Historical Events on this Day in History Events in History for Monday 21st April 2014 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date). 43 BC - Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after. 953 - Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights 1420 - Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike 1453 - Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople 1509 - Henry VIII becomes King of England 1521 - Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards 1526 - Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi 1572 - France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant 1600 - 1st date in James Clavells novel Shogun (OS) 1649 - Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship 1654 - England & Sweden sign trade agreement 1689 - William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England 1739 - Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord 1785 - Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges 1789 - John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington) 1792 - Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading movement for Brazils independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered. 1794 - NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British 1796 - Napoleon and the French defeat the Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi 1818 - Franz Grillparzers Sappho premieres in Vienna 1836 - Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico 1855 - 1st train crosses Miss Rivers 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia 1857 - Alexander Douglas patents the bustle 1862 - Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co 1862 - Ellen Price Woods East Lynne premieres in Boston 1863 - Baháulláh, founder of the Baháí Faith, enters gardens of Rivden, near Baghdad. Makes the declaration of ahaullah during 12 days spent there US President Abraham LincolnUS President Abraham Lincoln 1865 - Abraham Lincolns funeral train leaves Washington 1878 - First Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn 1878 - NY installs 1st firehouse pole 1878 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili 1878 - Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia 1884 - Potters Field reopened as Madison Park 1892 - Black longshoremen strike for higher wages in St Louis, Mo 1894 - George Bernard Shaws Arms & the Man premieres in London 1898 - Phillies pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat 1898 - Spanish-American War: The U.S. Congress, on April 25, recognizes that a state of war exists between the United States and Spain as of this date. 1904 - Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) 1908 - Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didnt) 1910 - Cleve Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0 1913 - German passenger ship Imperator runs aground 1914 - US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months Pilot The Red BaronPilot The Red Baron 1918 - World War I: German fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen, known as The Red Baron, is shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France. Canadian pilot Captain Arthur Roy Brown was credited with the kill. 1920 - John Galsworthys Skin Game premieres in London 1921 - Ottawa Senators beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup [or 4/4] 1922 - The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Aggies who had died in the previous year. 1925 - Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR 1925 - No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets funeral 1925 - Noel Cowards Fallen Angels premieres in London 1930 - Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322 1930 - Vladimir Mayakovskys Moskva Golid premieres in Moscow 1934 - Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays AL record 117th cons errorless game 1935 - King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties 1940 - 1st $64 Question, Take It or Leave It, on CBS Radio 1940 - Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer 1941 - Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany 1944 - NFL Chic Cardinals & Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3) Playwright George Bernard ShawPlaywright George Bernard Shaw 1945 - Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory 1945 - He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die 1945 - Ivor Novellos Perchance to Dream premieres in London 1945 - Russian army arrives at outskirts of Berlin 1945 - US 7th Army occupies Neurenberg 1946 - Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany 1948 - 2nd NBA Championship: Balt Bullets beat Phila Warriors, 4 games to 2 1951 - 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3 1951 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1 1952 - BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route) 1952 - Secretaryies Day (now Administrative Professionals Day) is first celebrated. 1954 - Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR 1954 - USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam 1955 - Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season 1955 - J Lawrence & R E Lees Inherit the Wind premieres in NYC 1955 - Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis PresleySinger & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley 1956 - Elvis Presleys 1st hit record, Heartbreak Hotel, becomes #1 1957 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1957 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum 1959 - 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod 1959 - Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16 10 white shark 1960 - Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil 1960 - Founding of the Orthodox Baháí Faith in Washington, D.C. 1961 - Dirk Stikker chosen as secretary general of NATO 1961 - French army revolts in Algeria 1961 - USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,000 m 1962 - Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington 1963 - Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time 1963 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Womens Golf Open 1963 - The Universal House of Justice of the Baháí Faith is elected for the first time. 1964 - Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5 1965 - New York Worlds Fair reopens for 2nd & final season 1966 - Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica 1967 - Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games) 1967 - Evangelical Broadcasting begins in Netherlands 1967 - Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier 1967 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Josef Stalins daughter defects to the US in NYC 1968 - 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz & Guilderstern & Hallelujah Baby! win 1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open 1969 - 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49 1970 - Reds clout 7 HRs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team & 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records 1970 - The Principality of Hutt River (previously Hutt River Province) secedes from Australia - it remains unrecognised by Australia or other nations 1971 - Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland 1972 - John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16) 1972 - Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched 1974 - 28th Tony Awards: River Niger & Raisin win 1974 - 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice 1975 - 4th Boston Womens Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24 1975 - 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55 Vietnamese Politican Nguyen Van ThieuVietnamese Politican Nguyen Van Thieu 1975 - Last South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years 1975 - Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24) 1976 - Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing 1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1977 - Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6 1977 - C Strouse & M Charnins musical Annie opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances 1977 - Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh 1979 - Carmelina closes at St James Theater NYC after 17 performances 1980 - 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11 1980 - Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich 1980 - 9th Boston Womens Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as womens champ she hadnt run entire course 1981 - US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia 1982 - Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game 1982 - Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant 1982 - Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress 1983 - 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom 1984 - Nightline reverts back from 1 hour to ½ hour 1984 - After 37 weeks Thriller is knocked off as top album by Footloose 1984 - Centers for Disease Cont says virus discovered in France causes AIDS 1984 - Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph 1984 - Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game 1985 - Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels 1985 - Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead 1985 - Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06 1985 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1986 - 15th Boston Womens Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55 1986 - 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51 1986 - Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz) 1986 - Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capones vault on TV & finds nothing 1987 - Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games 1987 - Dow Jones Average soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history 1987 - Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season 1987 - Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka) 1987 - Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed 1988 - 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence Singer-songwriter & Actress Barbra StreisandSinger-songwriter & Actress Barbra Streisand 1988 - Barbra Streisand records Youll Never Know 1989 - George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers 1989 - Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijings Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom 1990 - Cartoon All Stars to Rescue shown on all 4 TV networks 1990 - National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards 1990 - Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history 1991 - 52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus 1991 - Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17) 1991 - Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14) 1991 - Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th 1992 - High Rollers opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway 1992 - Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill (a tidal strait separating Staten Island, New York City from mainland New Jersey, USA) 1992 - Robert Alton Harris is put to death in the California Gas Chamber for 3 murders. 1993 - Wilder, Wilder, Wilder opens at Circle in Sq NYC for 30 perfs 1993 - Brazil votes against a monarchy 1994 - Picnic opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances 1994 - Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times) 1994 - Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed 1994 - The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan. 1995 - Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, NY Knicks win 98-92 1995 - FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Oklahoma City bombing 1996 - Delicate Balance opens at Plymouth Theater NYC 1996 - 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin 1996 - Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship 1996 - Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8) 1996 - Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup 1996 - Wayne James scores 99 & 99 & ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final 1997 - 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34 1997 - 26th Boston Womens Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23 1997 - Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit Singer Shania TwainSinger Shania Twain 2004 - 38th CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards: Toby Keith, Shania Twain & Kenny Chesney wins 2008 - The United States Air Force retires the F-117 Nighthawk. 2012 - Two trains in Sloterdijk, Netherlands, injure 117 people in a head on collision 2012 - Chicago White Sox pitcher, Philip Humber, pitches the 21st MLB perfect game against the Seattle Mariners 2013 - 185 people are killed in a conflict between Islamic extremists and the Nigerian military 2013 - Horacio Cartes is elected President of Paraguay 2013 - Sebastian Vettel wins the 2013 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix 2013 - Tsegaye Kebede and Priscah Jeptoo win the 2013 London Marathon
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