April 21 is the 112th day of the year.
National Chocolate-Covered Cashews Day
Kindergarten Day
April 21, 753 BC – Legendary founding date of Rome
April 21, 571 – Prophet Muhammad was born in Makkah. (Mecca).
In 1509, Henry VIII ascended the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
Birthday of Charlotte Brontë, (1816), English novelist famous for Jane Eyre
San Jacinto Day, a legal holiday commemorating the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto through which the Texans won independence from Mexico. The Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeated troops under Mexican General, Antonio López de Santa Anna.
1910 Death of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain). Upon hearing of Twain’s death, President William Howard Taft said:
Mark Twain gave pleasure – real intellectual enjoyment – to millions, and his works will continue to give such pleasure to millions yet to come … His humor was American, but he was nearly as much appreciated by Englishmen and people of other countries as by his own countrymen. He has made an enduring part of American literature.
On April 21, 1918, World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as “The Red Baron”, was shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France. He was credited with 80 air combat victories. Richthofen was a Freiherr (literally “Free Lord”), a title of nobility often translated as Baron. This title, combined with the fact that he had his aircraft painted red, led to Richthofen being called “The Red Baron”.
Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II (1926) of the United Kingdom.
1934 – The “Surgeon’s Photograph”, the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, was published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
1956 Elvis Presley’s 1st hit record, “Heartbreak Hotel”, became #1
Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gathered in Tiananmen Square to commemorate pro-reform Communist general secretary, Hu Yaobang.
The United States Air Force retired the F-117 Nighthawk on April 21, 2008.