About April 21
April 21, 2024 is the 112th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 254 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 283 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 21
- 753 BC –Romulus and Remus founded Rome (traditional date).
- 900 –The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: the Honourable Namwaran and his children, Lady Angkatan and Bukah, are granted pardon from all their debts by the Commander and Chief of Tundun, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah. Luzon, Philippines.
- 1509 –Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
- 1519 –Hernán Cortés lands in Veracruz, Veracruz
- 1792 –Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil’s independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
- 1894 –Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
- 1918 –World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as “The Red Baron”, is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
- 1922 –The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Texas A&M graduates who had died in the previous year.
- 1941 –Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece.
- 1945 –World War II: Soviet Union forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
- 1960 –Brasília, Brazil’s capital, is officially inaugurated. At 9:30 am the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
- 1960 –Founding of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith in Washington, D.C.
- 1963 –The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.
- 1965 –The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair opens for its second and final season.
- 1967 –Greek military junta of 1967–1974: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
- 1970 –The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia.
- 1989 –Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
- 1993 –The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
- 1994 –The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.
- 2004 –Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
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