Today in History
Listings for Thursday, April 21, 2022.
Birthdays:
- 1652 M. Rolle --1719
- 1774 J.B. Biot --1862
- 1816 Charlotte Bront‰, English novelist (Jane Eyre)
- 1838 John Muir, naturalist, conservationinst.
- 1915 Anthony Quinn
- 1926 Queen Elizabeth II
- 1926 Elizabeth II, Queen of England
- 1932 Elaine May
- 1935 Charles Grodin
- 1951 Tony Danza
- 1958 Andie Macdowell
- 1959 Robert Smith, The Cure
Events:
- Lyrid meteor shower, radiant in Hercules
- 753 BC, Rome is founded.
- 1828 Noah Webster publishes first American dictionary
- 1857 A. Douglas patents the bustle (it's all behind us now).
- 1862 Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Colorado.
- 1892 First buffalo born in Golden Gate Park.
- 1898 Spanish American war begins (Remember the Maine).
- 1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC
- 1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observer 4 (Copernicus) is launched
- 1977 Broadway play "Annie" opens, first of 2377 performances
- 1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched
- 1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
That's all for today.
