This Day in History

[h=2]Wow[/h]A massacre at Columbine High School
Danica Patrick becomes first woman to win Indy race
Castro announces Mariel Boatlift
Operation Corncob is launched while Hitler celebrates his birthday

April/21st

• 753 B.C. Rome founded
• [h=4]American Revolution[/h]
• 1777 British attack Danbury, Connecticut
• [h=4]Automotive[/h]
• 1967 GM celebrates 100 millionth U.S.-made car
• [h=4]Civil War[/h]
• 1863 Steight’s Raid begins
• [h=4]Cold War[/h]
• 1953 Roy Cohn and David Schine return to U.S.
• [h=4]Crime[/h]
• 1992 Executions resume in California
• [h=4]Disaster[/h]
• 1930 Prisoners left to burn in Ohio fire
  
  
  
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[TD="align: left"]753 BC[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Traditional date of the foundation of Rome.[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]43 BC[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Marcus Antonius is defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy.[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]1526[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Mongol Emperor Babur annihilates the Indian Army of Ibrahim Lodi.[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]1649[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]The Maryland Toleration Act is passed, allowing all people freedom of worship.[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]1689[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]William III and Mary II are crowned joint king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland.[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]1836[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]General Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Texas wins independence from Mexico.[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]1862[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Congress establishes the U.S. Mint.[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]1865[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington.[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]1898[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]The Spanish-American War begins.[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]1910[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Mark Twain dies at the age of 75.[/TD]
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