April 21st
Holidays and Festivals
Grounation Day (Rastafari movement)
Inauguration of Brasília (Distrito Federal, Brazil)
Kartini Day (Indonesia) * (See Below)
San Jacinto Day (Texas)
National Tree Planting Day (Kenya) * CLICK HERE
Tiradentes (Brazil)
Parilia, held in honor of the Pales. (Roman Empire)
Aggie Muster (Texas A&M University)
Birthday of Rome (Rome)
Kindergarten Day
National Chocolate-covered Cashews Day
National Teach Your Children To Save Day
Christian Feast Day of Abdecalas
Christian Feast Day of Anastasius Sinaita
Christian Feast Day of Anselm of Canterbury
Christian Feast Day of Beuno
Christian Feast Day of Conrad of Parzham
Christian Feast Day of Holy Infant of Good Health
Christian Feast Day of Wolbodo
* Kartini Day, celebration of Indonesian women's rights. (Indonesia)
Election Day (Paraguay) (2013) * CLICK HERE
Fête de la Chêne Translation: Oak Tree Day (French Republican) The Second day of the Month of Floréal in the French Republican CalendarToast of The Day
"So live that when you come to die, even the undertaker will feel sorry for you."
- Mark Twain (Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens November 30th, 1835 – April 21st, 1910), an American author and humorist.
Drink of The Day
Calypso Coffee
1/2 Part Dark Rum
1 and a Half Parts Tia Maria
Fill With Coffee
Top With Whipped Cream
Wine of The Day
Pessagno (2008) Estate Grown, Four Boys Vineyard
Style - Pinot Noir
Santa Lucia Highlands
$60
Beer of The Day
London Tavern Ale
Brewer - Valley Brewing Co., Stockton, California, USA
Style - English-Style Mild Ale
Joke of The Day
Chat site transcript:
Manly33: Hello, Sweetheart. What do you look like?
SexyGirl29: I am wearing a red silk blouse, a miniskirt and high
heels. I work out every day, I'm toned and perfect. My
measurements are 36-24-36. What do you look like?
Manly33: I'm 6'1" and about 250 pounds. I wear glasses and I have
on a pair of blue sweat pants I just bought from Walmart.
I'm also wearing a T-shirt with a few spots of barbecue
sauce on it from dinner... it smells funny.
SexyGirl29: I want you. Would you like to screw me?
Manly33: OK.
SexyGirl29: We're in my bedroom. There's soft music playing on the
stereo and candles on my dresser and night table. I'm
looking up into your eyes, smiling. My hand works its way
down to your crotch and begins to fondle your huge,
swelling bulge.
Manly33: I'm gulping, I'm beginning to sweat.
SexyGirl29: I'm pulling up your shirt and kissing your chest.
Manly33: Now I'm unbuttoning your blouse. My hands are trembling.
SexyGirl29: I'm moaning softly.
Manly33: I'm taking hold of your blouse and sliding it off slowly.
SexyGirl29: I'm throwing my head back in pleasure. The cool silk
slides off my warm skin. I'm rubbing your bulge faster,
pulling and rubbing.
Manly33: My hand suddenly jerks spastically and accidentally rips a
hole in your blouse. I'm sorry.
SexyGirl29: That's OK, it wasn't really too expensive.
Wellhung: I'll pay for it.
SexyGirl29: Don't worry about it. I'm wearing a lacy black bra. My
soft breasts are rising and falling, as I breath harder
and harder.
Manly33: I'm fumbling with the clasp on your bra. I think it's
stuck. Do you have any scissors?
SexyGirl29: I take your hand and kiss it softly. I'm reaching back
undoing the clasp. The bra slides off my body. The air
caresses my breasts. My nipples are erect for you.
Manly33: How did you do that? I'm picking up the bra and inspecting
the clasp.
SexyGirl29: I'm arching my back. Oh baby. I just want to feel your
tongue all over me.
Manly33: I'm dropping the bra. Now I'm licking your, you know,
breasts. They're neat!
SexyGirl29: I'm running my fingers through your hair. Now I'm nibbling
your ear.
Manly33: I suddenly sneeze. Your breasts are covered with spit and
phlegm.
SexyGirl29: What?
Manly33: I'm so sorry. Really.
SexyGirl29: I'm wiping your phlegm off my breasts with the remains of
my blouse.
Manly33: I'm taking the sopping wet blouse from you. I drop it with
a plop.
SexyGirl29: OK. I'm pulling your sweat pants down and rubbing your
hard tool.
Manly33: I'm screaming like a woman. Your hands are cold! Yeeee!
Sweetheart: I'm pulling up my miniskirt. Take off my panties.
Manly33: I'm pulling off your panties. My tongue is going all over,
in and out nibbling on you... umm... wait a minute.
SexyGirl29: What's the matter?
Manly33: I've got a pubic hair caught in my throat. I'm choking.
SexyGirl29: Are you OK?
Manly33: I'm having a coughing fit. I'm turning all red.
SexyGirl29: Can I help?
Manly33: I'm running to the kitchen, choking wildly. I'm fumbling
through the cabinets, looking for a cup. Where do you keep
your cups?
SexyGirl29: In the cabinet to the right of the sink.
Manly33: I'm drinking a cup of water. There, that's better.
SexyGirl29: Come back to me, lover.
Manly33: I'm washing the cup now.
SexyGirl29: I'm on the bed arching for you.
Manly33: I'm drying the cup. Now I'm putting it back in the
cabinet. And now I'm walking back to the bedroom. Wait,
it's dark, I'm lost. Where's the bedroom?
SexyGirl29: Last door on the left at the end of the hall.
Manly33: I found it.
SexyGirl29: I'm tuggin' off your pants. I'm moaning. I want you so
badly.
Manly33: Me too.
SexyGirl29: Your pants are off. I kiss you passionately - our naked
bodies pressing each other.
Manly33: Your face is pushing my glasses into my face. It hurts.
SexyGirl29: Why don't you take off your glasses?
Manly33: OK, but I can't see very well without them. I place the
glasses on the night table.
SexyGirl29: I'm bending over the bed. Give it to me, baby!
Manly33: I have to pee. I'm fumbling my way blindly across the room
and toward the bathroom.
SexyGirl29: Hurry back, lover.
Manly33: I find the bathroom and it's dark. I'm feeling around for
the toilet. I lift the lid.
SexyGirl29: I'm waiting eagerly for your return.
Manly33: I'm done going. I'm feeling around for the flush handle,
but I can't find it. Uh-oh!
SexyGirl29: What's the matter now?
Manly33: I've realized that I've peed into your laundry hamper.
Sorry again. I'm walking back to the bedroom now, blindly
feeling my way.
SexyGirl29: Mmm, yes. Come on.
Manly33: OK, now I'm going to put my... you know... thing... in
your... you know... woman's thing.
SexyGirl29: Yes! Do it, baby! Do it!
Manly33: I'm touching your smooth butt. It feels so nice. I kiss
your neck. Umm, I'm having a little trouble here.
SexyGirl29: I'm moving my ass back and forth, moaning. I can't stand
it another second! Slide in! Screw me now!
Manly33: I'm flaccid.
SexyGirl29: What?
Manly33: I'm limp. I can't sustain an erection.
SexyGirl29: I'm standing up and turning around; an incredulous look
on my face.
Manly33: I'm shrugging with a sad look on my face, my weiner all
floppy. I'm going to get my glasses and see what's wrong.
SexyGirl29: No, never mind. I'm getting dressed. I'm putting on my
underwear. Now I'm putting on my wet nasty blouse.
Manly33: No wait! Now I'm squinting, trying to find the night
table. I'm feeling along the dresser, knocking over cans
of hair spray, picture frames and your candles.
SexyGirl29: I'm buttoning my blouse. Now I'm putting on my shoes.
Manly33: I've found my glasses. I'm putting them on. My God! One of
our candles fell on the curtain. The curtain is on fire!
I'm pointing at it, a shocked look on my face.
SexyGirl29: Go to hell. I'm logging off, you're a loser!
Manly33: Now the carpet is on fire! Oh nooooooooooooooo!
SexyGirl29: <logged off>
Quote of The Day
"We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink"
- Epicurus (341 BC – 270 BC) an ancient Greek philosopher.
Whisky of The Day
$35
April Observances
ASPCA Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
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Brussels Sprouts and Cabbage Month
Cancer Control Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Community Spirit Days
Confederate History Month
Couple Appreciation Month
Cranberries and Gooseberries Month
DNA, Genomics and Stem Cell Education and Awareness Month
Defeat Diabetes Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Facial Protection Month
Fair Housing Month
Financial Literacy Month
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month
Frog Month
Get Yourself Tested Month
Global Child Nutrition Month
Grange Month
Holy Humor Month
Home Improvement Time (April-Sept.30)
Honor Society Awareness Month (Different Sponsor to March)
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month
Informed Woman Month
Injury Prevention Month
International Cesarean Awareness Month
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Daffynitions Month
International Guitar Month
International Twit Award Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
Lawn and Garden Month
Learn Thai Month
Library Snapshot Month
Math Awareness Month
Month of the Military Child
Month of the Young Child
National African American Women's Fitness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Car Care Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National DNA & Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month
National Decorating Month
National Donate Life Month
National Garden Month
National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month
National Humor Month
National Kite Month
National Knuckles Down Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Oral Health Month
National Parkinson's Awareness Month
National Pecan Month
National Pest Management Month
National Pet First Aid Awareness Month
National Pet Month
National Poetry Month
National Prepare Your Home To Be Sold Month
National Rebuilding Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Education and Awareness Month
National Stress Awareness Month
National Welding Month
National Welding Month
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Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
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Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
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Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Tomatillo and Asian Pear Month
Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month
Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month
Observances this Week
Organize Your Files Week, Third Week of AprilMedical Labs Week, Third Week of April
Coin Week, Third Week of April
Fibroid Awareness Week, Third Week of April
National Karaoke Week, Third Week of April
National Volunteer Week, Third Week of April
National Pet ID Week, Third Week of April
National Paperboard Packaging Week, Third Week of April
National Playground Safety Week, Third Week of April
National Severe Storm Preparedness Week, Third Week of April
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, Third Week of April
Preservation Week, Third Week of April
Sky Awareness Week, Third Week of April
International Whistlers Week (IWC), Third or Fourth week of April
Cleaning For A Reason Week, April 18th-24th
Consumer Awareness Week, April 18th-23rd
Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week, April 18th-23rd
National Park Week, 9 Days Starting with the Third Saturday of April
Money Smart Week (Federal Reserve), Third Saturday through Fourth Saturday of April
Safe Kids Week, Third Saturday through Fourth Saturday of April
Undergraduate Research Week, Third Work Week of April
National Crime Victims Rights Week, Second Full week of April plus 3 days
Historical Events on April 21st
(753 BC) Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date).
(43 BC) Battle of Mutina, Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.
953 Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights
1420 Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike
1453 Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
1509 Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
1519 Hernán Cortés lands in Veracruz, Veracruz
1521 Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards
1526 Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi
1572 France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant
1600 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun (OS)
1649 Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship
1654 England & Sweden sign trade agreement
1689 William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England
1739 Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord
1785 Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges
1789 John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington)
1792 Tiradentes, a revolutionary who was leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
1794 NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British
1809 Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
1818 Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna
1828 Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
1836 The Battle of San Jacinto Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution. Texas wins independence from Mexico
1855 1st train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia
1857 Alexander Douglas patents the bustle
1862 Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co
1862 Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston
1863 Bahá'u'lláh, considered the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest".
1863 Declaration of aha'u'llah; Baha'i Feast of Ridvan (Jalal 13, 20)
1865 Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington
1878 First Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
1878 NY installs 1st firehouse pole
1878 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili
1878 Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
1884 Potters Field reopened as Madison Park
1892 Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St Louis Mo
1894 George Bernard Shaw's "Arms & the Man," premieres in London
1894 Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
1898 Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat
1898 The Spanish-American War begins, The U.S. Congress, on April 25, recognizes that a state of war exists between the United States and Spain as of this date.
1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
1908 Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't)
1910 Cleve Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0
1913 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
1913 Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper
1914 US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
1918 German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France during World War I.
1920 John Galsworthy's "Skin Game," premieres in London
1921 Ottawa Senators beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup [or 4/4]
1922 The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Texas A&M graduates who had died in the previous year.
1925 Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR
1925 No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral
1925 Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels," premieres in London
1930 Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid," premieres in Moscow
1934 Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays AL record 117th cons errorless game
1935 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
1940 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio
1940 Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
1941 Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany
1942 The most famous (and first international) Aggie Muster is held on the Philippine island of Corregidor during World War II., by Brigadier General George F. Moore (with 25 fellow Texas A&M graduates who are under his command), while 1.8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack.
1944 NFL Chic Cardinals & Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3)
1945 Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
1945 He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
1945 Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London
1945 Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
1945 US 7th Army occupies Neurenberg
1945 Soviet Union forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters, World War II.
1946 SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
1948 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US
1948 2nd NBA Championship, Balt Bullets beat Phila Warriors, 4 games to 2
1951 5th NBA Championship, Rochester Royals beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
1951 Stanley Cup, Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1
1952 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
1952 Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
1954 Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR
1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1955 Bkln Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
1955 J Lawrence & R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in NYC
1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1
1957 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
1959 Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark
1960 Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil, it is officially inaugurated. At 9:30 am the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
1960 Founding of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith in Washington, D.C.
1961 Dirk U Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO
1961 French army revolts in Algeria
1961 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
1962 Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
1962 The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
1963 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open
1963 The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.
1964 A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
1964 Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
1965 The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
1966 Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day in the Rastafari movement.
1967 A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
1967 Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
1967 EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands
1967 Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to US
1967 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC
1968 22nd Tony Awards, Rosencranz & Guilderstern & Hallelujah Baby! win
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1969 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
1970 Reds clout 7 HRs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team & 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records
1970 The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia.
1971 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
1972 John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
1974 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
1974 28th Tony Awards: River Niger & Raisin win
1975 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24
1975 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55
1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1975 Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
1975 During the Vietnam War, President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu flees Saigon, as Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
1976 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 C Strouse & M Charnins musical "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for the first of 2,377 performances
1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
1977 Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh
1979 "Carmelina" closes at St James Theater NYC after 17 performances
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
1980 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11
1980 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich
1981 US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1982 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
1982 Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first MLB pitcher to record 300 saves.
1982 Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
1982 Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress
1983 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom
1984 "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to ½ hour
1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
1984 Centers for Disease Cont says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
1984 Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game
1985 Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
1985 Flyers 5-Islanders 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1985 Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
1985 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1986 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
1986 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51
1986 Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
1987 Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history
1987 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1987 The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
1988 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1989 George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom and to to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
1990 "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks
1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
1990 Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history
1991 52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship, Jack Nicklaus
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
1991 Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17)
1991 Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14)
1992 "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
1992 Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill
1992 Robert Alton Harris is put to death in the California Gas Chamber for 3 murders.
1993 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Sq NYC for 30 perfs
1993 Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria
1993 Brazil votes against a monarchy, The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
1994 "Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1994 Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times)
1994 Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed
1994 The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.
1995 Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, NY Knicks win 98-92
1995 FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh & charges him with Oklahoma City bombing
1996 "Delicate Balance," opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
1996 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin
1996 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
1996 Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8)
1996 Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup
1996 Wayne James scores 99 & 99 & ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final
1997 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23
1997 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34
1997 Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit
2004 Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
2008 The United States Air Force retires the F-117 Nighthawk.
2012 Chicago White Sox pitcher, Philip Humber, pitches the 21st MLB perfect game against the Seattle Mariners
2012 Two trains in Sloterdijk, Netherlands, injure 117 people in a head on collision
2013 185 people are killed in a conflict between Islamic extremists and the Nigerian military
2013 Horacio Cartes is elected President of Paraguay
2013 Sebastian Vettel wins the 2013 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix
2013 Tsegaye Kebede and Priscah Jeptoo win the 2013 London Marathon
2014 Meb Keflezighi of United States 1st man in 2:08:37 and Rita Jeptoo of Kenya 1st woman in 2:18:57 at the 118th Boston Marathon
2016 US President Barack Obama begins a 4 day visit to the UK with and Michelle Obama
Born on April 21st
1488 Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot
1546 Arcangelo Crivelli, composer
1555 Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)
1619 John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)
1651 Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)
1652 Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)
1671 John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)
1672 Johann Philipp Kafer, composer
1673 Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1742)
1713 Louis, 4th Duke de Noailles, Marshal of France (d. 1793)
1729 Catherine II of Russia, known as 'Catherine the Great' (d. 1796)
1730 Antonin Kammel, composer
1749 Johann Michael Malzat, composer
1767 Elisabeth of Württemberg, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1790)
1774 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist and astronomer (balloonist) (d. 1862)
1775 Alexander Anderson, American illustrator (Shakespeare) (d. 1870)
1779 William Knyvett, composer
1795 Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint
1803 Levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885
1806 Peter van Schendel, Dutch painter
1809 Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy)
1810 John Putnam Chapin, American politician (d. 1864)
1811 Alson Sherman, American politician (d. 1903)
1814 Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, English philanthropist (d. 1906)
1814 Beni Egressy, composer
1816 Charlotte Brontë, English author (Jane Eyre) (d. 1855)
1816 Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Confederate Army, died in 1874
1824 Anselmo Clave, composer
1828 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian (Voyage in Italy)
1834 William Rufus Terrill, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1837 Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, feminist, pacifist (Nobel laureate 1908) (d. 1922)
1838 John Muir, Scottish environmentalist, discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras) (d. 1914)
1838 Nat Thompson, cricketer (1st batsman dismissed in a Test match)
1840 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)
1849 Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization
1851 Charles Barrois, French geologist (d. 1939)
1853 Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer
1854 Eusapia Palladino, Napolitanse with parergische phenomenons
1854 William Stang, Roman Catholic Bishop (d. 1907)
1854 Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer
1864 Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (Ancient Judaism) (d. 1920)
1867 Benjamin A Jesurun, Antillian literary
1870 Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer (d. 1941)
1871 Leo Blech, composer
1871 Vojtech Rihovsky, composer
1872 GW Bitzer, [Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer], Roxbury MA
1878 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist
1879 Kartini, Indonesian national figure (d. 1904)
1881 Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist (Rocks of Oran)
1882 Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
1886 Charlie Naughton, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Frozen Limits)
1887 Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (d. 1978)
1887 Lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer
1889 Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1892 Jaroslav Kvapil, composer
1896 Henry M de Montherlant, French stage author (La Reine Morte)
1898 Maurice Wilson, Everest climber, Yorkshire hero (d. 1934)
1898 Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants)
1899 Clement D'Hooghe, composer
1899 Randall Thompson, NYC, composer (Trip to Nahant)
1901 Julian Bautista, composer
1902 Bernard J H "Ben" Stroman, recensent/writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard)
1903 Hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark (1947..55)
1904 Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67)
1904 Odilo Globocnik, Austrian Nazi (d. 1945)
1905 Edmund G "Pat" Brown, (Gov-D-California)
1905 Pat Brown, American politician (d. 1996)
1906 Tom Burns, editor
1907 Antoni Szalowski, composer
1907 Beatrice Kay, NYC, singer/actress, Sister Sue-Calvin & Col)
1907 Wade Mainer, American singer and banjoist
1908 Louis Hostin, France, Light Heavyweight, Olympic-gold-1932, 36)
1909 Rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will)
1911 Ivan Combe, American inventor (d. 2000)
1911 Leonard Warren, NYC, baritone, Met 1939-60) died on stage
1912 Eve Arnold, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, photojournalist (Marilyn Monroe) (d. 2012)
1912 Feike P Asma, Dutch organist
1912 Marcel Camus, French film director (Orfeu negro) (d. 1982)
1912 Nell (Petronella GS) Koppen, actress (Kniertje-Op Hoop van Zegen)
1913 Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones)
1913 Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician
1913 Norman Parkinson, England, fashion photographer, Harper's Bazaar)
1914 Norman Panama, American screenwriter (d. 2003)
1915 Andor Kovach, composer
1915 Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born American actor (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia) (d. 2001)
1915 Frick (W Groebli), Swiss clown, Frick & Frack)
1915 Garrett Hardin, American ecologist (d. 2003)
1916 Sidney Clute, Brooklyn NY, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey)
1917 Emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82)
1918 Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer and guitarist
1919 Don Cornell, American singer (d. 2004)
1919 Franc (Franklin E) Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper)
1919 John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57)
1920 Bruno Maderna, Venice Italy, conductor/composer, Hyperion) [or Mar 21]
1920 Christopher Dark, NY, actor, Suddenly, Tenderfoot)
1920 Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (d. 1991)
1920 Ronald Magill, British actor (d. 2007)
1921 Jack Fletcher, Forest Hills NY, actor, Grady, Bob Crane Show)
1922 Allan Watkins, cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s)
1923 Andrea Domburg, Dutch actress, (Theo d'Or Prize, Keetje Tippel)
1923 John Mortimer, English barrister and writer (d. 2009)
1924 Daniel Melnick, NYC, producer, Get Smart)
1924 Ira Louvin, Country music singer, songwriter, and musician (Louvin Brothers) (d. 1965)
1925 Sir Anthony Mason, former Chief Justice of Australia
1926 Arthur Rowley, English Footballer (d. 2002)
1926 Elizabeth, Alexandra Mary Windsor II, Queen of England, 1952)
1927 Gerald Flood, British actor (d. 1989)
1927 Robert Brustein, NYC, dean, Yale School of Drama)
1930 Don Tyson, founder, Tyson Foods)
1930 Margaret Rose, London England, Princess of York [or Aug 21]
1930 Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas) (d. 1989)
1932 Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon)
1932 Elaine May, American comedian (New Leaf)
1934 Martin Horton, cricketer, England off-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 1959)
1935 Charles Grodin, American actor (Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid)
1935 Robin Dixon, England, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1960)
1935 Thomas Kean, American politician
1936 Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, composer
1936 Bob Cleary, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1936 James Dobson, American evangelist
1937 Charles Lee Herron, Ky, FBI most wanted fugitive (Jan 1 1986)
1939 Ernie Maresca, singer/songwriter (Runaround Sue, Wanderer)
1939 Helen Prejean, American writer
1939 John McCabe, composer
1940 Souleymane Cisse, director (Waati, Yeelen, Finye, Baara)
1942 Bobby McClure, US gospel singer (Don't Mess Up a Good Thing)
1944 Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball coach
1945 Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000)
1946 S Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee)
1947 Alan Warner, rocker (Foundations)
1947 Iggy Pop, American musician (The Stooges)
1947 John Weider, British rock musician (Eric Burdon and the Animals, Family)
1948 Claire Denis, Paris France, actress (Boom Boom, Chocolat)
1948 Gary A Condit, (Rep-D-California)
1948 Gary Condit, American politician
1948 Lord Egremont, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1948 Paul Davis, American singer (I Go Crazy) (d. 2008)
1949 Patti LuPone, American singer and actress (Evita, Life Goes On)
1951 Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-2)
1951 Michael Hartley Freedman, American mathematician
1951 Nicoel Barclay, rocker
1951 Robert Gotobed, English drummer (Wire)
1951 Steve Vickers, Canadian hockey player
1951 Tony Danza, American actor and comedian (Tony Banta-Taxi, Tony Micelli-Who's the Boss)
1953 Edward Ray Fiori, Lynwood CA, PGA golfer (1979 Southern Open)
1954 Dale Eggeling, Statesboro GA, LPGA golfer (1995 Oldsmobile Classic)
1954 Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer
1954 James Morrison, American actor
1956 Phillip Longman, American demographer
1956 Rick DeMont, US, 400m swimmer, drug disqualification (1972 Olympics)
1957 Edward Leslie, American professional wrestler
1957 Jesse Orosco, Santa Barbara CA, pitcher (NY Mets, Orioles, Dodgers)
1958 Andie MacDowell (Rosali Anderson), American actress (Green Card)
1958 Kyle Stevens, LPGA golfer
1958 Michael Zarnock, American author and columnist
1958 Mike Barson, rock keyboardist (Madness)
1958 Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist
1959 Jerry Only, American musician (The Misfits)
1959 Michael Timmins, Canadian musician (Cowboy Junkies)
1959 Robert Smith, British musician, vocalist (The Cure)
1959 Tim Jacobus, American artist (Goosebumps)
1960 Julius Korir, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1984)
1960 Michel Goulet, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 Les Lancaster, American baseball player
1962 Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, Russia, major/cosmonaut
1963 John Cameron Mitchell, American film director (Misplaced, Band of the Hand)
1963 Ken Caminiti, American baseball player, infielder (San Diego Padres) (d. 2004)
1963 Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor
1964 Alex Baumann, Canadian Olympic swimmer
1964 Louise Mullard, Kurri Kurri NSW, golfer (1990 T3 Coca Cola Classic)
1964 Ludmila Engquist, Russian-born Swedish athlete
1965 Ed Belfour, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks)
1965 Fiona Kelleghan, American academic and critic
1965 Gary Grant, American basketball player, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
1965 Karen Foster, American model, Playboy playmate (Oct, 1989)
1966 Judy Diduck, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Oly-98)
1966 Michael Franti, American musician (Michael Franti and Spearhead)
1968 Peter van Foxes, soccer player (Ajax)
1969 Conrad Clarks, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1969 Dwight Hollier, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1969 Robin Meade, American news anchor
1969 Toby Stephens, British actor
1970 Glen Hansard, Irish songwriter and actor (Once)
1970 Israel Stanley, NFL/WLAF defensive end (NO Saints, Rhein Fire)
1970 Nicole Sullivan, American actress
1970 Rob Riggle, American comedian
1970 Stewart Malgunas, Prince George, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1971 Alexander Kravchenko, Russian poker player
1971 Hasan Akbar, American convicted murderer
1971 Jennifer Reed, Miss USA-Michigan (1997)
1971 Michael Turner, American comic book artist (d. 2008)
1971 Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel
1971 Tom Cavallo, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, SF 49ers)
1971 Tony Mcgee, NFL tight end (Cin Bengals)
1972 David Williams, Bedford PA, outfielder (SF Giants)
1972 Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer
1972 Lori Flick, Boston Massachusetts, Miss America-Massachusetts (1997)
1972 Severina Vuckovic, Croatian singer
1972 Tia Jackson, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1973 Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian athlete
1974 Brice Hunter, wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1975 Angela Michelle Hughes, Anderson SC, Miss America-SC (1997)
1975 Danyon Joseph Loader, Dunedin NZ, 200m/400m swimmer (Olymp-2 gold-96)
1976 Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player
1977 Doseone, American rapper
1977 Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater
1977 Karen Ann Peterson, Miss Aruba Universe (1997)
1978 Aimee Delatte, Miss Arkansas Teen USA (1996)
1978 Avi Phillips, Ontario, actor (Maniac Mansion)
1978 Branden Steineckert, American drummer (Rancid, The Used)
1978 Jacob Burns, Australian footballer
1978 Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish)
1978 Melissa Coish, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1996)
1979 James McAvoy, Scottish actor
1979 Tobias Linderoth, Swedish footballer
1980 Jeff Keppinger, American baseball player
1980 Martin Rosete, Spanish film director and publicist
1980 Tony Romo, American football player, QB (Dallas Cowboys)
1980 Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian hockey player
1981 Stephanie Larimore, American model
1982 Carnell "Cadillac" Williams, American football player
1983 Pawel Brozek, Polish footballer
1983 Tarvaris Jackson, American football player
1984 Ashley Peldon, Staten Is NY, actress (Marsha-Guilding Light, Deceived)
1986 Alexander Edler, Swedish hockey player
1986 Audra Cohen, American tennis player
1986 Rodney Stuckey, American basketball player
1987 Eric Devendorf, American basketball player
1987 Nadif Chowdhury, Bangladeshi cricketer
1988 Pedro Mosquera Parada, Spanish footballer
1988 Robbie Amell, Canadian actor
2007 Princess Isabella of Denmark
Died on April 21st
1073 Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73)
1109 Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1033)
1142 Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)
1329 Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)
1509 Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) (b. 1457)
1551 Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
1552 Petrus Apianus (Bennewitz/Bienewitz), German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1495)
1574 Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519)
1652 Pietro Della Valle, composer,
1696 Andres de Sola, composer
1699 Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639)
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)
1730 Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps)
1736 Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye
1780 Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
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 mathematician (b. 1765)
1852 Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
1863 Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish nobility (b. 1782)
1868 Henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
1871 Elisabeth Grube, writer
1878 Temistocle Solera, composer
1898 Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer
1899 Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer
1900 Heinrich Vogl, composer
1910 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), American author and humorist (Huckleberry Finn) (b. 1835)
1918 Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), German pilot, shot down in WW I (b. 1892)
1922 Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858)
1924 Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera) (b. 1858)
1930 Christine (Elizabeth C) Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother)
1930 Robert Bridges, English poet (Testament of beauty) (b. 1844)
1938 Allama Iqbal, Indian Urdu philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
1938 Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero
1939 Herman Finck, composer
1945 John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle
1945 Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
1946 John Maynard Keynes, English economist (b. 1883)
1946 Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99)
1948 Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
1948 Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer
1952 Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness)
1952 (Richard) Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing
1956 Charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895)
1961 James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival)
1962 Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats)
1965 Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize laureate 1947) (b. 1892)
1967 Andre L Danjon, French astronomer
1968 Norman Demuth, composer
1968 Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer, killed shooting stunt
1971 Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective)
1971 François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, Haitian dictator (b. 1907)
1973 Arthur Fadden, thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
1973 Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon)
1974 Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895)
1975 Jack Allan Westrup, composer
1977 Gummo Marx, American actor and comedian (Marx Brothers) (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)
1981 Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England)
1982 Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin)
1983 Walter Slezak, Austrian actor (b. 1902)
1984 Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. 1943)
1985 Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (b. 1902)
1985 Rudi Gernreich, Austrian fashion designer (miniskirt) (b. 1922)
1985 Tancredo de Almeida Neves, Brazil banker and elected president (b. 1910)
1986 Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930)
1987 Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore)
1989 James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday)
1989 Princess Dukhye of Korea (b. 1912)
1990 Erté, French artist (b. 1892)
1990 Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games
1991 Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri)
1991 Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (new years concert) (b. 1909)
1992 Robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39
1992 Vladimir K Romanov, Grand Duke/Rus pretender to the throne
1993 Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher
1994 Clement Merk, animal trainer
1995 Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer
1995 Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman
1996 A H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58)
1996 Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader and President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1991) (b. 1944)
1996 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, American bookie and sports broadcaster (CBS) (b. 1919)
1996 Robert Hersant, press baron
1996 Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter
1996 Zora Arkus-Duntov, engineer
1997 Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93)
1997 Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine president (1961-65)
1998 Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1924)
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 player (b. 1931)
2007 Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1941)
2008 Al Wilson, American singer (b. 1939)
2010 Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
2010 Juan Antonio Samaranch, International Olympic Committee president (b. 1920)
2012 Charles Colson, Nixon adviser (Watergate)
2013 Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor
2016 Prince (Rogers Nelson), American singer-songwriter and musician (1999, Purple Rain)
2016 Lonnie Mack, American rocker (Baby What's Wrong)