1791 – Samuel Mulliken is 1st to obtain more than one US patent
1888 – Great blizzard of ’88 strikes northeastern USA
1919 – General strike in Germany crushed
1953 – 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)
1966 – Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out
1968 – Otis Redding is the first person in the US to posthumously receive gold record for his single “Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay”
1978 – Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed
1986 – 1 million days since the foundation of Rome on April 21st, 753 BC
2003 – The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
2017 – At least 65 killed in landslide at rubbish dump near Addis Ababa, Ethopia