- 1910] Never the Twain: Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain dies...
- 1918] The Baron buys it: German ace fighter Baron von Richthofen ("The Red Baron") is shot down (by Snoopy?) and killed during WWI. He was just 26...
- 1956] A big surprise: Leonard Ross, age 10, becomes the youngest prize winner on the "Big Surprise", winning $100,000. A bigger surprise would be if this was on the level...
- 1960] I just want to testify: Dick Clark testifies before a congressional committee investigating payola. He will be forced to divest himself of record properties he has a financial interest in…
- 1965] That's fair: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens its second and final season...
- 1977] The sun will come out tonight: The musical "Annie" opens on Broadway...
- 1980] Marathon scam: When Rosie Ruiz crosses the finish line first in the Boston Marathon, she didn't even break a sweat. The reason? Rosie took the "T" part of the way. Rosie is disqualified...
- 1986] Blank vault: A vault in Chicago's Lexington Hotel that was linked to Al Capone is opened on live TV and except for some empty gin bottles, the vault is empty...
- 1992] It's a gas: Robert Alton Harris becomes the first person executed by the state of California in twenty-five years when he's put to death in the gas chamber for the 1978 murder of 2 teenage boys...
- 1995] Celtic pride: The Boston Celtics play their last game at Boston Garden, their home since 1946. The Fleet Center (now TD Banknorth) is built right next door with a piece of the parquet floor from the old Garden, used on the floor of the new arena...For more on April 21st:
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