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Events from History on April 21

1977 : "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
1979 : "Carmelina" closes at St James Theater NYC after 17 performances
1990 : "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks
1996 : "Delicate Balance," opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
1992 : "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
1984 : "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to « hour
1994 : "Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1993 : "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Sq NYC for 30 perfs
1997 : 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34
1959 : 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
1986 : 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
1940 : 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio
1600 : 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun (OS)
1948 : 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US
1855 : 1st train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia
1997 : 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23
1974 : 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
1975 : 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24
1969 : 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
1975 : 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55
1980 : 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11
1986 : 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51
1980 : 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28
1865 : Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington
1984 : After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
1857 : Alexander Douglas patents the bustle
1959 : Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark
1945 : Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
1997 : Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit
1988 : Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1526 : Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi
1521 : Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards
1963 : Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
1977 : Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
1892 : Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St Louis Mo
1952 : BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
1986 : Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
1985 : Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
1960 : Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil
1993 : Brazil votes against a monarchy
1977 : Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
1977 : C Strouse & M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in NYC
1984 : Centers for Disease Cont says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
1962 : Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
1925 : Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR
1862 : Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co
1863 : Declaration of Bah 'u'll h; Bah '¡ Feast of Ridv n (Jalƒl 13, 20)
1961 : Dirk U Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO
1987 : Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history
1982 : Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
1982 : Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress
1862 : Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston
1966 : Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
1654 : England & Sweden sign trade agreement
1967 : EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands
1991 : erasing 5 run Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th
1995 : FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Okla City bombing
1930 : Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
1985 : Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1572 : France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant
1818 : Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna
1984 : Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
1908 : Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't)
1961 : French army revolts in Algeria
1894 : George Bernard Shaw's "Arms & the Man," premieres in London
1989 : George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
1986 : Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
1913 : Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper
1991 : Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th
1941 : Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany
1954 : Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR
1945 : He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
1509 : Henry the VIII becomes King of England
1980 : Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich
1945 : Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London
1955 : J Lawrence & R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in NYC
1789 : John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington)
1920 : John Galsworthy's "Skin Game," premieres in London
1972 : John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
1967 : Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to US
1935 : King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
1975 : Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1477 : Maximilian of Habsburg marries Maria of Bourgondi‰ at proxy
1967 : Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
1987 : Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
1955 : Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
1992 : Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill
1984 : Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0 in a
1990 : National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
1940 : Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
1965 : New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season
1925 : No‰l Coward's "Fallen Angels," premieres in London
1828 : Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
1878 : NY installs 1st firehouse pole
1794 : NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so
1983 : œ1 coin introduced in United Kingdom
1972 : Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
1971 : Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
1898 : Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat
1878 : Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili
1957 : Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
1884 : Potters Field reopened as Madison Park
1970 : Reds clout 7 HRs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one
1987 : Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1993 : Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria
1980 : Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course
1945 : Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
1785 : Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges
1946 : SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
1994 : Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed
1878 : Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
1983 : Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?]
1739 : Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord
1898 : Spanish-American War begins
1989 : students demanding greater political freedom
1967 : Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC
1987 : Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
1970 : team & 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records
1794 : they can build forts to protect NYC from British
1989 : Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering
1420 : Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike
1453 : Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
1904 : Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
1945 : US 7th Army occupies Neurenberg
1981 : US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1914 : US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
1954 : USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1961 : USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
1930 : Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid," premieres in Moscow
1996 : Wayne James scores 99 & 99 & ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final
1689 : William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England
1977 : Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh

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