Top Historical Events That Happened on April 21 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

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

1948  1st Polaroid camera was sold in US.   

1948  Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66.   

1951  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   

1952  BOAC begins inaugural passenger service with jets (London-Rome route).   

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

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

1954  Gregori Malenkov is recorded as becoming premier of USSR   

1954  USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam   

1955  Bkln Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season.   

1956  Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," is recorded as becoming #1.   

1957  In this year, Marlene Hagge claims LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.   

1959  Alf Dean using a rod and reel hooks a 2664lb, 16' 10" white shark.   

1959  1211-kg great white shark is recorded as becoming largest fish ever caught on a rod.   

1960  Brasilia is recorded as becoming the capital of Brazil.   

1960  Brasilia is recorded as becoming capital of Brazil   

1961  French army revolts in Algeria   

1961  James Melton opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57.   

1961  USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32000 m.   

1961  Dirk U Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO   

1962  Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington (think Space Needle).   

1962  Frederick Handley Page designer of inaugural big airplane (40 seats), dies.   

1962  Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington   

1962  Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies.   

1963  Beatles meet Rolling Stones for inaugural time.   

1963  The Beatles and The Rolling Stones met for the inaugural time at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, England   

1963  Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time   

1964  Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5   

1965  New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season   

1965  Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72.   

1966  Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica.   

1967  Dodgers inaugural rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)   

1967  Military coup in Greece   

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