Historical Events In April - 21

1946  Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies on April - 21.  

1948  1st Polaroid camera was sold in US on April - 21.  

1948  Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1951  On April - 21 toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup  

1951  5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3 on April - 21.  

1952  On this day in history bOAC begins first passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)  

1952  BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route) on April - 21.  

1952  Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 on April - 21.  

1954  On April - 21 gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR  

1954  USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam on this day in history.  

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1955  Bkln Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season on this day in history.  

1956  Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1 on April - 21.  

1957  On April - 21 marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open  

1959  Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark on this day in history.  

1959  1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod on this day in history.  

1960  On April - 21 brasilia becomes the capital of Brazil  

1960  Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil on this day in history.  

1961  On April - 21 french army revolts in Algeria  

1961  James Melton opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1961  On this day in history uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,000 m  

1961  On April - 21 dirk U Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO  

1961  On April - 21 james Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57  

1962  On April - 21 century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington (think Space Needle)  

1962  Frederick Handley Page designer of first big airplane (40 seats), dies on April - 21.  

1962  Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington on this day in history.  

1962  On this day in history frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies  

1963  On April - 21 beatles meet Rolling Stones for first time  

1963  On April - 21 the Beatles and The Rolling Stones met for the first time at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, England  

1963  Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time on April - 21.  

1964  On April - 21 pirates & Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5  

1965  On this day in history new York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season  

1965  Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1966  Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica on this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history dodgers first rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)  

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on this day in history.  

1546  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer  

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)  

1619  On this day in history birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)  

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)  

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.  

1671  On April - 21 birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)  

1672  On April - 21 birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer  

1073  On this day in history alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies  

1109  On this day in history anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

1142  Death of Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079) on April - 21.  

1329  On this day in history death of frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)  

1509  Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1551  Death of Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) on April - 21.  

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on April - 21.  

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on April - 21.