April 21 Events 753 BC - Romulus founds Rome . 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. 900 - The Laguna Copperplate Inscription : the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo , as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah , pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations. 1092 - The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II 1506 - The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics. 1509 - Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII . 1526 - The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty , Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat . 1615 - The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta . 1782 - The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok , is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke . 1789 - George Washington's reception at Trenton is hosted by the Ladies of Trenton as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration . 1792 - Tiradentes , a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence , is hanged, drawn and quartered . 1802 - Twelve thousand Wahhabis under Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad , invaded city of Karbala , killed over three thousand inhabitants, and sacked the city. 1806 - Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa. 1809 - Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl . 1821 - Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire ; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile . 1836 - Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna . 1856 - Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day . 1894 - Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years. 1898 - Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date. 1914 - Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz . 1918 - World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen , better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France . 1926 - Al-Baqi cemetery , former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams , is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis. 1934 - The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster , is published in the Daily Mail . 1945 - World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters. 1948 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted. 1952 - Secretary's Day is first celebrated. 1958 - United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada . 1960 - Brasília , Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro . 1962 - The Seattle World's Fair opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II . 1963 - The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith . 1964 - A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed. 1965 - The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season. 1966 - Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica , an event now celebrated as Grounation Day . 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. 1975 - Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon , as Xuân Lộc , the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls. 1977 - Annie opens on Broadway . 1982 - Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves. 1985 - The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege. 1987 - The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo , killing 106 people. 1989 - Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang . 1993 - The Supreme Court in La Paz , Bolivia , sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution. 2004 - Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra , killing 74 people and wounding 160. 2010 - The controversial Kharkiv Pact is signed in Kharkiv , Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014 . 2012 - Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam , in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people. 2014 - The American city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River , beginning the ongoing Flint water crisis which has caused lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people, and 15 deaths from Legionnaires disease , ultimately leading to criminal indictments against 15 people, five of whom have been charged with involuntary manslaughter . 2019 - Eight bombs explode at churches, hotels, and other locations in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday ; more than 200 people are killed.Births 1132 - Sancho VI , king of Navarre 1488 - Ulrich von Hutten , German religious reformer 1523 - Marco Antonio Bragadin , Venetian lawyer and military officer 1555 - Ludovico Carracci , Italian painter and etcher 1619 - Jan van Riebeeck , Dutch founder of Cape Town 1630 - Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten , Dutch-English painter 1631 - Francesco Maidalchini , Catholic cardinal 1642 - Simon de la Loubère , French mathematician, poet, and diplomat 1651 - Joseph Vaz , Sri Lankan priest, missionary, and saint 1652 - Michel Rolle , French mathematician and academic 1671 - John Law , Scottish economist 1673 - Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1713 - Louis de Noailles , French general 1730 - Antonín Kammel , Czech violinist and composer 1752 - Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait , French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies 1752 - Humphry Repton , English gardener and author 1774 - Jean-Baptiste Biot , French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician 1775 - Alexander Anderson , Scottish-American illustrator and engraver 1790 - Manuel Blanco Encalada , Spanish-Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile 1810 - John Putnam Chapin , American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago 1811 - Alson Sherman , American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago 1814 - Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts , English art collector and philanthropist 1816 - Charlotte Brontë , Cornish-English novelist and poet 1837 - Fredrik Bajer , Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Prize laureate 1838 - John Muir , Scottish-American environmentalist and author 1851 - Charles Barrois , French geologist and palaeontologist 1854 - William Stang , German-American bishop 1864 - Max Weber , German economist and sociologist 1868 - Alfred Henry Maurer , American painter 1870 - Edwin Stanton Porter , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1874 - Vincent Scotto , French actor and composer 1882 - Percy Williams Bridgman , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1885 - Tatu Kolehmainen , Finnish runner 1887 - Joe McCarthy , American baseball manager 1889 - Marcel Boussac , French businessman 1889 - Paul Karrer , Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1889 - Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor 1892 - Freddie Dixon , English motorcycle racer and racing driver 1893 - Romeo Bertini , Italian runner 1898 - Maurice Wilson , English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer 1899 - Randall Thompson , American composer and academic 1903 - Luis Saslavsky , Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter 1904 - Jean Hélion , French painter 1904 - Odilo Globocnik , Italian-Austrian SS officer 1905 - Pat Brown , American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California 1911 - Ivan Combe , American businessman, developed Clearasil 1911 - Kemal Satır , Turkish physician and politician 1912 - Eve Arnold , Russian-American photojournalist 1912 - Marcel Camus , French director and screenwriter 1913 - Norman Parkinson , English photographer 1914 - Angelo Savoldi , Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling 1915 - Garrett Hardin , American ecologist, author, and academic 1915 - Anthony Quinn , Mexican-American actor 1916 - Estella B. Diggs, American businesswoman and politician 1918 - Eddy Christiani , Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist 1919 - Don Cornell , American singer 1919 - Roger Doucet , Canadian tenor 1919 - Licio Gelli , Italian financer 1920 - Edmund Adamkiewicz , German footballer 1922 - Alistair MacLean , Scottish novelist and screenwriter 1922 - Allan Watkins , Welsh-English cricketer 1923 - John Mortimer , English lawyer and author 1924 - Ira Louvin , American singer-songwriter and mandolin player 1925 - Anthony Mason , Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia 1925 - John Swinton of Kimmerghame , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire 1926 - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms 1926 - Arthur Rowley , English footballer, manager and cricketer 1927 - Ahmed Arif , Turkish poet and author 1928 - Jack Evans , Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1930 - Hilda Hilst , Brazilian author, poet, and playwright 1930 - Silvana Mangano , Italian actress 1930 - Dieter Roth , German-Swiss illustrator and sculptor 1930 - Jack Taylor , English footballer and referee 1931 - Morgan Wootten , American high school basketball coach 1932 - Slide Hampton , African-American trombonist and composer 1932 - Elaine May , American actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter 1932 - Angela Mortimer , English tennis player 1933 - Edelmiro Amante , Filipino lawyer and politician 1933 - Easley Blackwood, Jr., American pianist, composer, and educator 1933 - Ignatius Zakka I Iwas , Iraqi patriarch 1935 - Charles Grodin , American actor and talk show host 1935 - Thomas Kean , American academic and politician, 48th Governor of New Jersey 1936 - James Dobson , American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family 1936 - Reg Fleming , Canadian-American ice hockey player 1937 - Gary Peters , American baseball player 1937 - Ben Zinn , Israeli-born American academic and former international soccer player 1939 - John McCabe , English pianist and composer 1939 - Sister Helen Prejean , American nun, activist, and author 1939 - Reni Santoni , American actor 1940 - Jacques Caron , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1940 - Souleymane Cissé , Malian director, producer, and screenwriter 1941 - David L. Boren, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma 1942 - Geoffrey Palmer , New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand 1945 - Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan , Indian cricketer and umpire 1945 - Mark Wainberg , Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist 1945 - Diana Darvey , English actress, singer and dancer 1947 - Al Bumbry , American baseball player 1947 - Iggy Pop , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor 1947 - John Weider , English bass player 1948 - Gary Condit , American businessman and politician 1948 - Paul Davis , American singer-songwriter and musician 1948 - Josef Flammer , Swiss ophthalmologist 1948 - Dieter Fromm , German runner 1949 - Patti LuPone , American actress and singer 1950 - Shivaji Satam , Indian actor 1951 - Tony Danza , American actor and producer 1951 - Michael Freedman , American mathematician and academic 1951 - Bob Varsha , American sportscaster 1951 - Steve Vickers , Canadian ice hockey player 1952 - Gerald Early , American author and academic 1952 - Cheryl Gillan , British businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales 1953 - John Brumby , Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria 1954 - Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1954 - James Morrison , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1955 - Murathan Mungan , Turkish author, poet, and playwright 1955 - Doug Soetaert , Canadian ice hockey player 1956 - Peter Kosminsky , English director, producer, and screenwriter 1956 - Phillip Longman , German-American demographer and journalist 1957 - Hervé Le Tellier , French linguist and author 1957 - Jesse Orosco , American baseball player 1957 - Herbert Wetterauer , German painter, sculptor, and author 1958 - Andie MacDowell , American model, actress, and producer 1958 - Yoshito Usui , Japanese illustrator 1958 - Michael Zarnock , American author 1959 - Tim Jacobus , American illustrator and painter 1959 - Olga Kuragina , Russian pentathlete 1959 - Arno Pijpers , Dutch footballer and coach 1959 - Robert Smith , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1960 - Michel Goulet , Canadian ice hockey player and scout 1960 - Julius Korir , Kenyan runner 1961 - Cathy Cavadini , American voice actress 1961 - Carey Hayes , American screenwriter and producer 1961 - Chad Hayes , American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1961 - Neale Marmon , English-German footballer, coach, and manager 1961 - David Servan-Schreiber , French physician, neuroscientist, and author 1962 - Les Lancaster , American baseball player and coach 1962 - Craig Robinson , American basketball player and coach 1962 - Aavo Sarap , Estonian footballer and coach 1963 - Ken Caminiti , American baseball player 1963 - Roy Dupuis , Canadian actor 1963 - John Cameron Mitchell , American actor, director, and screenwriter 1964 - Alex Baumann , Czech-Canadian swimmer 1964 - Ludmila Engquist , Russian-Swedish hurdler 1965 - Ed Belfour , Canadian ice hockey player 1965 - Karen Foster , American model and actress 1965 - Gary Grant , American basketball player 1965 - Thomas Helmer , German footballer 1965 - Fiona Kelleghan , American academic, critic and librarian 1967 - Emilio Valle , Cuban hurdler 1968 - Peter van Vossen , Dutch footballer and coach 1969 - John Kibowen , Kenyan runner 1969 - Toby Stephens , English actor 1970 - Jeff Anderson , American actor, director, and screenwriter 1970 - Glen Hansard , Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1970 - Rob Riggle , American actor and comedian 1970 - Nicole Sullivan , American actress, comedian, and screenwriter 1971 - Axl Rotten , American wrestler 1971 - Michael Turner , American author and illustrator 1972 - Richard Chelimo , Kenyan runner 1972 - Gwendal Peizerat , French ice dancer 1973 - Steve Backshall , English naturalist, writer, and television presenter 1973 - Jonathan Nsenga , Belgian hurdler and coach 1974 - Maksim Gruznov , Estonian footballer 1974 - Orlando Jordan , American wrestler 1974 - David Peachey , Australian rugby league player 1975 - Danyon Loader , New Zealand swimmer 1976 - Rommel Adducul , Filipino basketball player 1976 - Petero Civoniceva , Fijian-Australian rugby league player 1977 - Gyula Koi , Hungarian scholar and educator 1977 - Jamie Salé , Canadian figure skater 1978 - Jacob Burns , Australian footballer 1978 - Jukka Nevalainen , Finnish drummer 1978 - Yuliya Pechonkina , Russian hurdler 1979 - Virginie Basselot , French chef 1979 - Tobias Linderoth , French-Swedish footballer and coach 1979 - James McAvoy , Scottish actor 1980 - Jeff Keppinger , American baseball player 1980 - Vincent Lecavalier , Canadian ice hockey player 1980 - Tony Romo , American football player 1981 - Mads Junker , Danish footballer 1982 - Khalif Barnes , American football player 1982 - Micheal Luck , Australian rugby league player 1982 - Carnell Williams , American football player 1983 - Paweł Brożek , Polish footballer 1983 - Marco Donadel , Italian footballer 1983 - Tarvaris Jackson , American football player 1984 - Shayna Fox , American voice actress 1986 - Audra Cohen , American tennis player 1986 - Alexander Edler , Swedish ice hockey player 1986 - Rodney Stuckey , American basketball player 1986 - Mirko Valdifiori , Italian footballer 1987 - Nadif Chowdhury , Bangladeshi cricketer 1987 - Eric Devendorf , American basketball player 1987 - Leroy George , Dutch footballer 1987 - Anastasia Prikhodko , Ukrainian singer 1988 - Ricky Berens , American swimmer 1988 - Jencarlos Canela , American singer-songwriter and actor 1988 - Pedro Mosquera , Spanish footballer 1988 - Adam Rooney , Irish footballer 1989 - Tatyana McFadden , Russian-American sprinter and skier 1989 - Carlos Muñoz , Chilean footballer 1990 - Aleksandar Prijović , Swiss-born Serbian footballer 1992 - Isco , Spanish footballer 1992 - Rene Santos , Brazilian footballer 1992 - Joc Pederson , American baseball player 1994 - Mitchell Weiser , German footballerDeaths 234 - Emperor Xian of Han , Chinese emperor 586 - Liuvigild , king of the Visigoths 847 - Odgar , Frankish archbishop of Mainz 866 - Bardas , de facto regent of the Byzantine Empire 941 - Bajkam , de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate 1073 - Pope Alexander II 1109 - Anselm of Canterbury , Italian-English archbishop and saint 1136 - Stephen, Count of Tréguier Breton noblemen 1142 - Peter Abelard , French philosopher and theologian 1213 - Maria of Montpellier , Lady of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon 1329 - Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine 1400 - John Wittlebury , English politician 1509 - Henry VII of England 1557 - Petrus Apianus , German mathematician and astronomer 1574 - Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1591 - Sen no Rikyū , Japanese exponent of the tea ceremony 1650 - Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi , Japanese samurai 1668 - Jan Boeckhorst , Flemish painter 1699 - Jean Racine , French playwright and poet 1719 - Philippe de La Hire , French mathematician and astronomer 1720 - Antoine Hamilton , Irish-French soldier and author 1722 - Robert Beverley, Jr., English historian and author 1736 - Prince Eugene of Savoy 1740 - Thomas Tickell , English poet and author 1758 - Francesco Zerafa , Maltese architect 1815 - Joseph Winston , American soldier and politician 1825 - Johann Friedrich Pfaff , German mathematician and academic 1852 - Ivan Nabokov , Russian general 1863 - Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet , Irish politician 1900 - Vikramatji Khimojiraj , Indian ruler 1910 - Mark Twain , American novelist, humorist, and critic 1918 - Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot 1924 - Eleonora Duse , Italian actress 1930 - Robert Bridges , English poet and author 1932 - Friedrich Gustav Piffl , Bohemian cardinal 1938 - Muhammad Iqbal , Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet 1941 - Fritz Manteuffel , German gymnast 1945 - Walter Model , German field marshal 1946 - John Maynard Keynes , English economist and philosopher 1948 - Aldo Leopold , American ecologist and author 1952 - Leslie Banks , American actor, director and producer 1954 - Emil Leon Post , Polish-American mathematician and logician 1956 - Charles MacArthur , American playwright and screenwriter 1965 - Edward Victor Appleton , English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1971 - François Duvalier , Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti 1973 - Arthur Fadden , Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia 1973 - Kemal Tahir , Turkish journalist and author 1974 - Chic Harley , American football player 1977 - Gummo Marx , American vaudevillian and talent agent 1978 - Sandy Denny , English singer-songwriter 1978 - Thomas Wyatt Turner , American biologist and academic 1980 - Alexander Oparin , Russian biochemist and academic 1980 - Sohrab Sepehri , Iranian poet and painter 1983 - Walter Slezak , Austrian-American actor and singer 1984 - Marcel Janco , Romanian-Israeli artist 1984 - Hristo Prodanov , Bulgarian engineer and mountaineer 1985 - Rudi Gernreich , Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini 1985 - Tancredo Neves , Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil 1986 - Marjorie Eaton , American painter and actress 1986 - Salah Jahin , Egyptian poet, playwright, and composer 1987 - Gustav Bergmann , Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle 1989 - James Kirkwood, Jr., American actor, playwright, and author 1990 - Erté , Russian-French illustrator 1991 - Willi Boskovsky , Austrian violinist and conductor 1996 - Zora Arkus-Duntov , Belgian-born American engineer and race car driver 1996 - Dzhokhar Dudayev , Chechen general and politician, 1st President of Ichkeria 1996 - Abdul Hafeez Kardar , Pakistani cricketer 1996 - Jimmy Snyder , American sportscaster 1998 - Jean-François Lyotard , French sociologist and philosopher 1999 - Buddy Rogers , American actor 2003 - Nina Simone , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist 2004 - Mary McGrory , American journalist 2005 - Gerry Marshall , English race car driver and journalist 2006 - Johnny Checketts , New Zealand commander and pilot 2006 - T. K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician 2006 - Telê Santana , Brazilian footballer and manager 2007 - Lobby Loyde , Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer 2009 - Vivian Maier , American photographer 2010 - Gustav Lorentzen , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist 2010 - Juan Antonio Samaranch , Spanish businessman, seventh President of the International Olympic Committee 2010 - Kanagaratnam Sriskandan , Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant 2011 - Catharina Halkes , Dutch theologian and academic 2012 - Doris Betts , American author and academic 2012 - Charles Colson , American lawyer and activist, founded Prison Fellowship 2012 - Albert Falco , French captain and diver 2012 - Charles Higham , English-American author and poet 2012 - Jerry Toppazzini , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 2013 - Chrissy Amphlett , Australian singer-songwriter and actress 2013 - Shakuntala Devi , Indian mathematician and astrologer 2013 - Leopold Engleitner , Austrian Holocaust survivor, author, and educator 2013 - Gordon D. Gayle, American general and historian 2014 - Herb Gray , Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada 2014 - Janet Gray Hayes , American politician, 60th Mayor of San Jose 2014 - George H. Heilmeier, American engineer 2014 - Win Tin , Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy 2015 - M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic 2015 - Steve Byrnes , American sportscaster and producer 2015 - John Moshoeu , South African footballer and manager 2015 - Janaki Ballabh Patnaik , Indian politician, Governor of Assam 2015 - Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters , Canadian general 2015 - Betsy von Furstenberg , German-American actress 2016 - Prince , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor 2017 - Ugo Ehiogu , English footballer 2018 - Verne Troyer , American actor 2018 - Nabi Tajima , Japanese supercentenarian, oldest Japanese and Asian person ever, last verified person born in the 19th century 2019 - Polly Higgins , Scottish barrister, author and environmental lobbyist,Holidays and observances Christian feast day: *Abdecalas *Anastasius Sinaita *Anselm of Canterbury *Beuno *Conrad of Parzham *Holy Infant of Good Health *Shemon Bar Sabbae *Wolbodo *April 21 Civil Service Day Grounation Day Heroic Defense of Veracruz Kang Pan-sok's Birthday Kartini Day Local Self Government Day National Tea Day National Tree Planting Day San Jacinto Day Queen's Official Birthday Tiradentes' Day Vietnam Book Day
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