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  On this day in history barbra Striesand records "You'll Never Know"   

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

1989  James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64 on April - 21.   

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

1990  On this day in history national League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards   

1990  Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies on this day in history.   

1991  On April - 21 richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74   

1992  "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway on this day in history.   

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

1993  Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82 on April - 21.   

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

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

1996  A H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies on April - 21.   

1997  Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies on this day in history.   

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  On April - 21 presidential elections are held in Nigeria.   

2012  Two trains in Sloterdijk, Netherlands, injure 117 people in a head on collision on April - 21.   

2013  On this day in history 185 people are killed in a conflict between Islamic extremists and the Nigerian military   

2014  On April - 21 meb Keflezighi wins the 2014 Boston Marathon   

2017  Taliban attack army base at Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, killing more than 100 on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history 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 April - 21.   

2019  On this day in history 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.   

2019  On this day in history 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.   

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  On April - 21 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  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 on April - 21.   

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 April - 21 birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on this day in history.   

1651  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer   

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on this day in history.   

1109  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.   

1142  On April - 21 death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)   

1329  On April - 21 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  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  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on April - 21.