What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
04/21/1816	Charlotte Bront‰, English novelist (Jane Eyre)
04/21/1838	John Muir, naturalist.
04/21/1926	Queen Elizabeth II
EVENTS
04/21/	Lyrid meteor shower, radiant in Hercules
04/21/ 753	BC - Rome founded.
04/21/1828	Noah Webster publishes first American dictionary
04/21/1857	A. Douglas patents the bustle (it's all behind us now).
04/21/1862	Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Colorado.
04/21/1892	First buffalo born in Golden Gate Park.
04/21/1898	Spanish American war begins (Remember the Maine).
04/21/1967	Svetlana Alliluyeva (Stalin's daughter) defected in NYC
04/21/1972	Orbiting Astronomical Observer 4 (Copernicus) is launched
04/21/1977	Broadway play 'Annie' opens, first of 2377 performances
04/21/1983	Soyuz T-8 is launched
04/21/1984	Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph

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