Vero - Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 21

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  Sam Houston
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  Sam Houston
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  Cathedral of Brasilia
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  Maharlika (ruling class) of the Kingdom of Tondo
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  Washington's reception at Trenton depicted by N. C. Wyeth
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  Manfred von Richthofen
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  Mausoleum of four Shia Imams
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  Romulus and Remus suckling from the Capitoline Wolf

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Blurb	Reason
Patriots' Day in various U.S. states (1775)	Place holder for 2025 (3rd Monday)
Tiradentes Day in Brazil	multiple issues
Rama Navami - Hinduism	Hindu calendar
1782 – A city pillar was erected on Rattanakosin Island, located on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River, an act considered the founding of the city of Bangkok.	refimprove section
1894 – Norway formally adopted the Krag–Jørgensen, a repeating bolt action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen, as the main firearm of its armed forces.	needs more footnotes, unreferenced section
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, known as the "Red Baron", was shot down and killed near Vaux-sur-Somme in France, after a career as the most successful fighter pilot of First World War with 80 confirmed air combat victories.	refimprove section
1960 – Brasília, a planned city primarily designed by architect and urban planner Lúcio Costa, was officially inaugurated, replacing Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil.	unreferenced section
1967 – Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos overthrew the government of Greek Prime Minister Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, establishing the Regime of the Colonels.	refimprove sections
1967 – The Socialist mayor of Marseille Gaston Defferre and Gaullist legislator René Ribière took up swords in the last duel fought in France.	Defferre: unreferenced section; Ribière: stub
2002 – In the first round of the French presidential election, Jean-Marie Le Pen progressed to the runoff, a result so surprising that "Template:Nowrap April" is now a common expression in France.	Election: refimprove section, fact not in article; Le Pen: lots of CN tags (8)
* 1863 – Following his exile from Baghdad, Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, began a twelve-day stay in the Garden of Ridván, where he declared himself to be "He whom God shall make manifest".	article says 22 April
* 1914 – Mexican Revolution: The United States detained a German steamer carrying materiel for the Mexican federal government.	One section almost uncited
Grounation Day (Rastafari	Citation needed for date in article

Eligible

• 753 BC – Romulus and Remus (depicted) legendarily founded the city of Rome, according to the calculations of ancient Roman scholar Varro Reatinus.
• 43 BC – Forces led by Mark Antony fought the Battle of Mutina against those of Decimus Brutus, one of Julius Caesar's assassins.
• 995 - Ælfric of Abingdon was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1789 – The Ladies of Trenton social club hosted a reception (depicted) for President-elect George Washington as he journeyed to New York City for his first inauguration.
• 1925 or 1926 – Al-Baqi Cemetery in Medina, the site of the mausoleum of four of the Twelve Imams of Shia Islam, was demolished by Wahhabis.
• 1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", purportedly showing the Loch Ness Monster (later revealed to be a hoax), was published in the Daily Mail.
• 1836 – Forces of the Republic of Texas led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexican troops of General Antonio López de Santa Anna in the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive and final battle of the Texas Revolution.
• 1958 – [[United Airlines Flight 736|United Airlines Template:Nowrap]] collided with a U.S. Air Force fighter jet over southern Nevada, resulting in the deaths of all 49 people on board both aircraft.
• 1962 – The Century 21 Exposition, the first world's fair in the United States since World War II, opened in Seattle.
• 1967 – A violent tornado strikes multiple schools and destroys houses in Belvidere, Illinois, United States, causing over 450 casualties.
• 1970 – In response to a dispute over wheat production quotas, Leonard Casley declared his Template:Cvt farm in Western Australia to be an independent country as the Hutt River Province.
• 2010 – Ukraine and Russia signed the Kharkiv Pact, extending the Russian lease on naval facilities in Crimea.
• 2014 – The city of Flint, Michigan, U.S., changed its water source to the Flint River, which exposed residents to lead poisoning.
• 2021 – The Indonesian Navy submarine Nanggala sank, resulting in the deaths of all 53 people on board.
• Born/died: | Bardas|d|866| Bajkam|d|941| Anselm of Canterbury|d|1109| Petrus Apianus|d|1552| Simon de la Loubère|b|1642| Jan Boeckhorst|d|1668| Max Weber|b|1864| [[Ignatius Zakka I Iwas|Ignatius Template:Nowrap Iwas]]|b|1931| Carsten Borchgrevink |d|1934| John Maynard Keynes|d|1946| Mike Wingfield|b|1954| Dorothy Eady|d|1981| Hikakin|b|1989| Joc Pederson|b|1992| F1NN5TER|b|2000|

April 21: Natale di Roma in Italy (AD 47); Patriots' Day in some parts of the United States (2025) Template:Main page image/OTD

• 900 – A debt was pardoned by the chief of Tondo on the island of Luzon and recorded on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the earliest known calendar-dated document found in the Philippines.
• 1615 – The Wignacourt Aqueduct (pictured) in Malta was inaugurated, and was used to carry water to Valletta for about 300 years.
• 1725 – J. S. Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, was first performed on Easter Monday.
• 1925 or 1926 – Al-Baqi Cemetery in Medina, the site of the mausoleum of four of the Twelve Imams of Shia Islam, was demolished by Wahhabis.
• 1975 – South Vietnamese president Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned on hearing of the fall of Xuân Lộc, the last battle of the Vietnam War.