Once Upon A Time – April 21 – 1959 – Alf Dean Using A Rod & Reel Hooks A 2,664lb, 16′ 10″ Great White Shark

753 BC Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date)

1526 First Battle of Panipat: Central Asian conqueror Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, establishing the Mughal Empire in India

1792 Brazilian revolutionary Tiradentes, is hanged, drawn and quartered in Rio de Janeiro

1918 World War I: German fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen “The Red Baron”, shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France, Canadian pilot Arthur Roy Brown credited with the kill

1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom

Historical Events Today Events in 2023

Today in Film & TV

1930 “All Quiet on the Western Front” based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Louis Wolheim and Lew Ayres premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Outstanding Production 1930)

Today in Music

1956 Elvis Presley’s 1st hit record, “Heartbreak Hotel”, becomes #1

Today in Sport

1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)

MORE FACTS…

1952 Secretaries’ Day (now Administrative Professionals’ Day) is first celebrated

1959 Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16′ 10″ great white shark off the coast of Ceduna, Australia

FAMOUS WEDDING..

1920 Future UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (26) weds daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish (19) at St. Margaret’s, Westminster

1991 Olympic gold winning decathlete Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner) weds Kris Kardashian in Bel Air, Los Angeles

1993 Rolling Stone’s bassist Bill Wyman (56) weds American actress Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria

1509 Henry VIII, who became King of England on this day in history, disposed of two wives in his quest for a son and heir – and was to marry four others.