This Day in History

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Today is April 21.

753 BC – Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).

1918 – World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France. Again, not by Snoopy.

1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph",



the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).

1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.



1816 – Charlotte Brontë, 1838 – John Muir, 1887 – Joe McCarthy, 1915 – Anthony Quinn, 1922 – Alistair MacLean, 1924 – Ira Louvin, 1926 – Queen Elizabeth II, 1935 – Charles Grodin, 1939 – Reni Santoni ('Poppy' on Seinfeld), 1947 – Iggy Pop♪ ♫, 1949 – Patti LuPone, 1951 – Tony Danza, 1958 – Andie MacDowell, 1959 – Robert Smith, 1979 – James McAvoy



1910 – Mark Twain, 1918 – Manfred von Richthofen "The Red Baron", 1948 – Aldo Leopold, 1971 – François 'Papa Doc' Duvalier, 1996 – Zora Arkus-Duntov 'Father of the Corvette), 1996 – Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder, 2003 – Nina Simone♪ ♫, 2015 – Steve Byrnes (sportscaster, racing reporter), 2016 – Lonnie Mack, 2016 – Prince

[xoxoxoBruce]

Snoopy never gets the credit he deserves.