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April 21, 1997 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34 April 21, 1997 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23 April 21, 1997 Ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit April 21, 1996 "Delicate Balance," opens at Plymouth Theater New York City April 21, 1996 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin April 21, 1996 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship April 21, 1996 Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8) April 21, 1996 Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup April 21, 1996 Wayne James scores 99 and 99 and ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final April 21, 1995 Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, New York Knicks win 98-92 April 21, 1995 FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh and charge him with Oklahoma City bombing April 21, 1994 "Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances April 21, 1994 Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times) April 21, 1994 Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed April 21, 1993 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Sq New York City for 30 performances April 21, 1993 Brazil votes against a monarchy April 21, 1993 Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria April 21, 1992 "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway April 21, 1992 Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill April 21, 1991 52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus April 21, 1991 Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17) April 21, 1991 Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14) April 21, 1991 Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th April 21, 1990 "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks April 21, 1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards April 21, 1990 Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history April 21, 1989 George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers April 21, 1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom April 21, 1988 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence April 21, 1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know" April 21, 1987 Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games April 21, 1987 Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history April 21, 1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season April 21, 1987 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka) April 21, 1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed April 21, 1986 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55 April 21, 1986 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51 April 21, 1986 Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz) April 21, 1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing April 21, 1985 Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels April 21, 1985 Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead April 21, 1985 Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06 April 21, 1985 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament April 21, 1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose" April 21, 1984 Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS April 21, 1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph April 21, 1984 Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game April 21, 1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched April 21, 1983 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom April 21, 1982 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game April 21, 1982 Dr. Michael E. Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant April 21, 1982 Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses U.S. Congress April 21, 1981 U.S. furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia April 21, 1980 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11 April 21, 1980 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich April 21, 1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course April 21, 1979 "Carmelina" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 17 performances April 21, 1977 "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 2377 performances April 21, 1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6 April 21, 1977 Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances April 21, 1977 C Strouse and M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in New York City April 21, 1977 Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh April 21, 1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing April 21, 1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. April 21, 1975 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24 April 21, 1975 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55 April 21, 1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years April 21, 1975 Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24) April 21, 1974 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win April 21, 1974 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice April 21, 1972 John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16) April 21, 1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched April 21, 1971 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland April 21, 1970 Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records April 21, 1969 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49 April 21, 1968 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz and Guilderstern and Hallelujah Baby! win April 21, 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open April 21, 1967 Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games) April 21, 1967 EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands April 21, 1967 Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to U.S. April 21, 1967 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier April 21, 1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in New York City April 21, 1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica April 21, 1965 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season April 21, 1964 Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5 April 21, 1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time April 21, 1963 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open April 21, 1962 Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington April 21, 1961 Dirk U. Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO April 21, 1961 French army revolts in Algeria April 21, 1961 USAF Maj Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m April 21, 1960 Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil April 21, 1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod April 21, 1959 Alf Dean using a rod and reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark April 21, 1957 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open April 21, 1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum April 21, 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1 April 21, 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season April 21, 1955 J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City April 21, 1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die April 21, 1954 Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of U.S.S.R. April 21, 1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam April 21, 1952 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route) April 21, 1951 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3 April 21, 1951 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1 April 21, 1948 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US April 21, 1948 2nd NBA Championship: Balt Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors, 4 games to 2 April 21, 1946 SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany April 21, 1945 Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory April 21, 1945 He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die April 21, 1945 Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London April 21, 1945 Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin April 21, 1945 U.S. 7th Army occupies Neurenberg April 21, 1944 NFL Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3) April 21, 1941 Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany April 21, 1940 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio April 21, 1940 Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer April 21, 1935 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties April 21, 1934 Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays AL record 117th cons errorless game April 21, 1930 Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322 April 21, 1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid," premieres in Moscow April 21, 1925 Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR April 21, 1925 No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral April 21, 1925 Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels," premieres in London April 21, 1920 John Galsworthy's "Skin Game," premieres in London April 21, 1914 U.S. Marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months April 21, 1913 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground April 21, 1913 Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper April 21, 1910 Cleveland Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0 April 21, 1908 Frederick A. Cook claims to reach North Pole, he didn't April 21, 1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) April 21, 1898 Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat April 21, 1898 Spanish-American War begins April 21, 1894 George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man," premieres in London April 21, 1892 Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St. Louis Mo April 21, 1884 Potters Field reopened as Madison Park April 21, 1878 New York installs 1st firehouse pole April 21, 1878 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili April 21, 1878 Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia April 21, 1865 Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington April 21, 1863 Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Baha'i Feast of Ridvan (Jalal 13, 20) April 21, 1862 Congress establishes U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado April 21, 1862 Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston April 21, 1857 Alexander Douglas patents the bustle April 21, 1855 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa April 21, 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico April 21, 1828 Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary April 21, 1818 Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna April 21, 1794 New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British April 21, 1789 John Adams sworn in as 1st U.S. VP (9 days before Washington) April 21, 1785 Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges April 21, 1739 Spain and Naples-Austria sign peace accord April 21, 1689 William III and Mary Stuart proclaimed king and queen of England April 21, 1654 England and Sweden sign trade agreement April 21, 1649 Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship April 21, 1600 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun April 21, 1572 France and England sign anti-Spanish military covenant April 21, 1526 Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi April 21, 1521 Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards April 21, 1509 Henry the VIII becomes King of England April 21, 1477 Maximilian of Habsburg marries Maria of Bourgondie at proxy April 21, 1453 Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople April 21, 1420 Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike April 21, 953 Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights |