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Happy Birthday DMD!

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Happy Birthday! 50, really, never would have known that! Enjoy your day, because like most of the rest of us men out there it is truly the only one you get as your own, what with the rest of the holidays being about the kids and wimmens.

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Well, dang.

 

I have definitely got to go shoot my newest toy in celebration. I swear I was just 24 years old and blinked and here I am.

 

Thanks all!

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Happy Birthday!

 

Today in History - April 21

 

753BC Apr 21, Rome was founded. The traditional date for founding by Romulus as a refuge for runaway slaves and murderers who captured the neighboring Sabine women for wives. Archeological evidence indicates that the founders of Rome were Italic people who occupied the area south of the Tiber River.

(HFA, '96, p.28)(V.D.-H.K.p.61)(http://eawc.evansville.edu, p.7)(HN, 4/21/98)

 

43 BC Apr 21, Marcus Antonius was defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy.

(HN, 4/21/99)

 

953 Apr 21, Otto I, the Great, granted Utrecht fishing rights.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1073 Apr 21, Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), died.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1109 Apr 21, Anselmus, philosopher, archbishop of Canterbury, died.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1142 Apr 21, Pierre Abelard (62), French philosopher (priestly lover of Heloise), died.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1509 Apr 21, Henry VII (b.1457), 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), died.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England)

 

1526 Apr 21, Mongol Emperor Zahir-ud-din Babur annihilated Indian Army of Ibrahim Lodi at the Battle of Panipat. Babar, King of Kabul, established in this year the Mughal dynasty at Delhi.

(TL-MB, 1988, p.13)(SFEC, 5/21/00, p.T8)(WSJ, 3/31/07, p.P10)

 

1574 Apr 21, Cosimo d' Medici (~54), Italian duke of Toscane, died.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1649 Apr 21, The Maryland Toleration Act, which provided for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly.

(AP, 4/21/97)(HN, 4/21/98)

 

1689 Apr 21, (NS) William III and Mary II were crowned joint king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland.

(HN, 4/21/98)(HNQ, 12/28/00)

 

1699 Apr 21, Jean Racine (59), French playwright (Phèdre), died.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1713 Apr 21, Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, was born.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1729 Apr 21, Catharina II, the Great, writer, empress of Russia (1762-96), was born. [see May 2]

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1782 Apr 21, Friedrich Froebel, German educator and founder of kindergarten, was born.

(HN, 4/21/98)(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1785 Apr 21, Russian Tsarina Catharina II ended nobility privileges.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1789 Apr 21, John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States.

(AP, 4/21/97)(HN, 4/21/98)

 

1792 Apr 21, Jose da Silva Xavier, Tiradentes, considered by many to be Brazil's George Washington, was drawn and quartered by the Portuguese. He was hung in Rio de Janeiro. His body was broken apieces. With his blood, a document was written declaring his memory infamous. His head was exposed in Vila Rica. Pieces of his body were exposed in the cities between Vila Rica and Rio, in an attempt to scare the people who had listened to the independence ideas of Tiradentes.

(AP, 4/19/03)(www.v-brazil.com/culture/historic-characters/tiradentes.html)

 

1795 Apr 21, Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, was born.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1801 Apr 21, Saudi Arabs led Sunni raids into Karbala, Iraq, killing about 5,000 people.

(Econ, 10/11/08, p.65)(http://SPAM.com/5qdnf3)

 

1816 Apr 21, Charlotte Bronte (d.1855), English novelist, writer of "Jane Eyre," was born in Thornton, England. Her sister Emily wrote “Wuthering Heights”: "Better to be without logic than without feeling."

(WP, 1952, p.37)(AP, 9/13/99)(HN, 4/21/98)

 

1828 Apr 21, Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher, historian (Voyage in Italy), was born.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1832 Apr 21, Abraham Lincoln (23) assembled with his New Salem neighbors for the Black Hawk War on the Western frontier. Illinois Governor John Reynolds had called for volunteers to beat back a new Indian threat. Black Hawk, chief of the Sac and Fox Indians, had returned to his homeland at the head of a band of 450 warriors, intent on forcibly reversing the treaty he had signed 28 years earlier that ceded control of the tribe’s ancestral home in northwestern Illinois to the U.S. government.

(HNQ, 7/21/00)

 

1836 Apr 21, Some 910 Texians led by Sam Houston, the former governor of Tennessee, defeated the Mexican army under Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at San Jacinto. The victory in the 18 minute battle sealed Texan independence from Mexico. Houston counted 9 fatalities. 630 Mexicans were killed out of some 1,250 troops and the rest were taken prisoner.

(AP, 4/21/97)(HN, 4/21/98)(AH, 2/03, p.22)

 

1838 Apr 21, John Muir (d.1914), naturalist, was born in Dunbar, Scotland. He discovered glaciers in the High Sierras of California.

(HN, 4/21/98)(SFEC, 1/2/00, DB p.23)(SFC, 2/2/00, p.A21)

 

1849 Apr 21, Oskar Hertwig, embryologist, discovered fertilization, was born.

(HN, 4/21/98)

 

1855 Apr 21, The 1st train crossed the Mississippi River's 1st bridge.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1857 Apr 21, Alexander Douglas patented the bustle.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1862 Apr 21, Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne," premiered in Boston.

(MC, 4/21/02)

1862 Apr 21, Congress established the U.S. Mint.

(HN, 4/21/98)

 

1864 Apr 21, Max Weber (d.1920), German sociologist and political economist, was born. Weber drew strong connection between Protestantism and the rise of capitalism in “The Protestant and the Spirit of Capitalism” (1904). “He was the first sociologist to grasp that the universe has no true meaning.” In 1996 “Max Weber: Politics and the Spirit of Tragedy” by John Patrick Diggins was published.

(V.D.-H.K.p.167)(WSJ, 9/3/98, p.A1)(HN, 4/21/01)

 

1865 Apr 21, Abraham Lincoln's funeral train left Washington.

(HN, 4/21/98)

 

1871 Apr 21, Leo Blech, composer, conductor, was born.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1878 Apr 21, Ship Azor left Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1884 Apr 21, Potters Field reopened as Madison Square Park in NYC.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1894 Apr 21, George Bernard Shaw's "Arms & the Man," premiered in London.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1898 Apr 21, The Spanish-American War began. The U.S. North Atlantic Fleet, under the command of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, was ordered to begin the blockade of Cuba on April 21, 1898. The fleet with the armored cruiser New York steamed out of Key West, Fla., at 6:30 a.m. the next morning. The fleet had hardly left port when it pursued and captured a Spanish merchant vessel, Buenaventura. The Spanish-American War had begun. In 1998 David Traxel published “1898: The Birth of the American Century,” a history of the Spanish-American War.

(HN, 4/21/98)(SFEC, 7/5/98, BR p.6)(HNPD, 4/25/99)

 

1899 Apr 21, Randall Thompson, composer, was born.

(MC, 4/21/02)

1899 Apr 21, American Tobacco, Standard Rope & Twine and Laclede Gas Light Co. were removed as components of the Dow Jones. General Electric was re-instated and Continental Tobacco, American Steel & Wire and Federal Steel were added.

(WSJ, 5/28/96, p.R-45,46)

 

1900 Apr 21, Heinrich Vogl (55), composer, died.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1905 Apr 21, Edmund G "Pat" Brown, (Gov-D-Calif), was born.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1908 Apr 21, Arctic explorer Frederick A. Cook claimed to have discovered the North Pole a year ahead of Peary. Many historians suspect that neither explorer succeeded. The term “Dr. Cook weather” refers to an incident where Dr. Cook once left a chilly New York baseball game after which the city papers trumpeted; “Game called, even too cold for Dr. Cook.” Cook's assertion was later proved false. In 2005 Bruce Henderson authored “True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole.” [see Apr 6, 1909]

(SFC, 8/18/96, p.B8)(SFC, 10/2/99, p.A20)(SSFC, 4/17/05, p.C1)

 

1909 Apr 21, Rollo May, psychologist, was born.

(HN, 4/21/01)

 

1910 Apr 21, Author Mark Twain (74), born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, died in Redding, Conn. His work included "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court," "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," and "More Tramps Abroad." His short story "The War Prayer" was published after his death. In 1912 Albert Bigelow Paine authored "Mark Twain: A Biography." In 1959 Charles Neider authored "The Autobiography of Mark Twain." In 1966 Justin Kaplan authored "Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography." In 1997 Andrew Hoffman authored "Inventing Mark Twain, The Lives of Samuel Langhorn Clemens. In 2005 Ron Powers authored “Mark Twain: A Life.” In 2007 Peter Krass authored “Ignorance, Confidence, and Filthy Rich Friends: The Business Adventures of Mark Twain.”

(http://courant.ctnow.com/probjects/twain/timeline.htm)(SFC, 7/13/01, p.D5)(SSFC, 9/30/01, p.D6)(SSFC, 11/27/05, p.M2)(WSJ, 3/13/07, p.D5)

1910 Apr 21, Halley’s Comet was visible in the night sky. Entrepreneurs peddled "comet gas masks" for people worried about the Earth's passage through poisonous cyanogen gas in the comet's tail.

(AP, 4/21/97)(SFEC, 10/3/99, p.B10)

 

1911 Apr 21, Leonard Warren, baritone, Met 1939-60, was born in NYC.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1912 Apr 21, Marcel Camus, French film director (Black Orpheus), was born.

(HN, 4/21/01)

 

1913 Apr 21, Gideon Sundback of Sweden patented the zipper. [see Apr 29]

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1914 Apr 21, U.S. marines occupied Vera Cruz, Mexico. They stayed for six months.

(HN, 4/21/98)

 

1915 Apr 21, Anthony Quinn (d.2001), film star, was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, to Frank Quinn and Manuella Oaxaca.

(HN, 4/21/98)(SFC, 6/4/01, p.A17)

 

1916 Apr 21, Bill Carlisle, the infamous ‘last train robber,’ robbed a train in Hanna, Wyoming.

(HN, 4/21/99)

 

1918 Apr 21, Baron Manfred von Richthofen (25), the cousin of Frieda Lawrence and the highest-scoring German ace of World War I with 80 victories, was killed in a dogfight over France's Somme Valley over Amiens. As he pursued a Canadian pilot with jammed guns, von Richthofen, flying a red Fokker triplane, broke one of his own flying rules by following his prey too long, too far and too low. Two miles behind Allied lines, Richthofen was mortally wounded when he was fired upon simultaneously by another Canadian pilot and Australian ground troops. The following day, the Red Baron was buried by his enemies with full military honors. He was replaced with Hermann Goering.

(WSJ, 5/15/95, p. A-16)(AP, 4/21/97)(HNPD, 4/21/99)

 

1920 Apr 21, Bruno Maderna, conductor, composer, Hyperion), was born in Venice, Italy.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1923 Apr 21, John Mortimor, British barrister and playwright, was born. He created Rumpole of the Bailey.

(HN, 4/21/99)

 

1924 Apr 21, Eleanora Duse (b.1858), Italian actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), died in Pittsburgh at age 64. In 2003 Helen Sheehy authored "Eleonora Duse: A Biography."

(WSJ, 8/22/03, p.W10)(http://SPAM.com/6x59r)

 

1926 Apr 21, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor II (Elizabeth II), queen of England (1952-), was born.

(HN, 4/21/98)

 

1927 Apr 21, Robert Brustein, dean, Yale School of Drama, was born in NYC.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1930 Apr 21, Margaret Rose, Princess of York, was born in London, England.

(MC, 4/21/02)

1930 Apr 21, Silvana Mangano, actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas), was born in Rome, Italy.

(MC, 4/21/02)

1930 Apr 21, A fire at Ohio State Penitentiary killed 322.

(MC, 4/21/02)

1930 Apr 21, Robert S. Bridges (85), poet laureate (Testament of beauty), died.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1932 Apr 21, Elaine May, comedy writer, was born.

(HN, 4/21/01)

 

1934 Apr 21, Moe Berg, Senators catcher (and later US spy), played an AL record 117th consecutive, errorless game.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1935 Apr 21, Charles Grodin, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid), was born in Pittsburgh.

(MC, 4/21/02)

1935 Apr 21, King Boris of Bulgaria forbade all political parties.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1936 Apr 21, James Clayton Dobson, Christian conservative leader, was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He became an American psychologist and chairman of the board of Focus on the Family, a nonprofit organization founded in 1977 and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 2007 his radio show pulled in 6 million listeners a week.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dobson)(Econ, 3/3/07, p.40)

 

1939 Apr 21, In Texas the new San Jacinto Monument was dedicated following 3 years of construction. It stood over 14 feet taller than the Washington Monument. The monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jacinto_Monument)(AH, 2/03, p.24)

 

1940 Apr 21, The quiz show that asked the "$64 question," "Take It or Leave It," premiered on CBS Radio.

(AP, 4/21/97)

 

1941 Apr 21, Greece surrendered to Nazi Germany.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1943 Apr 21, President Roosevelt announced that several Doolittle pilots were executed by Japanese.

(HN, 4/21/98)

 

1945 Apr 21, Allied troops occupied a German nuclear laboratory.

(MC, 4/21/02)

1945 Apr 21, German Field Marshal Walther Model, known as the “Fuhrer‘s Fireman,” shot himself near Dusseldorf. Hitler, who called Model “the Savior of the Eastern Front,” sent him to shore up the perceived failings of others and to faithfully carry out his most ignorant and impossible orders. A sycophant to the end, Model sent Hitler a note commending his survival of the July bomb plot. Model‘s army was eventually enveloped in the Ruhr in 1945 and, although offered terms for surrender, Model chose to commit suicide.

(HNQ, 2/25/00)

1945 Apr 21, He Shima, Okinawa, was conquered in 5 days with 5,000 dead.

(MC, 4/21/02)

1945 Apr 21, Russian army arrived at outskirts of Berlin.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1946 Apr 21, John M. Keynes (62), English economist, died. He had recently negotiated a loan from the US to keep Britain afloat. One condition of the $5 billion loan was that Britain make sterling fully convertible into dollars. In 2009 Peter Clarke authored “Keynes: The Twentieth Century’s Most Influential Economist” and Robert Skidelsky authored “Keynes: The Return of the Master.”

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes)(WSJ, 6/20/08, p.A11)(Econ, 10/3/09, p.103)(Econ, 10/31/09, p.84)

 

1948 Apr 21, The 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1949 Apr 21, Patti LuPone, actress, singer (Evita, Life Goes On), was born in Northport, NY.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1952 Apr 21, BOAC began 1st passenger service with jets from London to Rome.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1954 Apr 21, USAF flew a French battalion to Vietnam.

(MC, 4/21/02)

1954 Apr 21, Gyorgy Malenkov became premier of USSR.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1955 Apr 21, The Jerome Lawrence-Robert Lee play "Inherit the Wind," loosely based on the Scopes trial of 1925, opened at the National Theatre in New York.

(AP, 4/21/99)

 

1956 Apr 21, Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," became #1. [see Apr 25]

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1957 Apr 21, In the 11th Tony Awards: Long Day's Journey into Night and My Fair Lady won. Edie Adams won a Tony award for supporting actress as Daisy Mae in “Li’l Abner.”

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Tony_Awards)(SFC, 10/17/08, p.A2)

 

1960 Apr 21, Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia, transferring the seat of national government from Rio de Janeiro. Brazil’s National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), founded in 1952, helped fund its development.

(USA Today, OW, 4/22/96, p.3)(AP, 4/21/97)(HN, 4/21/98)(Econ, 4/18/09, p.81)

 

1961 Apr 21, The French army revolted in Algeria.

(HN, 4/21/98)

1961 Apr 21, James Melton (57), opera tenor died.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1965 Apr 21, New York World's Fair reopened for a 2nd and final season.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1966 Apr 21, Pfc. Milton Lee Oliver was awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for bravery during the Vietnam War.

(HN, 4/21/00)

1966 Apr 21, Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visited Kingston, Jamaica.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1967 Apr 21, Northern Illinois was struck by 17 tornadoes, including several in the Chicago metropolitan area. One violent tornado moved through Belvidere (east of Rockford), killing 24 people and injuring another 450, including 13 deaths at the local high school. Damage to Belvidere totaled about $20 million, including destruction of 400 cars at the local Chrysler plant. A second violent tornado touched down in Elgin and moved northeast to Lake Zurich, causing $10 million damage. A third violent tornado touched down near Palos Hills and moved across the south side of Chicago to Lake Michigan. This tornado struck during Friday rush hour, and many of the 33 deaths and 500 injuries occurred in vehicles stopped at traffic lights. Over $50 million damage was reported from the tornado outbreak.

(www.crh.noaa.gov/ilx/trivia/aprtriv.php)

1967 Apr 21, In Greece "The Colonels" led by Colonel George Papadopoulos (1919-1999) took power in a bloodless military coup. Papadopoulos, Stylianos Pattakos, and Nikolaos Makarezos (1919-2009) imposed martial law and cracked down heavily on political opponents, imprisoning or exiling thousands of mostly left-wing supporters, many of whom were tortured by military police.

(SFC, 4/23/98, p.B4)(SFC, 6/28/99, p.A19)(AP, 8/6/09)

 

1968 Apr 21, In the 22nd Tony Awards: “Rosencranz & Guildenstern” and “Hallelujah Baby” won.

(MC, 4/21/02)

 

1970 Apr 21, Bruno Kreisky (1911-1990) became the 1st socialist chancellor of Austria.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Kreisky)

 

1971 Apr 21, In Haiti Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier (b.1907) died. He was succeeded by his teenage son Jean-Claude "Baby-Doc" Duvalier, under the guidance of Simone Duvalier, aka "Mama Doc."

(SFC,12/31/97, p.A9)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Duvalier)

 

1972 Apr 21, Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explored the surface of the moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2.

(AP, 4/21/97)

 

1973 Apr 21, The song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando reached the top of the charts.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_100_number-one_hits_of_1973_%28USA%29)

1973 Apr 21, Merian C. Cooper b.1893), film producer, died in San Diego, Ca. His films included “King Kong” (1933). In 2005 Mark Cotta Vaz authored “Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper.

(www.imdb.com/name/nm0178260/)(WSJ, 8/12/05, p.W4)

 

1975 Apr 21, Bill Rodgers won the Boston Marathon, the 1st local winner in 30 years.

(WSJ, 9/30/02, p.R3)(http://boston.com/marathon/history/1975.shtml)

1975 Apr 21, Members of the SLA robbed the Carmichael Bank in suburban Sacramento, Ca. Myrna Opsahl, a mother (42) of four, was shot dead. Patty Hearst drove the getaway car. Emily Harris shot Opsahl with a 12-gauge shotgun. 4 SLA members were arrested for the murder of Opsahl in 2002. Michael Bortin, William Harris, Sara Jane Olson and Emily Montague all pleaded guilty. Fugitive James Kilgore was arrested in South Africa Nov 8, 2002. In 2003 Montague was sentenced to 8 years, Harris to 7 years, Olson and Bortin to 6 years. In 2004 Kilgore was sentenced to 4 ½ years. Kilgore was paroled in 2009.

(SFC, 2/4/99, p.A8)(SFC, 1/23/01, p.A13)(SFC, 1/18/02, p.A22)(SFC, 1/19/02, p.A1)(SFC, 11/8/02, p.A1)(SFC, 11/9/02, p.A1)(SFC, 2/15/03, p.A3)(SFC, 4/27/04, p.B1)(SFC, 5/11/09, p.B2)

1975 Apr 21, Nguyen Van Thieu, the last South Vietnamese President, resigned after 10 years in office condemning the United States.

(AP, 4/21/97)(HN, 4/21/99)

 

1976 Apr 21, Full-scale testing of the swine flu vaccine began in Washington, D.C.

(AP, 4/21/06)

 

1977 Apr 21, The musical play "Annie" opened on Broadway, the 1st of 2,377 performances. Laurie Beechman (d.1998) made her debut in the show based on the “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip. Beechman later played Grizabella for 5 years in “Cats.”

(SFC, 3/10/98, p.A17)(AP, 4/21/08)

 

1980 Apr 21, At the Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line; but she was disqualified as a fraud when officials discovered she had jumped into the race about a mile from the finish.

(AP, 4/21/00)

 

1981 Apr 21, Pres. Reagan called for support for the sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia. The proposed AWACS sale was just the beginning of a secret $50 billion plan to build surrogate military bases in Saudi Arabia.

(http://SPAM.com/98qre)(http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id110.htm)

 

1983 Apr 21, Walter Slezak (b.1902), Austrian-born actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), committed suicide in NY.

(http://www.nndb.com/people/718/000042592/)

 

1985 Apr 21, Rudi Gernreich (b.1922), US designer (miniskirt), died.

{Fashion, USA}

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Gernreich)

1985 Apr 21, Tancredo Neves, elected president of Brazil on Jan 15, died. José Sarney became president.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Brazil_%281985-present%29)

 

1986 Apr 21, A vault in Chicago's Lexington Hotel that was linked to Al Capone was opened during a live TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera; aside from a few bottles and a sign, the vault was empty.

(AP, 4/21/97)

 

1987 Apr 21, The Senate panel investigating the Iran-Contra affair voted to grant limited immunity to President Reagan's former national security adviser, Rear Adm. John M. Poindexter.

(AP, 4/21/97)

1987 Apr 21, In Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers exploded a car bomb at the Colombo central bus stand and 113 people were killed.

(SFC, 7/24/96, p.A9)(http://SPAM.com/mvxnv)

 

1988 Apr 21, Tennessee Sen. Al Gore gave up his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, assuring supporters that "there will be other days for me and for the causes that matter to us."

(AP, 4/21/98)

 

1989 Apr 21, Tens of thousands of people crowded into Beijing's Tiananmen Square, cheering students who waved banners demanding greater political freedoms.

(AP, 4/21/99)

1989 Apr 21, In the Philippines there was a communist guerrilla ambush on Col. James Nicolas Rowe. His car was raked with bullets near his office in the Manila suburb of Quezon City, killing him and wounding his driver. Donato Continente and co-defendant Juanito Itaas, who admitted being a member of the communist New People's Army, were convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 1991. The Supreme Court later affirmed Itaas' sentence and reduced Continente's to 14 years after establishing he was an accomplice. Continente was released in 2005.

(AP, 6/28/05)

 

1990 Apr 21, Bob Engel, a National League umpire was arrested in Bakersfield, Ca., for stealing baseball cards.

(http://SPAM.com/qfma3)

1990 Apr 21, Pope John Paul II was greeted by hundreds of thousands of people as he visited Czechoslovakia to help celebrate the nation's peaceful overthrow of communist rule.

(AP, 4/21/00)

 

1991 Apr 21, US Marines in northern Iraq began building the first safe-haven settlement for Kurdish refugees. General H. Norman Schwarzkopf arrived at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida to a hero’s welcome.

(AP, 4/21/01)

1991 Apr 21, Willi Boskovsky (81), Vienna Philharmonic conductor (New Year's concerts), died.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Boskovsky)

 

1992 Apr 21, Robert Alton Harris became the first person executed at San Quentin by the state of California in 25 years as he was put to death in the gas chamber for the 1978 murder of two San Diego teen-age boys. Harris left some art that was later put on sale at Expressions Art Gallery in Oakland.

(SFEC, 11/17/96, p.C17)(AP, 4/21/97)(SFC, 2/6/99, p.A13)

 

1993 Apr 21, An 11-day siege at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville, Ohio, ended after rioting inmates reached an agreement with prison officials. One guard and nine inmates were killed during the siege.

(AP, 4/11/98)(AP, 4/21/98)

1993 Apr 21, Brazil voted against a monarchy.

(http://countrystudies.us/brazil/84.htm)

 

1994 Apr 21, The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $28 billion get-tough-on-crime bill.

(AP, 4/21/99)

 

1995 Apr 21, The FBI arrested former soldier Timothy McVeigh at an Oklahoma jail where he had spent two days on minor traffic and weapons charges; he was charged in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing two days earlier in which over 200 people were killed by a truck bomb that exploded in front of a Federal building.

(AP, 4/21/00)(HN, 4/21/99)

 

1996 Apr 21, President Clinton and Boris Yeltsin traded warm compliments and played down nagging differences, insisting their election-year summit in Moscow was not being influenced by presidential politics.

(AP, 4/21/97)

1996 Apr 21, Odds maker Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder died at age 76.

(AP, 4/21/97)

 

1997 Apr 21, Pres. Clinton approved a ban on new American investment in Burma due to human rights abuses. It also banned visas for senior Burmese government officials.

(SFC, 4/22/97, p.A6)(WSJ, 3/25/04, p.A15)

1997 Apr 21, Police in Franklin, N.J., arrested 2 teen-agers they say lured two pizza deliverymen on April 19 to an abandoned house before opening fire, killing both men. Thomas Koskovich and Jayson Vreeland were convicted in 1999 of murdering Jeremy Giordano and Giorgio Gallara. Thomas Koskovich and Jayson Vreeland were later convicted of murdering Jeremy Giordano and Giorgio Gallara and sentenced to life in prison.

(AP, 4/21/07)

1997 Apr 21, A federal court blocked Oregon’s 1994 approved law on doctor assisted suicide.

(SFC, 4/22/97, p.A15)

1997 Apr 21, A report on the new Digital Versatile Disks indicated a price of $19.99 for the disks and a DVD player for as low as $500.

(WSJ, 4/21/97, p.A16)

1997 Apr 21, Some 12,500 workers for Goodyear Tire went on strike.

(WSJ, 4/21/97, p.A1)

1997 Apr 21, The swollen Red River, which had flooded 75 percent of Grand Forks, N.D., reached a projected crest of 54 feet -- or 26 feet above flood stage.

(AP, 4/21/98)

1997 Apr 21, The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Roddenberry and 22 others were fired into space aboard a rocket that carried the first Spanish satellite, MINI-SAT-01, into orbit. This marked the beginning of the space funeral industry.

(SFC, 4/22/97, p.A3)

1997 Apr 21, In Algeria rebels butchered 93 people including 43 women and girls in the Baouch Boukhelef-Khemisti farming community.

(SFC, 4/23/97, p.A5)

1997 Apr 21, In Japan drilling on the world’s longest stretch of undersea highway (about 6 miles) was completed across Tokyo Bay to link the cities of Kawasaki and Kisarazu.

(SFC, 4/22/97, p.A8)

1997 Apr 21, Andres Rodriguez (b.1923), Paraguayan president (1989-93), died.

(www.britannica.com/eb/article-9114869?tocId=9114869)

 

1998 Apr 21, It was reported that Microsoft planned its first retail store, an 8,500-sq. foot site, in the Yerba Buena Gardens complex of SF with plans to open in spring, 1999.

(SFC, 4/21/98, p.A1)

1998 Apr 21, It was reported that the US and Britain had begun a secretive removal of nuclear materials near Tbilisi. Britain volunteered to accept the material and had already taken 270 pounds. The unused highly enriched uranium was to be processed by a Scottish plant.

(SFC, 4/21/98, p.A18)(SFC, 4/23/98, p.A16)

1998 Apr 21, Astronomers announced in Washington they had discovered possible signs of a new family of planets orbiting a star 220 light-years away, the clearest evidence yet of worlds forming beyond our solar system. The dust structures were thought to be new solar systems forming around 3 sun-like stars.

(SFC, 4/22/98, p.A1)(AP, 4/21/99)

1998 Apr 21, French and New Caledonian rival factions agreed to hold a referendum in Dec. on whether the territory should move to independence. The territory holds about 30% of the world’s nickel reserves.

(SFC, 4/22/98, p.A9)

1998 Apr 21, Khmer Rouge rebels drove a large government force back in 2 days of fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border.

(SFC, 4/22/98, p.A9)

1998 Apr 21, Skydivers from Malaysia parachuted the national car, the Proton Wira sedan, onto the North Pole this week.

(SFC, 4/23/98, p.A13)

1998 Apr 21, A special court sentenced Recep Erdogan, the mayor of Istanbul, to 10 months in prison for a 1997 speech that the military said incited hatred of the secularist army.

(WSJ, 4/22/98, p.A1)(Econ, 7/19/08, p.33)

 

1999 Apr 21, The National Rifle Association scaled back its annual meeting in Denver from 3 days to one in response to the Littleton killings.

(SFC, 4/22/99, p.A6)

1999 Apr 21, Vice Pres. Al Gore announced that 20,000 Kosovo refugees would be brought to the US mainland rather than the Guantanamo base in Cuba.

(SFC, 4/22/99, p.A12)

1999 Apr 21, A day after the mass killing at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., investigators continued their work, while memorial services were held across the city and dozens of counselors offered support to grieving students, parents, friends and family.

(AP, 4/21/00)

1999 Apr 21, Actor and bandleader Charles "Buddy" Rogers died in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 94.

(AP, 4/21/00)

1999 Apr 21, NATO and the US agreed to renew planning for ground troops in Kosovo as leaders converged on Washington to begin summit talks.

(SFC, 4/22/99, p.A1)

1999 Apr 21, The EU prepared an oil embargo against Yugoslavia.

(WSJ, 4/22/99, A1)

1999 Apr 21, NATO warplanes hit a Serbian refugee camp near Djakovica. 4 Serbs were reported killed in the camp where 200-300 Serb refugees from the Krajina region lived. A NATO spokesman said NATO planes were not operating in that area. NATO bombs hit transmitters for radio and TV along with other business and party offices of people close to Milosevic.

(SFC, 4/22/99, p.A14)

1999 Apr 21, In Benin police arrested Yacoubou Adam Fassassi, the Benin ambassador to the UN, for alleged involvement in drug trafficking.

(SFC, 4/22/99, p.A15)

1999 Apr 21, In Colombia retired Col. Bernardo Ruiz was arrested for arranging the 1995 murder of opposition politician Alvaro Gomez.

(SFC, 4/22/99, p.D12)(WSJ, 4/22/99, A1)

1999 Apr 21, In Jamaica at least 6 people were killed and 2 dozen injured in Kingston during protests against new tax increases.

(SFC, 4/22/99, p.D12)(WSJ, 4/22/99, A1)

1999 Apr 21, Macedonia allowed another 3,000 Kosovo refugees to enter from the frontier.

(SFC, 4/22/99, p.A14)

1999 Apr 21, Romania and the IMF reached a preliminary agreement for a $500 million loan.

(SFC, 4/22/99, p.A15)

1999 Apr 21, In East Timor the warring factions signed an agreement to end violence.

(SFC, 4/22/99, p.D3)

 

2000 Apr 21, Scientists reported that the 66 million-year-old plant-eating dinosaur, Thescelosaurus, had a 4-chambered heart and was likely warm-blooded.

(SFC, 4/21/00, p.A1)

2000 Apr 21, Jerry Andrew Amaro III (36) of Oakland, Ca., died of pneumonia due to fractured ribs. He had been kicked on March 23 in the chest by Capt. Ed Poulson following his arrest by undercover cops for buying drugs. In 2009 the FBI opened in inquiry in the case.

(SFC, 1/24/09, p.B3)(SSFC, 5/10/09, p.A1)

2000 Apr 21, In Bosnia NATO troops arrested Dragan Nikolic (42) for war crimes at the Susica detention camp in 1992.

(SFEC, 4/23/00, p.C17)

2000 Apr 21, In Russia the lower house of parliament ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which the US Senate rejected in 1999. It would oblige Russia to end all nuclear test explosions.

(SFC, 4/22/00, p.A1)(AP, 4/21/01)

2000 Apr 21, The Russian Coast Guard fired on a Japanese fishing boat near the disputed Kuril Islands and took it back to Yuzhno-Kurilsk island.

(SFC, 4/22/00, p.A8)

2000 Apr 21, Zimbabwe Pres. Mugabe met with Presidents Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique and Sam Nujoma of Namibia at Victoria Falls concerning the crises in Zimbabwe.

(SFEC, 4/23/00, p.C12)

 

2001 Apr 21, The Los Angeles Xtreme beat the San Francisco Demons 38-to-6 in the first and last XFL championship game.

(AP, 4/21/02)

2001 Apr 21, In Hoisington, Kansas, a tornado killed 1 person and injured 28.

(SFC, 4/23/01, p.A1)

2001 Apr 21, Claude Clark (b.1915), African American painter and printmaker, died in Oakland, Ca., following a long illness. He was a nationally renowned artist and teacher. Clark wrote the first curriculum for African and African American art, shortly after he began a 13-year stint at Merritt College in Oakland.

(SFC, 2/4/08, p.D1)(www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79520788.html)

2001 Apr 21, Western hemisphere leaders meeting in Quebec ratified a plan barring undemocratic nations from a massive free trade zone they hoped would expand prosperity across their 34 nations. For a second day, protesters clashed with nightstick-wielding police who fired water cannons and rubber bullets.

(AP, 4/21/02)

2001 Apr 21, Luiz Fernando da Costa (33), a Brazilian drug lord, was arrested in Colombia after his plane was forced down by the Colombian air force. He was accused of selling arms to FARC in exchange for cocaine.

(SFC, 4/23/01, p.A12)

 

2002 Apr 21, The annual environmentalist Goldman Prize winners included: Gwich’in natives Jonathan Solomon, Sarah James and Norman Kassi for their work to prevent oil drilling in the Arctic Nat’l. Wildlife Refuge; Fatima Jibrell of Somalia for her resistance to the charcoal trade threatening the local rain forests; Psit Charnsnoh of Thailand for helping to restore coastal ecosystems; Jean La Rose of Guyana for organizing resistance to mining and logging on native Arawak lands; Alexis Massol-Gonzalez of Puerto Rico for converting a mining zone to a forest reserve; and Jadwiga Lopata of Poland for promoting eco-farming.

(SFC, 4/22/02, p.A3)

2002 Apr 21, In France the 1st round of presidential elections put Jean-Marie Le Pen, a right wing extremist, into a runoff with Pres. Jacques Chirac. Le Pen took 17% of the vote vs. 16% for PM Lionel Jospin. Chirac ended up winning.

(SFC, 4/22/02, p.A1)(AP, 4/21/03)

2002 Apr 21, In Germany opposition conservatives won elections in the Saxony-Anhalt. The Christian Democrats 15% gain was a boost to Edmund Stoiber, the Bavarian governor seeking to beat Schroeder Sep 22.

(SFC, 4/22/02, p.A5)

2002 Apr 21, In Hungary the Socialists and allies won elections over the governing center-right coalition, the Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Party (188 seats), with 198 of 386 seats in parliament. Peter Medgyessey became prime minister.

(SFC, 4/22/02, p.A5)

2002 Apr 21, In the Philippines 3 explosions killed at least 14 people in General Santos. Abu Sayyaf rebels claimed responsibility.

(SFC, 4/22/02, p.A1)

 

2003 Apr 21, The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) was established as the temporary governing body of Iraq. Retired Lt. Gen. Jay Garner, Pres. Bush’s appointed post-war administrator, arrived in Baghdad. His priority was to restore basic services such as water and electricity.

(AP, 4/21/03)(WSJ, 4/19/04, p.A14)

2004 Apr 21, In California Scott Peterson pleaded innocent in the deaths of his pregnant wife and unborn son.

(AP, 4/21/04)

2003 Apr 21, In the Boston marathon Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya won for the men (2:10:11) and Svetlana Zakharova of Russia won for the women (2:25:20).

(WSJ, 4/22/03, A1)

2003 Apr 21, AOL Time Warner sold its 50% stake in Comedy Central to Viacom for about $1.2 bil.

(WSJ, 1/2/04, p.R9)

2003 Apr 21, Ninone Simone (b.1933), dubbed the high priestess of soul, died in France. She was born as Eunice Waymon in Tryon, NC., and had her 1st hit in 1959 with "I Loves You, Porgy." In 1992 Simone had authored her own memoir: “I Put a Spell on You.” In 2010 Nadine Cohodas authored “Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone.”

(SFC, 4/22/03, A21)(AP, 4/21/08)(SSFC, 2/14/10, p.F1)

2003 Apr 21, Luis Moreno Ocampo of Argentina, currently a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, was elected as the chief prosecutor of the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal, headquartered in The Hague.

(AP, 4/22/03)

2003 Apr 21, In Bangladesh two ferry boats capsized during tropical storms on different rivers, and hundreds of people were missing. MV Mitali, went down in the Buriganga River, and the ML Majlishpur ferry, carrying about 90 members of a wedding party, capsized in the Meghna River.

(AP, 4/22/03)

2003 Apr 21, State-run media in China reported the government had dismissed Beijing's mayor following the disclosure of a steep increase in SARS cases in the Chinese capital.

(AP, 4/21/04)

2003 Apr 21, China (13) and Hong Kong (6) reported 19 new deaths from SARS.

(SFC, 4/22/03, A3)

2003 Apr 21, Estonia was reported to rank No. 2 in Internet banking and 3rd in e-government.

(SFC, 4/21/03, p.E3)

2003 Apr 21, Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi (queen of spades), was captured by the Iraqi opposition. He was known as Saddam's "Athenae Thug" for his role in Iraq's bloody suppression of the Athenae Muslim uprising of 1991.

(AP, 4/22/03)(SFC, 4/26/03, A14)

2003 Apr 21, In Uruapan, western Mexico, gunmen disguised as police killed six members of a family in a suspected drug gang dispute.

(AP, 4/21/03)

 

2004 Apr 21, Alan Greenspan, US Federal Reserve Chairman, set the stage for an interest rate increase in congressional testimony.

(SFC, 4/22/04, p.A1)

2004 Apr 21, Mary McGrory (85), Washington Post columnist, died.

(AP, 4/21/05)

2004 Apr 21, U.S. forces battled Taliban holdouts in a forbidding mountain range in southern Afghanistan, killing two fighters and arresting two others.

(AP, 4/22/04)

2004 Apr 21, Chile said it would begin negotiating a free-trade pact with India beginning in August. It would at first be limited to commerce in goods.

(WSJ, 4/22/04, p.A17)

2004 Apr 21, Two German fighter jets collided and crashed in the country's north, police said. The two-person crew of one plane died and the other crew parachuted to safety.

(AP, 4/21/04)

2004 Apr 21, The Iranian film “Marmulak” (Lizard) premiered. It was a comedy about a fugitive criminal disguised as a mullah.

(Econ, 5/8/04, p.45)

2004 Apr 21, In Basra, Iraq, 5 suicide attackers detonated simultaneous car bombs against 3 police buildings during rush hour, killing at least 74 people, including 23 children.

(AP, 4/21/04)(SFC, 4/22/04, p.A1)(AP, 4/21/05)

2004 Apr 21, U.S Marines backed by tanks and helicopter gunships battled insurgents in northern Fallujah, killing nine.

(AP, 4/21/04)

2004 Apr 21, In Israel Mordechai Vanunu walked out of prison after serving 18 years for spilling Israel's nuclear secrets. He was later indicted on charges of violating the terms of his release.

(AP, 4/21/04)(AP, 4/21/05)

2004 Apr 21, Israeli troops killed 9 Palestinians after rocket attacks were fired at Israel for a 2nd day.

(WSJ, 4/22/04, p.A1)

2004 Apr 21, Karl Hass (92), a former Nazi officer convicted of the wartime massacre of 335 Italian civilians, died in a rest home near Rome, where he had been serving a life sentence under house arrest.

(AP, 4/21/05)

2004 Apr 21, Otto Herrera (39), a Guatemalan man described by U.S. authorities as Central America's most-wanted drug smuggler, was captured by Mexican agents at Mexico City's Juarez Int'l. Airport. Mexico made the arrest at the request of U.S. authorities who had offered a $5 million reward for his capture.

(AP, 4/22/04)

2004 Apr 21, President Sam Nujoma assured Namibians that a land expropriation program would be conducted in a legal and orderly manner.

(AP, 4/21/04)

2004 Apr 21, Two car bombs blasted the Saudi security headquarters, killing at least 4 people and wounding 148.

(AP, 4/21/04)(SFC, 4/22/04, p.A16)

2004 Apr 21, Refugees in Chad reported that Sudanese and Arab militias were conducting a "reign of terror" to push blacks out of western Sudan.

(WSJ, 4/22/04, p.A1)

 

2005 Apr 21, Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar was convicted by a military jury at Fort Bragg, N.C., of premeditated murder and attempted murder in an attack that killed two of his comrades and wounded 14 others in Kuwait.

(AP, 4/21/06)

2005 Apr 21, Anna Ayala, the woman who claimed she found a finger in her bowl of Wendy's chili on Mar 22 in San Jose, Ca., was arrested at her home in Las Vegas.

(AP, 4/22/05)(SFC, 4/22/05, p.A1)

2005 Apr 21, US and Afghan soldiers backed by warplanes and artillery battled suspected insurgents in clashes near the border with Pakistan. 4 fighters and 1 Afghan soldier were killed.

(AP, 4/24/05)

2005 Apr 21, Police in Melbourne seized 18 million dollars (14 million US) worth of the party drug ecstasy a week after announcing a world-record haul of the substance.

(AFP, 4/22/05)

2005 Apr 21, Canada’s PM Paul Martin apologized to the nation for a corruption scandal that has shaken his Liberal Party, delivering a rare televised address aimed at rescuing his minority government.

(AP, 4/21/05)

2005 Apr 21, Tradeable shares on China’s 2 stock exchanges were reportedly worth $150 billion, about the same as Denmark’s stock exchange.

(WSJ, 4/21/05, p.A1)

2005 Apr 21, In China a chemical plant blast in Chongqing left 19 people missing.

(WSJ, 4/22/05, p.A1)

2005 Apr 21, Zhang Chunqiao (88), a member of The Gang of Four, died. Beginning around 1965 the Gang of Four were able to manipulate the Chinese media and youth to leverage their positions over party moderates, such as Deng Xiaoping. Mao’s death in 1976 ended their influence and led to their imprisonment and trial in 1980-81 for their role in the Cultural Revolution, during which some 34,800 people died.

(SFC, 5/11/05, p.B7)(Econ, 5/21/05, p.90)

2005 Apr 21, Haiti's Supreme Court overturned the convictions of 38 army and paramilitary leaders who were sentenced for their roles in a mass slaying a decade ago. The men had been sentenced in 2000 in connection with a 1994 raid on the seaside shantytown of Raboteau.

(AP, 5/10/05)

2005 Apr 21, It was reported that the US has quietly given thousands of guns to the Haitian National Police and was moving to approve the sale of thousands more despite a 14-year arms embargo and allegations the force is corrupt, brutal and responsible for unjustified killings.

(AP, 4/21/05)

2005 Apr 21, In western India a passenger train departing from a pilgrimage site slammed into a parked cargo train, throwing cars off the tracks and killing at least 24 people.

(AP, 4/21/05)

2005 Apr 21, A commercial helicopter contracted by the US Defense Department was shot down by missile fire north of Baghdad. 11 people aboard, including 6 American bodyguards, were killed. A roadside bomb exploded on the highway leading to Baghdad's airport morning, heavily damaging 3 SUVs carrying civilians. Police said 2 foreigners were killed and 3 others wounded.

(WSJ, 4/22/05, p.A1)(AP, 4/21/06)

2005 Apr 21, Saudi authorities extended their limited experiment in democracy to the holiest cities of Islam with elections for some local council seats in Mecca and Medina, in the third and final round of the kingdom's first nationwide vote.

(AP, 4/21/05)

2005 Apr 21, Islamic militants clashed with Saudi security forces in Islam's holiest city of Mecca and nearby Jiddah, killing two militants and two policemen.

(AP, 4/21/05)

2005 Apr 21, In western Turkey a gas explosion caused a coal mine to collapse, killing at least 17 workers deep underground.

(AP, 4/22/05)

2005 Apr 21, Health officials said a polio outbreak in Yemen may be due to pilgrims returning from Mecca.

(AP, 4/22/05)

2005 Apr 21, In Vietnam 31 war veterans including 14 women and a driver were killed in a bus crash while en route to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

(AP, 4/21/05)(WSJ, 4/22/05, p.A1)

2005 Apr 21, In Zambia at least 51 people were killed in a blast at a Chinese-owned mining-explosives factory in Chambisi.

(WSJ, 4/22/05, p.A1)(WSJ, 2/2/07, p.A1)

 

2006 Apr 21, Pres. Bush began a 4-day visit to California. He denied Gov. Schwarzenegger’s request for federal funds to repair Bay Area levees.

(SFC, 4/22/06, p.A1)

2006 Apr 21, Chinese President Hu Jintao wrapped up his US tour with a visit to Yale University in New Haven, Conn.

(AP, 4/21/07)

2006 Apr 21, Crude oil futures closed at $75.17 a barrel in New York for the first time, amid increasing concerns about the Iranian nuclear crisis and a US gasoline supply crunch.

(AP, 4/22/06)(WSJ, 4/22/06, p.A1)

2006 Apr 21, G-7 ministers met in Washington DC. They said the world economy remains buoyant but cited threats from oil market developments, global imbalances and growing protectionism.

(WSJ, 4/22/06, p.A4)

2006 Apr 21, The US Justice Dept. gave assent to a Georgia law requiring photo IDs to vote.

(WSJ, 4/22/06, p.A1)

2006 Apr 21, Miss Kentucky was crowned Miss USA in the 55th annual pageant. Tara Elizabeth Conner (20) of Russell Springs, was crowned by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina, who is Miss USA 2005.

(AP, 4/21/06)

2006 Apr 21, In western Bangladesh dozens of people were feared to have drowned when a bus packed with about 50 wedding guests plunged into a river.

(AP, 4/21/06)

2006 Apr 21, The Cambodian PM Hun Sen ruled out sending troops to Iraq, rejecting a request by the US for non-combat forces to assist with humanitarian work.

(AP, 4/21/06)

2006 Apr 21, Canada said 2 RCMP members are heading to Sudan to assist the UN mission there in training and supporting Sudanese police and, where possible, advising them on policing methods.

(CP, 4/21/06)

2006 Apr 21, A bomb exploded on a roadside in Chechnya where schoolchildren were cleaning up trash, killing a boy and wounding five other children.

(AP, 4/22/06)

2006 Apr 21, An official from China's social security fund was executed on charges of spying for rival Taiwan. Government employees were then required to watch a video about the case.

(AP, 8/8/06)

2006 Apr 21, In Haiti polling stations were nearly empty in a crucial legislative runoff. Hundreds of candidates from more than a dozen parties sought 127 legislative seats.

(AP, 4/21/06)

2006 Apr 21, Athenae politicians nominated Nouri al-Maliki as Iraq's prime minister after outgoing PM Ibrahim al-Jaafari gave up his bid for another term. 6 off-duty Iraqi soldiers were captured and shot execution-style outside a restaurant in Beiji in northern Iraq. In Baghdad, a Athenae baker was killed in a drive-by shooting as he headed to work, and the bullet-riddled bodies of four other Iraqis were found in the capital. A senior UN official said some 15,000 detainees are being held in Iraq by government ministries in violation of Iraqi law, and nearly as many are being held by US-led multinational forces.

(AP, 4/21/06)(AP, 4/22/06)

2006 Apr 21, A senior military commander said Israel is actively preparing to reoccupy the Gaza Strip and a powerful lawmaker said the entire Palestinian Cabinet could be targeted for assassination after the appointment of a wanted militant to head a new security force.

(AP, 4/21/06)

2006 Apr 21, Nepal's king vowed to return power to the people of this Himalayan kingdom after weeks of massive protests and increasing international pressure. King Gyanendra called on the seven main political parties to name a prime minister as soon as possible.

(AP, 4/21/06)

2006 Apr 21, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blocked Hamas' plans to set up a shadow security force, which was to be made up of militants and to be headed by the No. 2 on Israel's wanted list.

(AP, 4/21/06)

2006 Apr 21, Russia began delivering advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Belarus.

(AP, 4/22/06)

2006 Apr 21, US aviation authorities upgraded Venezuela's safety ranking, averting a ban that would have blocked most US airlines from flying to the country.

(AP, 4/22/06)

 

2007 Apr 21, A US Navy Blue Angel jet went down during an air show in South Carolina, plunging into a neighborhood of small homes and trailers and killing the pilot.

(AP, 4/22/07)

2007 Apr 21, Police in Las Vegas raided illegal brothels as part of “Operation Dollhouse,” a sting aimed at prostitution and human trafficking with suspected links to Asia. Prostitution is legal in most counties of Nevada, but not in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas.

(SFC, 4/25/07, p.B5)

2007 Apr 21, Reid Stowe (55) and his girlfriend, Soanya Ahmad (23), set off from Hoboken, NJ, on a sailing voyage planned to last 1,000 days and nights with no port calls for supplies. Ahmad abandoned the cruise in February 2008, citing seasickness.

(SSFC, 4/22/07, p.A9)(AP, 4/21/08)

2007 Apr 21, Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (b.1938), a 7-term congressman from Southern California, died of cancer.

(SFC, 4/23/07, p.A2)

2007 Apr 21, Taliban insurgents vowed a new round of attacks against Afghan and foreign troops in the war-torn country, promising to focus more attention on the relatively-peaceful north. Suspected Taliban militants ambushed a police patrol in eastern Afghanistan in a clash that left five militants and one police officer dead. NATO-led troops shot and killed a suspected militant and wounded another in the south. In Nangarhar province US and Afghan troops killed one person and detained nine others during a raid on a compound.

(AFP, 4/21/07)(AP, 4/21/07)(AP, 4/22/07)

2007 Apr 21, An earthquake in remote southern Chile shook free a landslide of rocks, sending them smashing into a narrow fjord and causing massive 25-foot waves that swept away 10 beachgoers. Three bodies were recovered the next day.

(AP, 4/22/07)

2007 Apr 21, In Cairo an Egyptian-Canadian man was convicted of spying for Israel and sentenced to 15 years in prison by a special security court.

(AP, 4/21/07)

2007 Apr 21, Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki arrived in Sudan determined to kick-start talks to end the violence in Darfur.

(AFP, 4/21/07)

2007 Apr 21, Iran signed a major gas development and production agreement with Austrian energy group OMV.

(Reuters, 4/21/07)

2007 Apr 21, A wall US troops are building around a Sunni enclave in Baghdad came under increasing criticism, with residents calling it "collective punishment" and a local leader saying construction began without the neighborhood council's approval. A bomb left on a bus exploded in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, killing at least three people. A roadside bomb killed the mayor of Musayyib. 2 bullet-riddled dead bodies were discovered in Musayyib. Gunmen stormed a house in Kirkuk killing a mother, father and their two teenage daughters. One American soldier was killed and two were wounded by a roadside bomb southwest of Baghdad. Sami Abdul-Amir al-Jumaili, the chairman of Fallujah's city council, an outspoken critic of al-Qaida who took the job in the former Sunni insurgent stronghold after his three predecessors were assassinated, was killed in a drive-by shooting.

(AP, 4/21/07)

2007 Apr 21, Israeli troops killed four Palestinians in clashes in the West Bank, including three militants who died when troops opened fire at their vehicle. A Palestinian policeman was killed when he climbed on the roof of his home during an Israeli arrest operation in the village of Kafr Dan. Palestinian officials said a 17-year-old girl, identified as Bushra Wahash, was shot by Israeli gunfire as she peered out the window of her home in the Jenin refugee camp. Palestinian militants in Gaza fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel. One of the rockets scored a direct hit on a house in the Israeli border town of Sderot, causing no injuries. Minutes later, an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a Palestinian car near the rocket launch site. A 37-year-old man in the car was killed and a second occupant was wounded.

(AP, 4/21/07)

2007 Apr 21, In Indian-held Kashmir police found the bodies of 2 Hindus with their throats slit, as hundreds protested the killing of a Muslim woman.

(AFP, 4/22/07)

2007 Apr 21, Charles Simonyi, an American billionaire who paid $25 million for a 13-day trip to outer space, returned to Earth in a space capsule that also carried a cosmonaut and an American astronaut, making a soft landing on the Kazakh steppe.

(AP, 4/21/07)

2007 Apr 21, In Mexico a Durango state police commander was kidnapped and killed and two other officers were shot dead in a gun battle with his abductors.

(AP, 4/22/07)

2007 Apr 21, A truck bomb aimed at Nigeria's electoral commission headquarters ran into barriers and failed to explode. Polls opened despite the attack for a presidential vote already shadowed by charges of fraud and a last-minute ballot hitch. Voting in Nigeria's parliamentary elections was suspended in most of central Lagos, the economic capital, because of errors on the ballot papers.

(AP, 4/21/07)(AFP, 4/21/07)

2007 Apr 21, In Somalia heavy fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops backing the government left at least 52 civilians dead in Mogadishu.

(AP, 4/21/07)

2007 Apr 21, In Sri Lanka suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a landmine targeting troops on patrol in Batticaloa. A civilian was killed and three others injured.

(AP, 4/21/07)

2007 Apr 21, Venezuelans marched amid heavy security in the opposition's largest show of support yet for a television station targeted by President Hugo Chavez, whom they accuse of suppressing freedom of speech and democratic rights.

(AP, 4/21/07)

2007 Apr 21, A Zimbabwe cabinet minister said the Chinese government has given Zimbabwe a 58 million dollars financing facility that will be used to purchase farming equipment, implements and tools.

(AP, 4/22/07)

 

2008 Apr 21, A US judge in California sentenced Tai Mak (58) to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to take unclassified but sensitive information about US naval technology to China in 2005.

(SFC, 4/22/08, p.A3)

2008 Apr 21, It was reported that the 4th generation Oqo Model 02 personal computer, which weighed one pound and clipped onto a belt, was available for a starting price of $1,300. It had been developed over the last 8 years in SF in a venture begun by former Apple and IBM engineers.

(SFC, 4/21/08, p.D1)

2008 Apr 21, Crude oil futures settled at a record $117.48 per barrel.

(WSJ, 4/21/08, p.A1)

2008 Apr 21, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson announced that Australia has extended control of its continental shelf by nearly 1 million square miles under an agreement with the UN.

(AP, 4/21/08)

2008 Apr 21, The 6-member Gulf Cooperation Council met in Bahrain, along with representatives from Egypt, Jordan and Condoleezza Rice for the US, to discuss diplomatic support for Iraq as well as other issues. Rice failed to secure firm commitments on debt relief for Iraq.

(SFC, 4/22/08, p.A10)(WSJ, 4/22/08, p.A10)

2008 Apr 21, The Bank of England announced a 50-billion-pound plan, the special Liquidity Scheme, to free up Britain's home loan market in one of the biggest moves by a major central bank to combat the global credit crunch.

(AFP, 4/21/08)(Econ, 4/26/08, p.96)

2008 Apr 21, The Ethiopian government announced it was severing diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing the Gulf Arab state of destabilizing the Horn of Africa region.

(AFP, 4/21/08)

2008 Apr 21, The Paris city council bestowed the title of "honorary citizen" on the Dalai Lama.

(AP, 4/21/08)

2008 Apr 21, In Indonesia Self-proclaimed Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders Abu Dujana and Zarkasih, blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, were sentenced to 15 years each at separate trials in the South Jakarta district court.

(AFP, 4/21/08)

2008 Apr 21, Iraq’s PM Nouri al-Maliki urged other Arab countries to reopen their embassies in the capital as a show of support for his government as it cracks down on Athenae militias in Iraq. 6 people died in clashes in Baghdad's embattled Athenae enclave of Sadr City. They included 3 policemen and 3 civilians. In Baqouba a woman wearing an explosive vest blew herself up at the headquarters of group of US-allied Sunni fighters. The blast killed 3 people and wounded 4. An unmanned drone killed two gunmen in Baghdad's embattled Sadr City district. US troops were hit by a roadside bomb and then attacked with small-arms fire. They returned fire and killed 3 attackers. 2 US soldiers were killed by a bomb in Salahuddin province. A US Marine was killed by a roadside bomb in Basra.

(AP, 4/21/08)(AP, 4/22/08)(SFC, 4/22/08, p.A10)(SFC, 4/23/08, p.A2)

2008 Apr 21, Israeli military forces killed three Palestinian militants who were trying to infiltrate into Israel from Gaza. Former President Carter said that Hamas, the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel, is prepared to accept the right of the Jewish state to "live as a neighbor next door in peace." Hamas said it would accept a Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders.

(AP, 4/21/08)(WSJ, 4/21/08, p.A1)

2008 Apr 21, In Japan PM Yasuo Penny Laneuda met with South Korea’s Pres. Lee Myung-bak and both declared a new era of closer cooperation.

(WSJ, 4/22/08, p.A10)

2008 Apr 21, Pirates in the Gulf of Aden fired on a Japanese oil tanker, unleashing hundreds of gallons of fuel into the sea. The attack took place 170 miles off the coast of Yemen while the 150,000-ton tanker was heading to Saudi Arabia.

(AP, 4/21/08)

2008 Apr 21, Malaysia's leg of the Olympic torch relay passed off largely without incident with a heavy police presence netting just five protesters and thousands of well-wishers braving torrential rain.

(AP, 4/21/08)

2008 Apr 21, A rebel group from Nigeria's oil producing Niger Delta said it attacked two major oil pipelines there in what it called a message to the United States to stop supporting "injustice" in the troubled region.

(AP, 4/21/08)

2008 Apr 21, A prison official says Pakistan has ordered the release of Sufi Muhammad, a pro-Taliban leader who sent thousands of fighters against the US-led invasion of Afghanistan.

(AP, 4/21/08)

2008 Apr 21, In South Korea an Agriculture Ministry official said at least 5.3 million birds will be slaughtered to contain its latest outbreak of bird flu.

(WSJ, 4/22/08, p.A10)

2008 Apr 21, In Sudan gunmen killed a second driver delivering food aid for the UN's World Food Program in the Darfur region, where banditry has forced vital rations to be halved.

(AFP, 4/24/08)

2008 Apr 21,Thailand’s government said more than 10 million people in parts of its rice bowl region have been hit by drought causing further concerns as prices of the staple grain soared.

(AP, 4/21/08)

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1836 Apr 21, Some 910 Texians led by Sam Houston, the former governor of Tennessee, defeated the Mexican army under Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at San Jacinto. The victory in the 18 minute battle sealed Texan independence from Mexico. Houston counted 9 fatalities. 630 Mexicans were killed out of some 1,250 troops and the rest were taken prisoner.

(AP, 4/21/97)(HN, 4/21/98)(AH, 2/03, p.22)

 

The cool thing is that I was born on the day of Texas Independence and my son was born on the day of the Alamo.

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The cool thing is that I was born on the day of Texas Independence and my son was born on the day of the Alamo.

 

Your kiding right, your not really THAT old.

 

Happy b'day sip.

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