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Today in History: April 21




0753 BC Traditional date of the foundation of Rome.

0043 BC Marcus Antonius is defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy.

1836 General Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Texas wins independence from Mexico.

1862 Congress establishes the U.S. Mint.

1898 The Spanish-American War begins.

1914 U.S. Marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico. They will stay six months.

1918 German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," is shot down and killed.

1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces that several Doolittle pilots have been executed by Japanese.

1966 Pfc. Milton Lee Olive is awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for bravery during the Vietnam War.

1995 Federal authorities arrest Timothy McVeigh in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.

2020 At least 25,000 extra people across 11 countries have died during COVID-19 pandemic that were not previously counted according to new mortality figures
2020 South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa announces $26 billion aid package and plans for gradual reopening of economy as cases reach 3,465 with 58 deaths

2020 Health Secretary Matt Hancock and UK government come under criticism for lack of personal protective equipment and testing for COVID-19 (despite pledge to test 100,000 a day only 19,000 done April 20th)

2020 Mexico says it is entering stage three of its COVID-19 outbreak, with rapid spread and hospitalizations from 8,772 infections and 712 deaths

2021 Manhattan district attorney's office announces it will no longer prosecute prostitution, dismissing 914 open cases, part of growing movement to change approach to prostitution

2022 Ex-president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández extradited to the US to face drug trafficking and weapons charges

Born on April 21

1816 Charlotte Bronte, novelist (Jane Eyre).

1838 John Muir, naturalist.

1909 Rollo May, psychologist.

1971 Hasan Akbar, American convicted murderer

JOTD
Who else thinks it's time we called Sesame Street out for what it really is?





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