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Events on the 21st of April in history

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21 Apr 2043 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.
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21 Apr 0753 Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).
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21 Apr 0753 -BC- Traditional date of the foundation of Rome
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21 Apr 0900 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.
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21 Apr 0953 Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights
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21 Apr 1092 The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II
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21 Apr 1420 Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike
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21 Apr 1453 Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
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21 Apr 1477 Maximilian of Habsburg marries Maria of Bourgondi
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21 Apr 1506 The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.
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21 Apr 1509 Henry the VIII becomes King of England
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21 Apr 1509 Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
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21 Apr 1521 Battle at Villalar Emperor Charles I beats Communards
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21 Apr 1526 The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
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21 Apr 1526 Battle at Panipat Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi
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21 Apr 1572 France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant
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21 Apr 1600 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun (OS)
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21 Apr 1615 The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
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21 Apr 1649 Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship
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21 Apr 1654 England & Sweden sign trade agreement
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21 Apr 1689 William III and Mary Stuart proclaimed King and Queen of England
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21 Apr 1739 Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1785 Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges
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21 Apr 1789 John Adams sworn in as 1st US Vice President (9 days before Washington)
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21 Apr 1792 Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
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21 Apr 1794 New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British
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21 Apr 1806 Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa.
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1818 Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho", premieres in Vienna
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1828 Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from M
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1856 1st railroad bridge across Mississippi River, Rock Island IL-Davenport IA
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21 Apr 1857 Alexander Douglas patents the bustle
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21 Apr 1862 Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Colorado
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21 Apr 1862 Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston
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21 Apr 1863 Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest".
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21 Apr 1863 Declaration of Bah
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21 Apr 1865 Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington
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21 Apr 1878 The ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
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21 Apr 1878 New York installs 1st firehouse pole
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21 Apr 1878 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili
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21 Apr 1884 Potters Field reopened as Madison Park
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21 Apr 1892 Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St. Louis, Missouri
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21 Apr 1892 1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1894 George Bernard Shaw's "Arms & the Man", premieres in London
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1898 Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat
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21 Apr 1898 Spanish-American War begins
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21 Apr 1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
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21 Apr 1908 Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't)
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21 Apr 1910 Cleveland Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Detroit Tigers 5-0
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21 Apr 1913 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
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21 Apr 1913 Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper
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21 Apr 1914 US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
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21 Apr 1914 Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
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21 Apr 1914 US marines occupy Vera Cruz M
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1920 John Galsworthy's "Skin Game", premieres in London
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21 Apr 1921 Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
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21 Apr 1925 The Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals is published in Il Mondo, establishing the political and ideological foundations of Italian Fascism.
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21 Apr 1925 Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR
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21 Apr 1925 No baseball games played in National League due to Charles Ebbets' funeral
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21 Apr 1925 No
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21 Apr 1930 Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
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21 Apr 1930 Fire (set as part of an escape attempt) at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 320
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21 Apr 1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid", premieres in Moscow
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21 Apr 1934 The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
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21 Apr 1934 Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays American League record 117th cons errorless game
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21 Apr 1935 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
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21 Apr 1940 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It, " on CBS Radio
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21 Apr 1940 Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
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21 Apr 1941 Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece.
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21 Apr 1941 Greece surrenders to Nazi-Germany
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21 Apr 1944 NFL Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on December 3)
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21 Apr 1945 He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
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21 Apr 1945 World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
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21 Apr 1945 Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
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21 Apr 1945 Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream", premieres in London
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21 Apr 1945 Russian army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
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21 Apr 1945 US 7th Army occupies Neurenberg
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21 Apr 1946 SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
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21 Apr 1948 1st Polaroid camera is sold in US
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21 Apr 1948 2nd NBA Championship Baltimore Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors, 4 games to 2
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21 Apr 1951 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat the New York Knicks, 4 games to 3
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21 Apr 1951 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1
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21 Apr 1951 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montr
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21 Apr 1952 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
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21 Apr 1952 Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
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21 Apr 1952 BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
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21 Apr 1954 Gregori Malenkov becomes Premier of the USSR
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21 Apr 1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
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21 Apr 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
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21 Apr 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win 10th straight game to begin a season (this was a record at the time)
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21 Apr 1955 Jerome Lawrence & Robert E Lee's "Inherit the Wind", premieres in NYC
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21 Apr 1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
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21 Apr 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel", becomes #1
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21 Apr 1957 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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21 Apr 1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
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21 Apr 1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
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21 Apr 1959 Alf Dean (using a rod and reel) hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" great white shark (largest fish ever caught on a rod)
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1960 Brasilia becomes the capital of Brazil
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21 Apr 1961 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
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21 Apr 1961 French army revolts in Algeria
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21 Apr 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to an altitude of 32,000 meters
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21 Apr 1961 Dirk U Stikker chosen as Secretary-General of NATO
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21 Apr 1962 Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1963 The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.
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21 Apr 1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
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21 Apr 1963 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open
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21 Apr 1963 Dr Michael Ellis De Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1964 Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 homeruns, Pirates win 8-5
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21 Apr 1965 The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
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21 Apr 1965 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season
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21 Apr 1966 Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
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21 Apr 1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
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21 Apr 1967 EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in the Netherlands
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21 Apr 1967 Greek military junta of 1967–74: 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.
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21 Apr 1967 Los Angeles Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
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21 Apr 1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC
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21 Apr 1967 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
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21 Apr 1968 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz and Guilderstern and Hallelujah Baby! win
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21 Apr 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
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21 Apr 1969 Record 1,152 starters compete in Boston Marathon
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21 Apr 1969 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
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21 Apr 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
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21 Apr 1970 The Hutt River Province secedes from Australia as the Principality of Hutt River.
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21 Apr 1971 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
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21 Apr 1972 John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
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21 Apr 1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
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21 Apr 1974 28th Tony Awards River Niger & Raisin win
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21 Apr 1974 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
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21 Apr 1975 Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1975 Last South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
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21 Apr 1975 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of West Germany in 2:42:24
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21 Apr 1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
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21 Apr 1976 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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21 Apr 1977 "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
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21 Apr 1977 Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
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21 Apr 1977 C Strouse and M Charnins musical "Annie, " premieres in New York City
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21 Apr 1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
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21 Apr 1977 Charles Strouse & Martin Charnins musical "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
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21 Apr 1977 Zia ur-Rahman appointed President of Bangladesh
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21 Apr 1979 "Carmelina" closes at St. James Theater NYC after 17 performances
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21 Apr 1980 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit, Michigan
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21 Apr 1980 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:12:11
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21 Apr 1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champion; she hadn't run entire course
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21 Apr 1981 US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
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21 Apr 1982 Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
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21 Apr 1982 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
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21 Apr 1982 Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress
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21 Apr 1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?]
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21 Apr 1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
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21 Apr 1984 "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to
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21 Apr 1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
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21 Apr 1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
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21 Apr 1984 Montr
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21 Apr 1984 Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
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21 Apr 1985 Bomb attacks in NATO / AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
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21 Apr 1985 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
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21 Apr 1985 Flyers 5-Islanders 2-Patrick Division Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
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21 Apr 1985 Ingrid Kristiansen wins the London Marathon in a record 2:21:6
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21 Apr 1986 Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Arizona)
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21 Apr 1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
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21 Apr 1986 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
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21 Apr 1986 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51
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21 Apr 1987 Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
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21 Apr 1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
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21 Apr 1987 The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
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21 Apr 1987 Dow Jones Average soars 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history
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21 Apr 1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose, ending American League season-opening winning streak at 13 games
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21 Apr 1987 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151 (v Sri Lanka)
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21 Apr 1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
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21 Apr 1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
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21 Apr 1988 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
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21 Apr 1989 George W Bush and Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
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21 Apr 1989 Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
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21 Apr 1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom
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21 Apr 1990 "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks
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21 Apr 1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
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21 Apr 1990 Cincinnati Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history
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21 Apr 1991 52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship Jack Nicklaus wins
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21 Apr 1991 Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pittsburgh scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Chicago Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th
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21 Apr 1991 Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17)
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21 Apr 1991 Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14)
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21 Apr 1992 "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
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21 Apr 1992 The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.
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21 Apr 1992 Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill
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21 Apr 1993 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 30 performances
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21 Apr 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.
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21 Apr 1993 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Square NYC for 30 performances
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21 Apr 1993 Brazil votes against a monarchy
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21 Apr 1993 Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria
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21 Apr 1994 "Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
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21 Apr 1994 Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit homeruns in a games (11 times)
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21 Apr 1994 Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed
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21 Apr 1995 Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, New York Knicks win 98-92
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21 Apr 1995 FBI arrests Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Oklahoma City bombing
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21 Apr 1996 "Delicate Balance, " opens at Plymouth Theater, New York City
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21 Apr 1996 Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country District to win Logan Cup
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21 Apr 1996 Wayne James scores 99 and 99 and ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final
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21 Apr 1996 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Hale Irwin
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21 Apr 1996 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
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21 Apr 1996 Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8)
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21 Apr 1996 Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance", opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
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21 Apr 1997 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34
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21 Apr 1997 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23
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21 Apr 1997 Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit
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21 Apr 2004 Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
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21 Apr 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 will be unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.
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21 Apr 2012 Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.
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