History for April 21

History for April 21 - On-This-Day.com
Friedrich Froebel 1782 - Teacher, author, toy maker, invented kindergarten in 1837, Charlotte Bronte 1816 - Author ("Jane Eyre," "The Professor"), John Muir 1838 - Conservationist, influential in the creation of the U.S. National Parks System and U.S. foreset conservation, the Muir Woods National Monument in California is named after him


Anthony Quinn 1915 - Actor ("Viva Zapata! [1952]," "The Guns of Navarone"), Tony Danza 1951 - Actor ("Who’s the Boss," "Taxi," "Angels in the Outfield"), Andie MacDowell (Rosalie Anderson) 1958 - Actress ("Groundhog Day", "St. Elmo’s Fire," "Four Weddings and a Funeral")


753 BC - Today is the traditional date of the foundation of Rome.


1789 - John Adams was sworn in as the first U.S. Vice President.


1836 - General Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. This battle decided the independence of Texas.


1898 - The Spanish-American War began.


1918 - German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," was shot down and killed during World War I.


1943 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt announced that several Doolittle pilots had been executed by the Japanese.


1967 - Svetlana Alliluyeva (Svetlana Stalina) defected in New York City. She was the daughter of Joseph Stalin.


1986 - Geraldo Rivera opened a vault that belonged to Al Capone at the Lexington Hotel in Chicago. Nothing of interest was found inside.