Holiday calendar: Today, Sunday April 21, 2024, is the 5th Sunday of Lent, Saint Alexandra the Queen, Saints January and Faustus, Saint Mary of Egypt.
Celebrate:
Alexandra, Alexia, Alexo, Alexa, Sandra, Sasha *
January
Janos, Iani
Phaistos, Phaistos, Phaistina
* There are other dates this name celebrates.
Events on April 21
753 BC Romulus founds Rome (traditional date)
43 BC Mark Antony is defeated by Irtius at Modena.
1092 The diocese of Pisa is upgraded to an archbishopric by Pope Urban II.
1506 The Lisbon Massacre ends, which lasted 3 days and in which over 1,900 Jews were killed by Portuguese Catholics.
1509 Henry VIII ascends the throne of England succeeding his father, Henry VII of England.
1792 Tirantedes, a revolutionary who led a movement for Brazilian independence, is hanged and dismembered.
1870 Georgios Skoufos’ term as mayor of Athens ends.
1898 US President William McKinley approves a congressional resolution for armed intervention in Cuba.
1929 Elections are held for the formation of the Greek Senate, in which the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos takes 72 of the 92 seats.
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1947 The heir to the Greek throne, Paul, is sworn in as King of the Greeks, and then delivers a radio address to the Greek people.
1951 AN 1775 on “Organization and Operation of the National Radio of Greece” is published in the government gazette.
1960 The capital of Brazil, Brasilia, is officially inaugurated.
1961 The National Statistical Service announces that the average life expectancy of Greek men has reached 57 years and of Greek women 62, while before the war they were 37 and 38 respectively.
1963 With the participation of approximately three thousand demonstrators, the marathon peace march of the Bertrand Russell group takes place, but the bulk of the marchers are intercepted by the police in Agios Dimitrios Ampelokipon. Finally, only five people arrive at the Tomb of Marathon, among them the deputy of E.D.A. Grigoris Lambrakis thanks to the immunity he enjoys. When leaving, Lambrakis is abused by “indignant villagers”.
1967 A military coup takes place in Athens, known as the Junta of the Colonels in violation of the then Constitution, resulting in the imposition of a dictatorial regime (1967
1972 Athens
1989 About 100,000 students occupy Tiananmen Square in Beijing
2004 Macky Sall is appointed Prime Minister of Senegal.
2006 Tome Vera Cruz takes over as Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe.
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