Page 8: Historical Events In April - 21

1985  Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1986  Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing on this day in history.   

1986  Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930) on this day in history.   

1987  Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77 on April - 21.   

1988  On April - 21 barbra Striesand records "You'll Never Know"   

1989  On April - 21 100,000 chinese students gather for quiet protest in Tiananmen Square   

1989  James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1990  "Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks on this day in history.   

1990  National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards on this day in history.   

1990  Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies on April - 21.   

1991  Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74 on April - 21.   

1992  On April - 21 "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway   

1992  On April - 21 robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39   

1993  Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1994  Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93 on April - 21.   

1995  Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history a H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies   

1997  On this day in history andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies   

2005  A bus crash in Vietnam's Central Highlands kills thirty Vietnamese war veterans on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history a gunfight on the edge of the Saudi city of Mecca kills two militants and two members of the security forces.2007 Presidential elections are held in Nigeria.   

2007  Presidential elections are held in Nigeria on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history two trains in Sloterdijk, Netherlands, injure 117 people in a head on collision   

2013  On April - 21 185 people are killed in a conflict between Islamic extremists and the Nigerian military   

2014  Meb Keflezighi wins the 2014 Boston Marathon on April - 21.   

2017  Taliban attack army base at Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, killing more than 100 on April - 21.   

2018  On April - 21 oakland A's left hander Sean Manaea no-hits the Boston Red Sox   

2019  Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at a Extinction Rebellion protest in London amid city-wide climate protests where Waterloo Bridge was occupied over four days on this day in history.   

2019  A series of bomb attacks occur at eight locations in Sri Lanka, including three churches, four hotels and one housing complex in Colombo, on Easter Sunday, leaving 259 people dead and over 500 injured. This is the first major terrorist attack in the country since the Sri Lankan Civil War ended in 2009 on this day in history.   

2019  Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is elected President of Ukraine in a runoff election. Zelensky previously portrayed a fictional Ukrainian president in the television series Servant of the People on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history mozambique police say 52 male villagers were killed by Islamist militants earlier this month in Muidumbe District, Cabo Delgado Province, after they refused to join their ranks.   

2021  On this day in history russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West not to cross a "red line" in his state of the union address, amid massing of 100,000 Russian troops on Ukraine border   

2021  On April - 21 cOVID-19 pandemic: With global case numbers approaching a second peak, India reports 315,000 infections within 24 hours, the highest one-day tally recorded anywhere in the world to date.   

2023  On this day in history the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, representing a majority of the global Anglican population, reject the leadership of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as the head of global Anglicanism over his support for same-sex marriage.   

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

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1555  On April - 21 birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)   

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on April - 21.   

1651  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)   

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

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1073  On April - 21 alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies   

1109  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on April - 21.   

1142  Death of Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079) on this day in history.   

1329  Death of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) on April - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1557  On April - 21 death of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)