April 21, 2002
QUOTE
There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.
--James Joyce
BIRTHDAYS
1926 – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
1945 – Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer
1947 – Iggy Pop, Singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1951 – Tony Danza, Actor and producer
1958 – Andie MacDowell, American model, actress, and producer
IN MEMORY
1910 – Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot
1946 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher
1999 – Buddy Rogers, Actor
IN ON THIS DAY
1509 – Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
1789 – John Adams sworn in as 1st US Vice President
1836 – In the Texas Revolution the Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
1918 – German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as “The Red Baron”, is shot down and killed.
1977 – Annie opens on Broadway.
1989 – In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.