21 April On This Day What Happened

  
 1992 The first exoplanets are discovered

    Polish astronomer Aleksander Wolszczan announced that he found two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.
  
 1967 Dictator Georgios Papadopoulos assumes power in Greece

    During his six-year reign, thousands of political opponents were incarcerated and tortured.
  
 1934 The Surgeon's photo, allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail

    In reality, the famous image depicts a toy submarine with a head and neck made of wood putty.
  
 1918 The Red Baron is killed


    Manfred von Richthofen was a legendary German fighter pilot. He earned his renown and nickname by achieving 80 air combat victories in World War I. He was shot down and killed during combat at the age of 25.
   
1509 Henry VIII is crowned King of England

    In popular culture, the monarch is known mainly for his six marriages, two of which ended with the wife's execution.

Births On This Day – 21 April

• 1959 Robert Smith

  English singer-songwriter, guitarist

• 1947 Iggy Pop

  American singer-songwriter, producer, actor

• 1926 Elizabeth II

  of The United Kingdom

• 1864 Max Weber

  German economist, sociologist

• 1838 John Muir

  Scottish/American environmentalist, author
  
  
  

  Deaths On This Day – 21 April

• 2016 Prince

  American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actor

• 2003 Nina Simone

  American singer-songwriter, pianist

• 1946 John Maynard Keynes

  English economist

• 1910 Mark Twain

  American author

1736 Prince Eugene of Savoy