21st April
753 B.C - Legend says Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, founded Rome.
1509 - Henry VIII became King of England.1782 - Friedrich Froebel German educator and founder of the kindergarten, was born.
1789 - John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States.
1816 - Charlotte Bronte, author of "Jane Eyre, was born.
1838 - John Muir, the father of the environmental movement, died.
1910 - The author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died.
1918 - The German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," was shot down.
1926 - Queen Elizabeth II was born.
1945 - The Red Army entered the outskirts of Berlin.
1959 - Robert Smith, musician from The Cure, was born.
1960 - Brazilia became the capital of Brazil, taking over from Rio de Janeiro.