April 21
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[edit] Events
- 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date).
- 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.
- 1967 - 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.
- 1975 - Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu flees Saigon, as Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
- 1989 - Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
- 1994 - The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.
[edit] Births
- 1926 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
- 1935 - Thomas Kean, former Governor of New Jersey and 9/11 Commission Chairman
- 1936 - James Dobson, American evangelist
[edit] Deaths
- 1910 - Mark Twain, American author and humorist (b. 1835)
- 1918 - Manfred von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1892)
- 1945 - Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
- 1946 - John Maynard Keynes, English economist (b. 1883)
- 1971 - François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, Haitian dictator (b. 1907)
