Once Upon A Time – April 21 – 753 BC – Romulus and Remus Found Rome (Traditional Date)

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
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)

1962
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