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| April 21st, 2043 | Event | Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killedied in Although Antony fails to capture Mutina, Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly afterwards. |
| April 21st, 2008 | Event | The United States Air Force retires the F-117 Nighthawk. |
| April 21st, 1994 | Event | The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan. |
| April 21st, 1989 | Event | Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang. |
| April 21st, 1987 | Event | The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, killing 106 people. |
| April 21st, 1982 | Event | Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves. |
| April 21st, 1975 | Event | Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu flees Saigon, as Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls. |
| April 21st, 1970 | Event | The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia. |
| April 21st, 1967 | Event | A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d etat, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years. |
| April 21st, 1966 | Event | Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. |
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