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  • 753 BC Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date)
  • The Battle of Panipat, fought between the invading forces of Babur and the Lodi Kingdom

    First Battle of Panipat

    1526 First Battle of Panipat: Central Asian conqueror Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, establishing the Mughal Empire in India
  • 1792 Brazilian revolutionary Tiradentes is hanged, drawn, and quartered in Rio de Janeiro
  • 1863 Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, enters the garden of Ridván near Baghdad. He makes his declaration as a Messenger of God during the 12 days he spends there.
  • 1918 German World War I fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen aka "The Red Baron," is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur Somme in France. Canadian pilot Arthur Roy Brown is credited with the kill.
  • 1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square, cheering for students demanding greater political freedom
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  • 1930 "All Quiet on the Western Front" based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Louis Wolheim and Lew Ayres premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Outstanding Production 1930)
  • 1956 Elvis Presley's first hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," reaches #1
  • 1904 Ty Cobb makes his professional debut for the Augusta Tourists in the South Atlantic League

Secretaries Day is first celebrated, known today as Administrative Professionals Day

April 21, 1952

  • Catherine the Great

    1729 - 1796

  • Charlotte Brontë

    1816 - 1855

  • John Muir

    1838 - 1914

  • Max Weber

    1864 - 1920

  • Elizabeth II

    1926 - 2022
More Birthdays on April 21

  • Anthony Quinn

    1915 - 2001

  • James McAvoy

    46 Years Old

  • Gugu Mbatha-Raw

    42 Years Old

  • Robbie Amell

    37 Years Old

  • Iggy Pop

    78 Years Old

  • Robert Smith

    66 Years Old

  • Joe McCarthy

    1887 - 1978

  • Angela Mortimer

    1932 - 2025

  • Bob Cleary

    1936 - 2015

Alf Dean, using a rod and reel, hooks a 2,664 lb, 16' 10" great white shark off the coast of Ceduna, Australia

April 21, 1959

  • 1920 Future UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (26) weds daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish (19) at St. Margaret's, Westminster
  • 1945 British conductor Leopold Stokowski (63) weds American heiress Gloria Vanderbilt (21), his third and final marriage, her second; divorce in 1955
  • 1991 Olympic gold winning decathlete Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner) weds Kris Kardashian in Bel Air, Los Angeles
  • 1952 American actor Clark Gable (50) and socialite Sylvia Ashley (47) divorce
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  • Henry VII

    1457 - 1509

  • Tiradentes

    1746 - 1792

  • Mark Twain

    1835 - 1910

  • The Red Baron

    1892 - 1918

  • John Maynard Keynes

    1883 - 1946

  • Pope Francis

    1936 - 2025
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  • King Henry VIII at the height of his reign

    A Son, A Son – My Wife For A Son!

    Henry VIII, who became King of England on this day in history, disposed of two wives in his quest for a son and heir – and was to marry four others. April 21, 1509
  • World War I Fighter Ace The Red Baron

    Weekly Quiz for April 20 - 26

    What nationality was WWI fighter ace The Red Baron? What was Elvis Presley's 1st #1 hit record? What country is the Chernobyl nuclear power station located in?
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  • Mae West at the height of her career

    Millions Come Up to See Mae West

    April 19, 1927
  • Georges Bouton and Jules-Albert de Dion causing a stir and setting a record in 1887. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

    World's First Motor Race

    April 20, 1887
  • Richard Nixon on the presidential campaign trail

    Richard Nixon, The Only US President to Resign

    April 22, 1994
  • Staff and students from Shakespeare's old school in a birthday parade through the town to put flowers on his grave

    Who Wrote Shakespeare?

    April 23, 1564
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