April 21
April 21, 2008 by: admin
Holidays
Feast day of St. Anselm, St. Beuno, St. Maelrubba, St. Ethilwald, St. Anastasius of Antioch, St. Conrad of Prazham, and St. Simeon Barsabas and Others.
Brazil: Tiradentes Day.
Texas: San Jacinto Day.
Indonesia: Kartini Day.
Events
753 B.C.E. – Legend says Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, founded Rome.
1509 – Henry VIII became King of England.
1836 – Sam Houston’s Texas army defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas independence.
1895 – Woodville Latham demonstrated motion picture projection in New York. He had improved upon George Eastman’s invention of the motion picture film to make it project upon a screen.
1940 – The quiz show “Take It or Leave It, ” premiered on radio; this was the show that asked the “$64 Question.”
1960 – The new city of Brasilia was declared the capital of Brazil, replacing Rio de Janeiro.
1975 – South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned after ten years in office.
1977 – The musical “Annie” opened on Broadway.
1989 – Over 100,000 students gathered at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to commemorate the death of Hu Yaobang and voice their discontent with China’s authoritative communist government.
Births
1782 – Friedrich Froebel, educator, founder of kindergarten.
1816 – Charlotte Brontë, English author.
1838 – John Muir, Scottish-born American naturalist and conservationist.
1926 – Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), queen of UK (1952- ).
1935 – Charles Grodin, American actor.
1947 – Iggy Pop (born James Newell Osterberg, Jr.), American musician.
Deaths
1910 – Mark Twain, American author and humorist.
1918 – German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, “The Red Baron,” shot down.
1973 – Arthur Fadden, Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Australia.
