What are the important events that happened on April 21? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 21: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 21 is the 112^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 254 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 8, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,560,960 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecadigon’ day.

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 283 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,139 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 21 Historical Events

• 43 BC –
  Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.
• 1509 –
  Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
• 1941 –
  Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece.
• 1942 –
  World War II: The most famous (and first international) Aggie Muster is held on the Philippine island of Corregidor, by Brigadier General George F. Moore (with 25 fellow Texas A&M graduates who are under his command), while 1.8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack.
• 1952 –
  Secretary‘s Day (now Administrative Professionals’Day) is first celebrated.
• 1962 –
  The Seattle World’s Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World’s Fair in the United States since World War II.
• 1963 –
  The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.
• 1966 –
  Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
• 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.
• 2004 –
  Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.

Who were born on April 21?

• 1774 –
  Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (d. 1862)
• 1810 –
  John Putnam Chapin, American politician (d. 1864)
• 1898 –
  Maurice Wilson, Everest climber, Yorkshire hero (d. 1934)
• 1907 –
  Wade Mainer, American singer and banjoist
• 1947 –
  Barbara Park, American author of children’s books
• 1948 –
  Paul Davis, American singer (d. 2008)
• 1958 –
  Andie MacDowell, American actress
• 1966 –
  Michael Franti, American musician
• 1972 –
  Severina Vučković, Croatian singer
• 1980 –
  Tony Romo, American football player

Who died on April 21?

• 1073 –
  Pope Alexander II
• 1699 –
  Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639)
• 1701 –
  Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)
• 1792 –
  Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746)
• 1938 –
  Allama Iqbal, Urdu philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1985 –
  Tancredo de Almeida Neves, Brazil banker and elected president (b. 1910)
• 1990 –
  Erté, French artist (b. 1892)
• 1991 –
  Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (b. 1909)
• 1999 –
  Charles ‘Buddy’Rogers, American actor and musician (b. 1904)
• 2010 –
  Juan Antonio Samaranch, International Olympic Committee president (b. 1920)