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What Happened on April 21st This Day in History

Year	Name
2021	Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala (402) sinks in the Bali Sea during a military drill, killing all 53 on board.
2019	Eight bombs explode at churches, hotels, and other locations in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday; more than 250 people are killed.
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 15 deaths from Legionnaires disease, ultimately leading to criminal indictments against 15 people, five of whom have been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
2012	Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.
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.
2004	Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
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.
1989	Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
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 Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
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.
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 Baháʼí 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.
1958	United Airlines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
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 1994, 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 sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants.
1792	Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
1789	John Adams sworn in as 1st 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.
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	Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).
43	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

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Year	Name
1947	John Weider, English bass player
1956	Peter Kosminsky, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1957	Herbert Wetterauer, German painter, sculptor, and author
1979	James McAvoy, Scottish actor
1952	Gerald Early, American author and academic
1893	Romeo Bertini, Italian runner (d. 1973)
1959	Tim Jacobus, American illustrator and painter
1783	Reginald Heber, English priest (d. 1821)
1979	Virginie Basselot, French chef
1651	Joseph Vaz, Sri Lankan priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1711)

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
1946	John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
1668	Jan Boeckhorst, Flemish painter (b. c. 1604)
1740	Thomas Tickell, English poet and author (b. 1685)
1991	Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (b. 1909)
1992	Väinö Linna, Finnish author (b. 1920)
1977	Gummo Marx, American vaudevillian and talent agent (b. 1893)
1980	Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist and academic (b. 1894)
1996	Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1925)
1852	Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
1136	Stephen, Count of Tréguier Breton noblemen (b. c. 1058/62)