April 21
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Events
- 1966 – Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
Births
- 1555 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)
- 1816 – Charlotte Brontë, English author (d. 1855)
- 1864 - Max Weber, German political economist and sociologist.
- 1870 – Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer (d. 1941)
- 1930 - Silvana Mangano, the sexiest actress of Italy's neo-realistic period.
- 1947 - Iggy Pop, American musician (The Stooges)
- 1963 – John Cameron Mitchell, American film director
- 1966 – Michael Franti, American musician
- 1979 – James McAvoy, Scottish actor
Deaths
- 1142 – Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)
- 1699 – Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639)
- 1946 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist (b. 1883)
- 1910 - Mark Twain, famous and popular American humorist.
- 1985 – Rudi Gernreich, Austrian fashion designer (b. 1922)
- 1990 – Erté, French artist (b. 1892)
- 2003 - Nina Simone, an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. (b. 1933)
Deaths
- 1073 – Pope Alexander II
- 1109 – Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1329 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)
- 1509 – King Henry VII of England (b. 1457)
- 1551 – Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
- 1557 – Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)
- 1574 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519)
- 1701 – Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)
- 1719 – Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640)
- 1720 – Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)
- 1722 – Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673)
- 1792 – Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746)
- 1793 – John Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724)
- 1815 – Joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746)
- 1825 – Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765)
- 1852 – Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
- 1868 – Henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
- 1910 – Mark Twain, American author and humorist (b. 1835)
- 1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1892)
- 1922 – Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858)
- 1924 – Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
- 1930 – Robert Bridges, English poet (b. 1844)
- 1938 – Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
- 1945 – Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
- 1956 – Charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895)
- 1965 – Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
- 1971 – François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, Haitian dictator (b. 1907)
- 1973 – Arthur Fadden, thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
- 1974 – Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895)
- 1977 – Gummo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1892)
- 1978 – Sandy Denny, British vocalist (b. 1947)
- 1978 – Thomas Wyatt Turner, American civil rights advocate and agricultural engineer (b. 1877)
- 1980 – Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)
- 1980 – Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (b. 1928)
- 1983 – Walter Slezak, Austrian actor (b. 1902)
- 1985 – Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (b. 1902)
- 1985 – Tancredo de Almeida Neves, Brazil banker and elected president (b. 1910)
- 1986 – Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b. 1930)
- 1989 – Princess Dukhye of Korea (b. 1912)
- 1991 – Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (b. 1909)
- 1996 – Dzhokhar Dudaev, Chechen leader (b. 1944)
- 1998 – Jean Francois Lyotard, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1924)
- 1996 – Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, American bookie and sports broadcaster (b. 1919)
- 1999 – Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor and musician (b. 1904)
- 2000 – Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (b. 1929)
- 2003 – Nina Simone, American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
- 2004 – Mary McGrory, American journalist (b. 1918)
- 2005 – Gerry Marshall, British racing driver (b. 1941)
- 2006 – T.K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1922)
- 2006 – Telê Santana, Brazilian football manager and former player (b. 1931)
- 2007 – Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1941)
- 2008 – Al Wilson, American singer (b. 1939)
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