Sunday, April 21, 2024

History for April 21

History for April 21 - On-This-Day.com 
Elizabeth II (Elisabeth Mary) 1926 - Queen of the United Kingdom
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2000 - The 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act went into effect

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