April 21

April 21 is the 111th day of the year (112th day in a leap year ) in the Gregorian calendar . The following are still 254 days until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * General
 * 753 BC. - The day on which Rome was founded by Romulus according Reatinus Varro (116-27 BC.).
 * 1944 - Women in France have the right to vote .
 * 1960 - Brasilia is officially the capital of Brazil .
 * 1961 - The Dutchman Dirk stitcher is the new Secretary General of NATO .
 * 1980 - A heavy northwesterly storm aims for millions of dollars damage to the Dutch coast.
 * 2012 - From Amsterdam Central Station and Sloterdijk collide two trains head-on . There certainly are 136 wounded and one dead.


 * Infrastructure
 * 1956 - The highway Brussels-Ostend inaugurated by King Baudouin .


 * Media
 * 1976 - First television broadcast of Veronica, among other Starsky & Hutch .
 * 1986 - The American television journalist Geraldo Rivera opens on live TV in front of millions of viewers, the "secret" vault of Al Capone .
 * 2006 - The broadcaster Talpa sends the final episode of Barend and Van Dorp out.


 * Music
 * 1983 - The Wageningen band Toontje Lager receives a Golden Harp .
 * 2008 - The Last Shadow Puppets release the album The Age of the Understatement out.


 * War
 * 1836 - The Republic of Texas booking a victory over Mexico in the Battle of San Jacinto . Antonio López de Santa Anna is captured.
 * 1918 - The German yacht triplane of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) is shot, where he is killed.


 * Politics
 * 1961 - Failed US invasion of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, the expulsion of Fidel Castro .
 * 1967 - Coup by soldiers led by Colonel George Papadopoulos in Greece, King Constantine II goes into Italy in exile, beginning Colonels .
 * 1971 - Dictator of Haiti François Duvalier, "Papa Doc", after his death on April 21, 1971 followed by his son Jean Claude Duvalier , 'Baby Doc'.
 * 2012 - In the Netherlands failed negotiations on a new round of cuts, called the prime minister's residence Consultation 2012. The CDA , VVD and PVV are unable to agree on cuts billion. Following this failure gives Geert Wilders that the PVV no longer be tolerated partner of the Cabinet


 * Religion
 * 1863 - Foundation of the Bahá'í -Believe (day of Ridván ).
 * 1957 - Encyclical Fidei Donum by Pope Pius XII on the state of the Catholic mission (especially in Africa ).
 * 1964 - Appointment of Dutchman Paul Verschuren bishop-coadjutor with right of succession of Helsinki ( Finland )


 * Sport
 * 1921 - Creation of the Italian soccer club AC Pistoiese .
 * 1937 - Creation of the Chilean football team Club Deportivo Universidad Católica .
 * 1948 - Creation of the Polish football club Pogoń Szczecin .
 * 1984 - Jacques Hanegraaf wins the nineteenth edition of Dutch only cycling classic, the Amstel Gold Race .
 * 1990 - Adri van der Poel won the 25th edition of the only Dutch cycling classic, the Amstel Gold Race.
 * 2003 - The hockeysters of HC Rotterdam win on site the European Cup II in the final to the Russian defeat Sintez Dzerjinsk 5-2. In Spain win the men of Amsterdam also the European Cup II at the expense of the German Club an der Alster .


 * Science and Technology
 * 1935 - Inauguration of the image telegram system belinogram between Brussels and Paris.
 * 1994 - The first discovery of an extrasolar planet, announced by astronomer Aleksander Wolszczan .
 * 2011 - The Sukhoi Superjet 100, the first airliner that from beginning to end in Russia after the Soviet Union developed, performs its first commercial flight.

Born [ edit ]
Charlotte Brontë born in 1816

Rigardus Rein Wood born in 1922

Elizabeth II born in 1926

Iggy Pop born in 1947

Robert Smith born in 1959
 * 1619 - Jan van Riebeeck, VOC (deceased in 1677 )
 * 1782 - Friedrich Froebel, German pedagogue (deceased 1852 )
 * 1810 - Thomas Wright, English writer (deceased in 1877 )
 * 1914 - Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer and judge (deceased in 1993 )
 * 1815 - Louise Rasmussen, third wife of King Frederick VII of Denmark (deceased in 1874 )
 * 1816 - Charlotte Brontë, English author (deceased in 1855 )
 * 1864 - Max Weber, German economist, historian, jurist and sociologist (deceased in 1920 )
 * 1878 - Anthony Derkzen of Angeren, Dutch engraver, painter and graphic artist (deceased in 1961 )
 * 1882 - Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist (deceased in 1961 )
 * 1883 - Kyuzo Mifune, Japanese judoka (deceased in 1965 )
 * 1890 - Marc Wright, American athlete (deceased in 1975 )
 * 1900 - Hans Fritzsche, German Nazi politician (deceased in 1953 )
 * 1901 - Herman Van den Reeck, Flemish politically engaged student (deceased in 1920 )
 * 1904 - Gijs van Hall, mayor of Amsterdam (deceased in 1977 )
 * 1912 - Eve Arnold, American press photographer (deceased 2012)
 * 1912 - Asma, Dutch organist (deceased in 1984 )
 * 1915 - Anthony Quinn, American actor (deceased in 2001 )
 * 1917 - Dabbs Greer, American actor (deceased 2007 )
 * 1917 - Josep Palau i Fabre, Spanish writer and poet (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1918 - Eddy Christiani, Dutch guitarist and singer
 * 1919 - Frank Processed, Surinamese politician (deceased in 1988 )
 * 1919 - Erika Visser, Dutch artist (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1920 - Kees Trimbos, Dutch psychiatrist (deceased in 1988 )
 * 1922 - Rigardus Rijnhout, longest ever Dutchman (deceased in 1959 )
 * 1922 - Meira Delmar, Colombian poet (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1922 - Iser Kuperman, Ukrainian world champion checkers (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1923 - Andrea Domburg, Dutch actress (deceased in 1997 )
 * 1923 - Halfdan Mahler, Danish Director General of the World Health Organization
 * 1923 - John Mortimer, English writer (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1926 - Elizabeth II, British Queen
 * 1926 - Henk Neuman, Dutch journalist (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1927 - Remo Venturi, Italian motorcycle racer
 * 1930 - Hans Ferree, Dutch writer and copywriter
 * 1930 - Silvana Mangano, Italian film actress (deceased in 1989 )
 * 1930 - Jack Taylor, English football referee (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1931 - Marcel van der Heijden, Dutch literary
 * 1931 - René van Vooren, Dutch actor and comedian (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1933 - Edelmiro Amante, Filipino politician (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1935 - Raoul d'Udekem d'Acoz, Belgian politician
 * 1935 - Thomas Kean, American politician
 * 1938 - Berthe Meijer, Dutch journalist and writer (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1939 - Hilaire Liebaut, Belgian politician
 * 1943 - Enrico Abrahams, Surinamese politician and director (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1943 - Jan de Graaff, Dutch television journalist (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1944 - Ton Block, Dutch athlete and jockey
 * 1944 - Eduardo Flores, Argentinian footballer
 * 1945 - Ronnie Tober, Dutch singer
 * 1946 - Jean Thissen, Belgian footballer
 * 1947 - Iggy Pop, American singer
 * 1947 - Rudi Stohl, the Austrian rally driver
 * 1949 - Steve Dorff, American songwriter, producer, music director and singer
 * 1949 - Sheila de Vries, Dutch fashion designer
 * 1951 - Tony Danza, American actor
 * 1955 - Erick Mombaerts, French football coach
 * 1956 - Rick DeMont, American swimmer
 * 1958 - Andie MacDowell, American actress
 * 1959 - Geerten Ten Bosch, Dutch graphic designer, illustrator and typografe
 * 1959 - Arno Pijpers, Dutch football coach
 * 1959 - Robert Smith, English musician
 * 1960 - Tom Holliston, Canadian guitarist
 * 1960 - Julius Korir, Kenyan athlete
 * 1960 - Daniel Vanhessche, Belgian politician
 * 1961 - Ronald Florijn, Dutch rower
 * 1962 - Juliëtte Wine, Dutch TV presenter and actress
 * 1963 - Ari Tegelberg, Finnish footballer (deceased 2000 )
 * 1964 - Alex Baumann, Canadian swimmer
 * 1964 - Ludmila Engquist, Soviet Russian / Swedish athlete
 * 1966 - Michael Franti, American musician
 * 1968 - Peter van Vossen, Dutch footballer
 * 1970 - Emily Bremers, Dutch wife, former girlfriend of King Willem-Alexander
 * 1971 - Eric Mabius, American actor
 * 1972 - Betje Koolhaas, Dutch actress
 * 1972 - Vidar Riseth, Norwegian footballer
 * 1973 - Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian athlete
 * 1974 - Yekaterina Grigoryeva, Russian athlete
 * 1975 - Jürgen Panis, Austrian footballer
 * 1976 - Igors Stepanovs, Latvian footballer
 * 1976 - Ronald Vink, Dutch Paralympic wheelchair tennis
 * 1977 - Rick Hofstra, Dutch darter
 * 1978 - Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer
 * 1978 - Yuliya Pechonkina, Russian athlete
 * 1978 - Peter Zoïs, Australian soccer goalie
 * 1979 - Chu Yan Leung, Hong Kong table tennis
 * 1979 - Tobias Linderoth, Swedish footballer
 * 1980 - Emily Brydon, Canadian alpineskiester
 * 1981 - Mads Junker, Danish footballer
 * 1981 - Kim Lammers, Dutch hockey
 * 1982 - Nathalie Meskens, Belgian actress
 * 1983 - Paweł Brożek, Polish footballer
 * 1983 - Mendy Meenderink, Dutch Paralympic sport star
 * 1983 - Patrick Prévot, Belgian politician
 * 1984 - Jennifer Dahlgren, Argentine athlete
 * 1984 - Dominik Jackson, British racing driver
 * 1984 - Grégory Mallet, French swimmer
 * 1984 - Michael Tinsley, American athlete
 * 1985 - Takuro Fujii, Japanese swimmer
 * 1985 - Theoharis Trasha, Albanian weightlifter
 * 1986 - Stanley Biwott, Kenyan athlete
 * 1986 - Fanny Smets, Belgian athlete
 * 1987 - Pietro Gandolfi, Italian racing driver
 * 1987 - Leroy George, Dutch footballer
 * 1988 - Robbie Amell, Canadian actor
 * 1988 - Ricky Berens, American swimmer
 * 1988 - Jonathan Summerton, American race car driver
 * 1988 - Ibrahima Traoré, Guinean footballer
 * 1989 - Carlos Muñoz, Chilean footballer
 * 1992 - David Fumanelli, Italian racing driver
 * 1996 - Esmee Vermeulen, Dutch swimmer
 * 2007 - Princess Isabella of Denmark, daughter of Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark

Deceased

 * 586 - Leovigild, king of the Visigoths
 * 1073 - Pope Alexander II
 * 1109 - Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury
 * 1142 - Pierre Abélard (Pierre Abelard), medieval French theologian and philosopher (approx. 62)
 * 1509 - Henry VII (52) King of England
 * 1574 - Cosimo I de 'Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (54), first Duke of Florence
 * 1730 - Palfijn (79), Flemish midwife
 * 1730 - Jean Racine (59), French writer
 * 1831 - Josef August Schultes (58), Austrian botanist and professor
 * 1839 - Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (69), Mexican president (1872-1876)
 * 1910 - Mark Twain (74), American writer
 * 1918 - Manfred von Richthofen (25), German fighter pilot
 * 1927 - Hugo Schuchardt (85), German philologist
 * 1930 - Robert Bridges (85), English poet
 * 1932 - Gustav Keller (64), Swiss politician
 * 1932 - Friedrich Gustav Piffl (67), Austrian Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna
 * 1934 - Carl Smulders (70), Dutch-Belgian composer and writer
 * 1944 - Hans-Valentin Hube (53), German General
 * 1945 - Walter Model (54), German field marshal
 * 1946 - John Maynard Keynes (62), British economist
 * 1948 - Aldo Leopold (61), American ecologist and conservationist
 * 1952 - Richard Stafford Cripps (62), British politician
 * 1954 - Ramon Diokno (68), Filipino senator and judge
 * 1969 - Rudolf Amelunxen (80), German politician
 * 1965 - Edward Victor Appleton (72), British physicist and Nobel Prize winner
 * 1971 - François Duvalier (64), Haitian president-dictator
 * 1978 - Sandy Denny (30), English singer
 * 1980 - Alexander Oparin (86), Russian biochemist
 * 1990 - Erté (97), Russian-French designer
 * 1991 - Willi Boskovsky (81), Austrian conductor and violinist
 * 1992 - Väinö Linna (71), Finnish writer
 * 1992 - Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (74), Russian pretender
 * 1996 - Dzhokhar Dudayev (52), Chechen politician
 * 1997 - Diosdado Macapagal (86), Philippine President
 * 1998 - Egill Jacobsen (87), Danish artist
 * 1998 - Jean-François Lyotard (73), French philosopher
 * 1999 - Charles Rogers (94), American actor and musician
 * 2000 - Richard Menapace (85) Austrian cyclist
 * 2001 - David Hollestelle (84), Dutch baritone
 * 2002 - Verné Lesche (84), Finnish skater
 * 2003 - Nina Simone (70), American singer and pianist
 * 2004 - Mohammed Ali Dimaporo (85), Filipino politician
 * 2004 - Peter Bander van Duren (74), British heraldist and publisher
 * 2004 - Zbyšek Bittmar (69), Czech composer and conductor
 * 2004 - Karl Hass (91), German military and war criminal
 * 2005 - Zhang Chunqiao (88), Chinese former member of the Gang of Four
 * 2006 - Telê Santana (74), Brazilian footballer and football coach
 * 2007 - Jef Van den Berg (89), Flemish composer, pianist, music teacher, television director and television producer
 * 2007 - Parry O'Brien (75), American athlete
 * 2008 - Alphons Castermans (84), Dutch auxiliary bishop
 * 2008 - Manteau (97), Belgian publisher
 * 2009 - Jack Jones (96), English union leader
 * 2009 - Santha Rama Rau (86), American writer of Indian descent
 * 2009 - Danielle Veteška (55), Slovak politician
 * 2010 - Juan Antonio Samaranch (89), former chairman of the IOC
 * 2011 - Tine Halkes (90), Dutch theologian
 * 2013 - Leopold Engleitner (107), Austrian concentration camp survivor
 * 2013 - Kriyananda (86), religious leader
 * 2014 - Win Tin (85) Myanmarees activist, politician and journalist

Celebration / commemoration

 * 147 - 900th anniversary of the foundation of Rome
 * 247 - 1000th anniversary of the foundation of Rome
 * Easter in 1585 , 1647 , 1658 , 1669 , 1680 , 1715 , 1726 , 1737 , 1867 , 1878 , 1889 , 1935 , 1946 , 1957 , 2019 , 2030 , 2052 .
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint Anselm of Canterbury († 1109 ) - Free Remembrance
 * Holy Anastaas I († 599 )
 * Holy Wolbodo († 1021 )
 * St. Conrad of Parzham († 1894 )

Netherlands
Record counts
 * 1973 - Lowest mean daily temperature 3.8 ° C
 * 1968 - Highest mean daily temperature is 18.8 ° C
 * 1991 - Lowest minimum temperature -4.8 ° C
 * 1968 - Highest maximum temperature 32.2 ° C
 * 1947 - Highest hourly average wind speed 12.9 m / s
 * 1997 - Longest sunshine duration 13.4 hours
 * 1969 - Longest rainfall duration 10.8 hours
 * 1983 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 10.9 mm
 * 1945 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 22%

Belgium
Record counts Extraordinary events
 * 1881 - Lowest mean daily temperature 2.4 ° C
 * 1968 - Highest mean daily temperature is 21.6 ° C. This is the hottest day ever in the month of April.
 * 1991 - Lowest minimum temperature -2.4 ° C
 * 1968 - Highest maximum temperature 27.2 ° C
 * 1916 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 17.7 mm
 * 1913 - Bastogne For this is the last sign of frost. This is very early for this region.
 * 1968 - Maximum temperature of 30.2 ° C in Kleine-Brogel (Peer).