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April 21: Day of the Week
April 21, 2024 was the 112th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 254 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
April 21 Historical Event(s)
1792
Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil’s independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
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.
1894
Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
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.
1960
Founding of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith in Washington, D.C.
1967
Greek military junta of 1967–1974: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
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.
1982
Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
1994
The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.
Who were born on April 21?
1774
Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (d. 1862)
1816
Charlotte Brontë, English author (d. 1855)
1838
John Muir, Scottish-born American environmentalist (d. 1914)
1905
Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, Governor of California (d. 1996)
1907
Wade Mainer, American singer and banjoist
1915
Garrett Hardin, American ecologist (d. 2003)
1936
James Dobson, American evangelist
1957
Edward Leslie, American professional wrestler
1961
Ronald Florijn, Dutch rower (Olympic gold medallist)
1971
Michael Turner, American comic book artist (d. 2008)
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