April 21 in history
Events on April 21
Notable events that happened on April 21 in past years.
- 2021
Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala (402) sinks in the Bali Sea during a military drill, killing all 53 on board.
Wikipedia article: Indonesian Navy - 2004
Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
Wikipedia article: 2004 Basra police station bombings - 1989
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
Wikipedia article: 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre - 1977
Annie opens on Broadway.
Wikipedia article: Annie (musical) - 1967
A tornado outbreak in Illinois, United States, kills over 50 and injures over 1,000. Belvidere sustains over 500 casualties as a violent tornado strikes the high school. Another tornado near Chicago causes another 500 casualties, devastating Oak Lawn.
Wikipedia article: Tornado outbreak of April 21, 1967 - 1963
The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Baháʼí Faith.
Wikipedia article: Universal House of Justice - 1958
United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
Wikipedia article: United Air Lines Flight 736 - 1946
The U.S. Weather Bureau records that a tornado which struck Timber Lake, South Dakota was 4 miles (6.4 km), among the widest tornadoes on record.
Wikipedia article: National Weather Service - 1918
World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
Wikipedia article: World War I - 1894
Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
Wikipedia article: Krag–Jørgensen - 1809
Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
Wikipedia article: Landshut - 1792
Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
Wikipedia article: Tiradentes - 1615
The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
Wikipedia article: Wignacourt Aqueduct - 1506
The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.
- 753 BC
Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).
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