April 21 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for April 21
In the headlines today:

2007	A Gibson Les Paul electric guitar , donated by U2 guitarist The Edge, fetches $240,000 at a Hurricane Katrina benefit auction held at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. (photo credit: Musician's Friend)
2007	A US Navy pilot dies when his F-18 Hornet jet fighter, part of the Blue Angels aerial performance team, crashes during an air show at Beaufort, South Carolina.
1996	TV oddsmaker Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder dies in Las Vegas, at age 76.
1980	Scandal at the Boston Marathon: Rosie Ruiz is the first female to finish, but is later exposed as not having run the entire course.
1978	English singer Sandy Denny dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at a London hospital, following a fall down a flight of stairs at her parent's home. (photo credit: A&M)
1975	Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after ten years as president of South Vietnam.
1967	The Beatles overdub sound effects and a high-pitched animal whistle to complete A Day In The Life, a song that will ultimately appear on their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1962	Seattle proudly unveils its new Space Needle to the world as The Century 21 Exposition opens.
1960	Brazil moves its capital from Rio de Janeiro to Basilia.
1955	Jerome Lawrence-Robert Lee's play, Inherit the Wind, makes its Broadway debut at the National Theatre in New York.
1910	Author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) dies in Redding, Connecticut, at age 74.
1836	Sam Houston and his Texan troops defeat the Mexican army at San Jacinto, TX.
1918	25-year-old German fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the 'Red Baron,' is killed over the skies of France during WWI.
1789	John Adams takes the oath of office as the US' first vice president.