Also on April 21
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Tiradentes (BR)
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Yom HaZikaron יום הזכרון holiday
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2014 — The American city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River, beginning the ongoing Flint water crisis which has... ↗
- 2012 — Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people. ↗
- 2010 — The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President... ↗
- 2004 — Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160. ↗
- 1993 — The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft,... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1994 — Mitchell Weiser, German footballer
- 1992 — Isco, Spanish footballer
- 1992 — Rene Santos, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 — Aleksandar Prijović, Swiss footballer
- 1989 — Tatyana McFadden, Russian-American sprinter and skier
🏀 Sports on this Date
- NBA: Atlanta Hawks @ New York Knicks — 00:00 Final
- MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 Final
- MLB: Toronto Blue Jays @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 Final
- MLB: Athletics @ Seattle Mariners — 01:40 Final
- NHL: Minnesota Wild @ Dallas Stars — 01:50 Final
- NHL: Anaheim Ducks @ Edmonton Oilers — 02:22 Final