-Larsen , Norwegian Army general and war historian (d. 1975)[ 17]
1898 – Maurice Wilson , English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer (d. 1934)
1899 – Randall Thompson , American composer and academic (d. 1984)
1901–present
1903 – Luis Saslavsky , Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1904 – Jean Hélion , French painter (d. 1987)
1904 – Odilo Globocnik , Italian-Austrian SS officer (d. 1945)
1905 – Pat Brown , American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (d. 1996)
1911 – Ivan Combe , American businessman, developed Clearasil (d. 2000)
1911 – Kemal Satır , Turkish physician and politician (d. 1991)
1912 – Eve Arnold , Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012)
1912 – Marcel Camus , French director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1913 – Norman Parkinson , English photographer (d. 1990)
1914 – Angelo Savoldi , Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling (d. 2013)
1915 – Garrett Hardin , American ecologist, author, and academic (d. 2003)
1915 – Anthony Quinn , Mexican-American actor (d. 2001)
1916 – Estella B. Diggs , American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013)
1918 – Eddy Christiani , Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1919 – Don Cornell , American singer (d. 2004)
1919 – Roger Doucet , Canadian tenor (d. 1981)
1919 – Licio Gelli , Italian financer (d. 2015)
1922 – Alistair MacLean , Scottish novelist and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1922 – Allan Watkins , Welsh-English cricketer (d. 2011)
1923 – John Mortimer , English lawyer and author (d. 2009)
1924 – Ira Louvin , American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1965)
1925 – Anthony Mason , Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia
1925 – John Swinton of Kimmerghame , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire (d. 2018)
1926 – Elizabeth II , Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms (d. 2022)[ 18]
1926 – Arthur Rowley , English footballer, manager, and cricketer (d. 2002)[ 19]
1927 – Ahmed Arif , Turkish poet and author (d. 1991)
1928 – Jack Evans , Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996)
1930 – Hilda Hilst , Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2004)
1930 – Silvana Mangano , Italian actress (d. 1989)
1930 – Dieter Roth , German-Swiss illustrator and sculptor (d. 1998)
1930 – Jack Taylor , English footballer and referee (d. 2012)
1931 – Morgan Wootten , American high school basketball coach (d. 2020)[ 20]
1932 – Slide Hampton , African-American trombonist and composer (d. 2021)
1932 – Elaine May , American actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter
1932 – Angela Mortimer , English tennis player
1933 – Edelmiro Amante , Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1933 – Easley Blackwood, Jr. , American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2023)
1933 – Ignatius Zakka I Iwas , Iraqi patriarch (d. 2014)
1935 – Charles Grodin , American actor and talk show host (d. 2021) [ 21]
1935 – Thomas Kean , American academic and politician, 48th Governor of New Jersey
1936 – James Dobson , American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family
1936 – Reg Fleming , Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2009)
1937 – Gary Peters , American baseball player (d. 2023)
1937 – Ben Zinn , Israeli-born American academic and former international soccer player
1939 – John McCabe , English pianist and composer (d. 2015)
1939 – Sister Helen Prejean , American nun, activist, and author
1939 – Reni Santoni , American actor (d. 2020)
1940 – Jacques Caron , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 – Souleymane Cissé , Malian director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – David L. Boren , American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma
1942 – Geoffrey Palmer , New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
1945 – Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan , Indian cricketer and umpire
1945 – Mark Wainberg , Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (d. 2017)
1945 – Diana Darvey , English actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000)
1947 – Al Bumbry , American baseball player
1947 – Iggy Pop , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1947 – John Weider , English bass player
1948 – Gary Condit , American businessman and politician
1948 – Paul Davis , American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2008)
1948 – Josef Flammer , Swiss ophthalmologist
1948 – Dieter Fromm , German runner
1949 – Patti LuPone , American actress and singer
1950 – Shivaji Satam , Indian actor
1951 – Tony Danza , American actor and producer
1951 – Michael Freedman , American mathematician and academic
1951 – Bob Varsha , American sportscaster
1951 – Steve Vickers , Canadian ice hockey player
1952 – Gerald Early , American author and academic
1952 – Cheryl Gillan , British businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales (d. 2021)
1953 – John Brumby , Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria
1954 – Ebiet G. Ade , Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – James Morrison , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Mike Wingfield , South African academic and scientist[ 22]
1955 – Murathan Mungan , Turkish author, poet, and playwright
1956 – Peter Kosminsky , English director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Phillip Longman , German-American demographer and journalist
1957 – Hervé Le Tellier , French linguist and author
1957 – Herbert Wetterauer , German painter, sculptor, and author
1958 – Andie MacDowell , American model, actress, and producer
1958 – Yoshito Usui , Japanese illustrator (d. 2009)
1958 – Michael Zarnock , American author
1959 – Tim Jacobus , American illustrator and painter
1959 – Robert Smith , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – David Servan-Schreiber , French physician, neuroscientist, and author (d. 2011)
1963 – Ken Caminiti , American baseball player (d. 2004)[ 23]
1965 – Fiona Kelleghan , American academic, critic and librarian
1969 – Toby Stephens , English actor
1970 – Rob Riggle , American actor and comedian[ 24]
1971 – Michael Turner , American author and illustrator (d. 2008)
1973 – Steve Backshall , English naturalist, writer, and television presenter
1977 – Gyula Koi , Hungarian scholar and educator
1979 – Virginie Basselot , French chef
1979 – James McAvoy , Scottish actor[ 25]
1980 – Tony Romo , American football player and announcer[ 26]
1983 – Tarvaris Jackson , American football player (d. 2020)[ 27]
1983 – Kim Wall , British sprinter[ 28]
1988 – Ricky Berens , American swimmer[ 29]
1988 – Jencarlos Canela , American singer-songwriter and actor
1989 – Nikki Cross , Scottish wrestler[ 30]
1992 – Isco , Spanish footballer[ 31]
1992 – Joc Pederson , American baseball player[ 32]
1994 – Ludwig Augustinsson , Swedish footballer[ 33]
1996 – Arianne Hartono , Dutch tennis player[ 34] [ 35]
1997 – Mikel Oyarzabal , Spanish footballer[ 36]
1998 – Jarrett Allen , American basketball player[ 37]
2003 – Xavi Simons , Dutch footballer[ 38]
2007 – Princess Isabella of Denmark , daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark [ 39]
Deaths
Pre-1600
234 – Emperor Xian of Han , Chinese emperor (b. 181)
586 – Liuvigild , king of the Visigoths
847 – Odgar , Frankish archbishop of Mainz
866 – Bardas , de facto regent of the Byzantine Empire
941 – Bajkam , de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate
1073 – Pope Alexander II [ 40]
1109 – Anselm of Canterbury , Italian-English archbishop and saint (b. 1033)
1136 – Stephen, Count of Tréguier Breton noblemen (b. c. 1058/62 )
1142 – Peter Abelard , French philosopher and theologian (b. 1079)
1213 – Maria of Montpellier , Lady of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon (b. 1182)
1329 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)
1400 – John Wittlebury , English politician (b. 1333)[ 41]
1509 – Henry VII of England (b. 1457)
1557 – Petrus Apianus , German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1495)
1574 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519)
1591 – Sen no Rikyū , Japanese exponent of the tea ceremony (b. 1522)
1601–1900
1650 – Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi , Japanese samurai (b. 1607)
1668 – Jan Boeckhorst , Flemish painter (b. c. 1604 )
1699 – Jean Racine , French playwright and poet (b. 1639)
1719 – Philippe de La Hire , French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640)
1720 – Antoine Hamilton , Irish-French soldier and author (b. 1646)
1722 – Robert Beverley, Jr. , English historian and author (b. 1673)
1736 – Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663)
1740 – Thomas Tickell , English poet and author (b. 1685)
1758 – Francesco Zerafa , Maltese architect (b. 1679)
1815 – Joseph Winston , American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
1825 – Johann Friedrich Pfaff , German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
1852 – Ivan Nabokov , Russian general (b. 1787)
1863 – Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet , Irish politician (b. 1782)
1900 – Vikramatji Khimojiraj , Indian ruler (b. 1819)
1901–present
1910 – Mark Twain , American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)[ 42]
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen , German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
1924 – Eleonora Duse , Italian actress (b. 1858)[ 43]
1930 – Robert Bridges , English poet and author (b. 1844)
1932 – Friedrich Gustav Piffl , Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
1938 – Allama Muhammad Iqbal , Pakistani National philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
1941 – Fritz Manteuffel , German gymnast (b. 1875)
1945 – Walter Model , German field marshal (b. 1891)
1946 – John Maynard Keynes , English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
1948 – Aldo Leopold , American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
1952 – Leslie Banks , American actor, director and producer (b. 1890)
1954 – Emil Leon Post , Polish-American mathematician and logician (b. 1897)
1956 – Charles MacArthur , American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1895)
1965 – Edward Victor Appleton , English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1971 – François Duvalier , Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (b. 1907)
1973 – Arthur Fadden , Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
1973 – Kemal Tahir , Turkish journalist and author (b. 1910)
1977 – Gummo Marx , American vaudevillian and talent agent (b. 1892)
1978 – Sandy Denny , English singer-songwriter (b. 1947)[ 44]
1978 – Thomas Wyatt Turner , American biologist and academic (b. 1877)
1980 – Alexander Oparin , Russian biochemist and academic (b. 1894)
1980 – Sohrab Sepehri , Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)
1983 – Walter Slezak , Austrian-American actor and singer (b. 1902)
1984 – Marcel Janco , Romanian-Israeli artist (b. 1895)
1984 – Hristo Prodanov , Bulgarian engineer and mountaineer (b. 1943)
1985 – Rudi Gernreich , Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (b. 1922)
1985 – Tancredo Neves , Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (b. 1910)
1986 – Marjorie Eaton , American painter and actress (b. 1901)
1986 – Salah Jahin , Egyptian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1930)
1987 – Gustav Bergmann , Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1906)
1990 – Erté , Russian-French illustrator (b. 1892)
1991 – Willi Boskovsky , Austrian violinist and conductor (b. 1909)
1992 – Väinö Linna , Finnish author (b. 1920)[ 45]
1996 – Abdul Hafeez Kardar , Pakistani cricketer (b. 1925)
1996 – Jimmy Snyder , American sportscaster (b. 1919)
1998 – Jean-François Lyotard , French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1924)
1999 – Buddy Rogers , American actor (b. 1904)
2003 – Nina Simone , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (b. 1933)
2005 – Zhang Chunqiao , Chinese writer and politician, member of the Gang of Four (b. 1917)[ 46]
2010 – Gustav Lorentzen , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
2010 – Juan Antonio Samaranch , Spanish businessman, seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1920)
2010 – Kanagaratnam Sriskandan , Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (b. 1930)
2011 – Catharina Halkes , Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1920)
2012 – Doris Betts , American author and academic (b. 1932)
2013 – Shakuntala Devi , Indian mathematician and astrologer (b. 1929)
2013 – Leopold Engleitner , Austrian Holocaust survivor, author, and educator (b. 1905)
2014 – George H. Heilmeier , American engineer (b. 1936)[ 47]
2014 – Win Tin , Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (b. 1930)
2016 – Prince , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1958)
2017 – Ugo Ehiogu , English footballer (b. 1972)
2018 – Nabi Tajima , Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1900)[ 48]
2019 – Polly Higgins , Scottish barrister, author and environmental lobbyist (b. 1968)[ 49]
2024 – Terry A. Anderson , American journalist (b. 1947)[ 50]
Holidays and observances
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