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Day Of The Week: April 21
April 21, 2025 is the 111th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 254 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: April 21
- 1809 –Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
- 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.
- 1934 –The “Surgeon’s Photograph”, the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
- 1941 –Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece.
- 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.
- 1965 –The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair opens for its second and final season.
- 1966 –Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
- 1987 –The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
- 1994 –The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.
- 2004 –Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
Who were born on April 21?
- 1810 –John Putnam Chapin, American politician (d. 1864)
- 1905 –Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, Governor of California (d. 1996)
- 1958 –Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist
- 1959 –Tim Jacobus, American artist (Goosebumps)
- 1961 –Ronald Florijn, Dutch rower (Olympic gold medallist)
- 1977 –Doseone, American rapper
- 1979 –James McAvoy, Scottish actor
- 1980 –Martin Rosete, Spanish film director and publicist
- 1983 –Marco Donadel, Italian footballer
- 1986 –Rodney Stuckey, American basketball player
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