Page 8: Historical Events In April - 21

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

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

1986  Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930) on April - 21.   

1987  On this day in history edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77   

1988  Barbra Striesand records "You'll Never Know" on April - 21.   

1989  100,000 chinese students gather for quiet protest in Tiananmen Square on this day in history.   

1989  On April - 21 james Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64   

1990  "Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks on April - 21.   

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  On April - 21 richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74   

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

1992  Robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39 on April - 21.   

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

1994  On this day in history clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93   

1995  On this day in history robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93   

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

1997  On April - 21 andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies   

2005  On April - 21 a bus crash in Vietnam's Central Highlands kills thirty Vietnamese war veterans.   

2005  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 on April - 21.   

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

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

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

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

2017  On this day in history taliban attack army base at Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, killing more than 100   

2018  Oakland A's left hander Sean Manaea no-hits the Boston Red Sox on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history 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   

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 April - 21 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  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 on April - 21.   

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  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 on this day in history.   

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on April - 21.   

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  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on this day in history.   

1651  On April - 21 birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

1652  On April - 21 birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)   

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on April - 21.   

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on April - 21.   

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

1142  On this day in history death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)   

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

1509  On April - 21 henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52   

1551  On this day in history death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)   

1552  On this day in history peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50   

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on this day in history.