Talk:April 21

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April 21: Patriots' Day in Massachusetts and Maine (2008); Grounation Day in the Rastafari movement; First day of Ridván in the Bahá'í Faith; Tiradentes Day in Brazil

753 BC – Romulus and Remus founded Rome, according to the calculations by Roman scholar Varro Reatinus.
1836 – Texan forces led by Sam Houston (pictured) defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna and his Mexican troops in the Battle of San Jacinto near La Porte, the decisive battle in the Texas Revolution.
1894 – Norway formally adopted the Krag-Jørgensen, a repeating bolt action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen, as the main firearm of its armed forces.
1918 – The German fighter pilot known as "The Red Baron", the most successful flying ace of World War I with 80 confirmed air combat victories, was shot down and killed near Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
1967 – Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos overthrew the government of Prime Minister Panagiotis Kanellopoulos in a coup d'état, establishing the Regime of the Colonels in Greece.
1970 – In response to a long-running dispute over wheat quotas, the Principality of Hutt River proclaimed their secession from Western Australia, but to this day has never been formally acknowledged by the Commonwealth of Australia or any other international entity.

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i have removed:

Mark Antony is defeated in battle by consul Hirtius in the Battle of Mutina.

Nothing of this is mentioned on our Mark Antony article. Can anyone confirm this? Kingturtle 17:33, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] John Negroponte appointment is notable?

I propose to remove this entry: "2005 - John Negroponte becomes the first United States Director of National Intelligence." I recognize that this is an important position but I don't think someone assuming the job is important enough to warrant inclusion here. Thoughts? Thanks, Hu Gadarn

I agree. If this group ends up making some major historical contribution to history thanks to John's contributions, we might want to revist this. See ya in twenty years... Rklawton 18:05, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Not notable in my opinion either. Yet another government department with little global impact at this time in history. -- Borameer ™ 13:56, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I have now removed the entry. Hu Gadarn 18:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)