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21 April

On This Day: 21 April

City of Rome founded (traditional date – according to Varro writing in the 1st century BC) Click to show or hide the answer
The three–day Lisbon Massacre ends, with over 1,900 suspected Jews slaughtered by Catholics Click to show or hide the answer
Henry VII dies, and is succeeded by his son Henry VIII Click to show or hide the answer
Mogul leader Babur (Babar) routs the army of the Afghan Sultan of Delhi and establishes the Mogul dynasty, which would rule India until 1858 Click to show or hide the answer
Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language published Click to show or hide the answer
Battle of San Jacinto: Texans under General Sam Houston defeat the Mexicans under Antonio López de Santa Anna, establishing the independent Republic of Texas Click to show or hide the answer
Sir James Thomas Knowles founds the Metaphysical Society Click to show or hide the answer
The Northwest Mounted Police is established in Canada Click to show or hide the answer
The USA begins a blockade of Cuban ports; four days later, Congress declares that a state of war had existed from this date Click to show or hide the answer
Rodin's semi–nude statue of Victor Hugo, displayed at the Grand Palais, shocks Paris Click to show or hide the answer
Nottingham Forest beat Leicester Fosse 12–0 – the biggest ever win in the First Division Click to show or hide the answer
US troops occupy Veracruz to prevent German arms reaching Mexican forces Click to show or hide the answer
Former British consular official Roger Casement is arrested by the British authorities, on arriving in Ireland on a German submarine to lead a Sinn Fein rebellion Click to show or hide the answer
Canadians take Vimy Ridge Click to show or hide the answer
Baron Manfred von Richthofen is shot down in action over Vaux–sur–Somme, in France, and killed Click to show or hide the answer
Princess Elizabeth born Click to show or hide the answer
The Daily Mail publishes the 'Surgeon's photograph' – the most famous photo claiming to show the Loch Ness monster; it was revealed in 1999 to be a hoax Click to show or hide the answer
BOAC Comets begin the first jet airliner service (London to Rome) Click to show or hide the answer
The US Air Force flies a French batallion to Vietnam to defend Dien Bien Phu Click to show or hide the answer
Brasilia replaces Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil Click to show or hide the answer
A military junta led by Colonel George Papadopoulos takes power in Greece, a few days before a general election; the regime would last for seven years Click to show or hide the answer
Enoch Powell calls for an end to non–white immigration from the Commonwealth Click to show or hide the answer
Student leader Daniel Cohn–Bendit ('Danny the Red') is denied entry to France Click to show or hide the answer
President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu of South Vietnam flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls Click to show or hide the answer
Annie opens on Broadway Click to show or hide the answer
The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, killing 106 people. Click to show or hide the answer
Around 100,000 Chinese students pour into Beijing's Tiananmen Square to commemorate reform leader Hu Yaobang, ignoring government warnings of dire consequences Click to show or hide the answer
Former Bolivian dictator Luis García Meza is sentenced to 30 years in jail without parole, for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution Click to show or hide the answer
The Washington Post reveals that Britain has agreed to stockpile nuclear waste from Georgia under an agreement brokered by the USA Click to show or hide the answer
A CIA report reveals that the designs of the USA's most sophisticated nuclear weapons were stolen by Chinese spies in the 1980s Click to show or hide the answer
Jean–Marie le Pen, founder of France's National Front, comes second in the first poll in the presidential election – eliminating the Socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin Click to show or hide the answer
Labour MP George Galloway denies having been on Saddam Hussein's payroll, after Iraqi intelligence documents appear to show that he was Click to show or hide the answer
Four co–ordinated suicide bombings kill at least 68 people in Basra – the deadliest attacks on the British–controlled city since the end of the 2004 war Click to show or hide the answer
Ron Atkinson resigns his role as a TV pundit after a racist remark he made about Marcel Desailly after Chelsea's Champions' League semi–final was (unbeknownst to him) broadcast in parts of the Middle East Click to show or hide the answer
116 people lose their lives when two trains collide head–on near Amsterdam Click to show or hide the answer

© Haydn Thompson 2019