Today In History - April 21

1420 Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike
1453 Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
1477 Maximilian of Habsburg marries Maria of Bourgondie at proxy
1509 Henry the VIII becomes King of England
1572 France and England sign anti-Spanish military covenant
1600 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun
1649 Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship
1654 England and Sweden sign trade agreement
1689 William III and Mary Stuart proclaimed king and queen of England
1739 Spain and Naples-Austria sign peace accord
1785 Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges
1818 Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna
1828 Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
1836 Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico
1855 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa
1857 Alexander Douglas patents the bustle
1862 Congress establishes U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado
1862 Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston
1865 Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington
1878 New York installs 1st firehouse pole
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 Shaw's "Arms and the Man," premieres in London
1898 Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat
1898 Spanish-American War begins
1908 Frederick A. Cook claims to reach North Pole, he didn't
1910 Cleveland Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0
1913 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
1913 Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper
1914 U.S. Marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
1920 John Galsworthy's "Skin Game," premieres in London
1925 Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR
1925 No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral
1925 Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels," premieres in London
1930 Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky's "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
1945 Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
1945 He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
1945 Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London
1945 Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
1945 U.S. 7th Army occupies Neurenberg
1946 SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
1948 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
1955 J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City
1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
1956 Elvis Presley's 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 and reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark
1960 Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil
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 Women's Golf Open
1964 Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
1965 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season
1974 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win
1974 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
1975 4th Boston Women's 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
1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1977 "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 2377 performances
1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
1977 Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
1977 C Strouse and M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in New York City
1977 Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh
1979 "Carmelina" closes at St. James Theater New York City 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
1981 U.S. 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 U.S. Congress
1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched
1983 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom
1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
1984 Centers for Disease Control 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 Cardinals, 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 Women's 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 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing
1987 Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
1987 Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history
1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
1988 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1989 George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
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
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
1993 Brazil votes against a monarchy
1994 "Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances
1994 Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed
1995 Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, New York Knicks win 98-92
1995 FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh and charge him with Oklahoma City bombing
1996 "Delicate Balance," opens at Plymouth Theater New York City
1996 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin
1996 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
1996 Wayne James scores 99 and 99 and 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 Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23
1997 Ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit

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