April 21
Today is the 112th day of 2016, there are 254 days left in the year.
1649 - The Maryland Toleration Act, which provided for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland Assembly.
1789 - John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States.
1836 - Texans led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas' independence.
1910 - Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Connecticut at age 74.
1918 - Baron Manfred von Ricthofen, the notorious World War I flying ace known as the "Red Baron", was killed in action.
1930 - Fire broke out at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, killing 332 inmates.
1960 - Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia, transferring the seat of national government from Rio de Janeiro.
1977 - The musical "Annie", based on the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie", opened on Broadway.
1986 - A rediscovered vault in Chicago's Lexington Hotel that was linked to Al Capone was opened during a widely watched live TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera; aside from a few bottles and a sign, the vault turned out to be empty.
1992 - Robert Alton Harris became the first person executed by the state of California in 25 years as he was put to death in the gas chamber for the 1978 murder of two teenage boys.
1995 - Timothy McVeigh was arrested in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.
1997 - The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Rodenberry and 22 others blasted into space for the first space funerals.
2004 - Five suicide attackers detonated car bombs against police buildings in Basra, Iraq, killing at least 74 people.
2011 - Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada) announced he would step down amid a developing ethics probe while insisting he'd done nothing wrong.
Birthdays
24 - Joc Pederson (baseball player)
25 - Kenza Zouiten (model)
28 - Robbie Amell (actor)
36 - Tony Romo (football player)
37 - James McAvoy (actor)
46 - Rob Riggle (comedian/actor)
58 - Andie MacDowell (actress)
62 - James Morrison (actor)
65 - Tony Danza (actor)
69 - Iggy Pop (singer)
90 - Queen Elizabeth II (British monarch)
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Today in Sports History - April 21
1944 - The NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Cardinals merge. (The merger dissolves in December.)
1948 - The Baltimore Bullets defeat the Philadelphia Warriors in six games to win the NBA championship.
1951 - The Rochester Royals defeat the New York Knicks in seven games for the NBA championship.
1951 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup.
1955 - The Brooklyn Dodgers win a record 10th straight game to start the season.
1967 - The Los Angeles Dodgers experience their first rain-out of a game in Los Angeles after 737 consecutive games.
1969 - A record 1,152 runners participate in the Boston Marathon.
1970 - Sportscaster Curt Gowdy became the first sports broadcaster to receive the George Foster Peabody Award for achievement in radio and television.
1977 - New York Yankees manager Billy Martin pulls his starting lineup randomly out of a hat and beats the Toronto Blue Jays 8-6.
1980 - Rosie Ruiz, the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon, was disqualified when officials discovered she had jumped into the race about a mile from the finish.
1982 - The Atlanta Braves win a record 13th straight game to start the season.
1984 - David Palmer (Montreal Expos) pitched the fourth shortened, perfect game in major league baseball history. The game was called due to rain after five
1987 - The Milwaukee Brewers suffer their first loss of the season, snapping a 13-game win streak.
1991 - Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pittsburgh Pirates score 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Chicago Cubs lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th.
1991 - Miami (FL) defensive tackle Russell Maryland was taken with the No. 1 pick in the 1991 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.
1991 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft: CB - Bruce Pickens (1st round, 3rd pick, Atlanta); LB - Mike Croel (1st round, 4th pick, Denver); DE - Kenny Walker (8th round, Denver); LB - Pat Tyrance (8th round, Los Angeles Rams); DB - Tahuan Lewis (9th round, Los Angeles Raiders); and DT - Joe Sims (11th round, Atlanta)
1994 - Eddie Murray sets a new record with his 11th career set of switch hit home runs in a game.
1995 - The Boston Celtics play their final game at Boston Gardens, losing to the New York Knicks 98-92.
2001 - The Atlanta Falcons selected Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick with the No. 1 pick in the 2001 NFL Draft.
2001 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2001 NFL Draft: DE - Kyle Vanden Bosch (2nd round, Arizona); C - Dominic Raiola (2nd round, Detroit); LB - Carlos Polk (4th round, San Diego); RB - Correll Buckhalter (4th round, Philadelphia); OG - Russ Hochstein (5th round, Tampa Bay); WR - Bobby Newcombe (6th round, Arizona); and RB - Dan Alexander (6th round, Tennessee)
2008 - In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a riot following the Montreal Canadiens' Game 7 win over the Boston Bruins breaks out on Ste-Catherine Street West, resulting in sixteen police cruisers torched a dozen stores vandalized, and sixteen arrests.
Today is the 112th day of 2016, there are 254 days left in the year.
1649 - The Maryland Toleration Act, which provided for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland Assembly.
1789 - John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States.
1836 - Texans led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas' independence.
1910 - Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Connecticut at age 74.
1918 - Baron Manfred von Ricthofen, the notorious World War I flying ace known as the "Red Baron", was killed in action.
1930 - Fire broke out at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, killing 332 inmates.
1960 - Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia, transferring the seat of national government from Rio de Janeiro.
1977 - The musical "Annie", based on the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie", opened on Broadway.
1986 - A rediscovered vault in Chicago's Lexington Hotel that was linked to Al Capone was opened during a widely watched live TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera; aside from a few bottles and a sign, the vault turned out to be empty.
1992 - Robert Alton Harris became the first person executed by the state of California in 25 years as he was put to death in the gas chamber for the 1978 murder of two teenage boys.
1995 - Timothy McVeigh was arrested in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.
1997 - The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Rodenberry and 22 others blasted into space for the first space funerals.
2004 - Five suicide attackers detonated car bombs against police buildings in Basra, Iraq, killing at least 74 people.
2011 - Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada) announced he would step down amid a developing ethics probe while insisting he'd done nothing wrong.
Birthdays
24 - Joc Pederson (baseball player)
25 - Kenza Zouiten (model)
28 - Robbie Amell (actor)
36 - Tony Romo (football player)
37 - James McAvoy (actor)
46 - Rob Riggle (comedian/actor)
58 - Andie MacDowell (actress)
62 - James Morrison (actor)
65 - Tony Danza (actor)
69 - Iggy Pop (singer)
90 - Queen Elizabeth II (British monarch)
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Today in Sports History - April 21
1944 - The NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Cardinals merge. (The merger dissolves in December.)
1948 - The Baltimore Bullets defeat the Philadelphia Warriors in six games to win the NBA championship.
1951 - The Rochester Royals defeat the New York Knicks in seven games for the NBA championship.
1951 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup.
1955 - The Brooklyn Dodgers win a record 10th straight game to start the season.
1967 - The Los Angeles Dodgers experience their first rain-out of a game in Los Angeles after 737 consecutive games.
1969 - A record 1,152 runners participate in the Boston Marathon.
1970 - Sportscaster Curt Gowdy became the first sports broadcaster to receive the George Foster Peabody Award for achievement in radio and television.
1977 - New York Yankees manager Billy Martin pulls his starting lineup randomly out of a hat and beats the Toronto Blue Jays 8-6.
1980 - Rosie Ruiz, the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon, was disqualified when officials discovered she had jumped into the race about a mile from the finish.
1982 - The Atlanta Braves win a record 13th straight game to start the season.
1984 - David Palmer (Montreal Expos) pitched the fourth shortened, perfect game in major league baseball history. The game was called due to rain after five
1987 - The Milwaukee Brewers suffer their first loss of the season, snapping a 13-game win streak.
1991 - Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pittsburgh Pirates score 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Chicago Cubs lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th.
1991 - Miami (FL) defensive tackle Russell Maryland was taken with the No. 1 pick in the 1991 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.
1991 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft: CB - Bruce Pickens (1st round, 3rd pick, Atlanta); LB - Mike Croel (1st round, 4th pick, Denver); DE - Kenny Walker (8th round, Denver); LB - Pat Tyrance (8th round, Los Angeles Rams); DB - Tahuan Lewis (9th round, Los Angeles Raiders); and DT - Joe Sims (11th round, Atlanta)
1994 - Eddie Murray sets a new record with his 11th career set of switch hit home runs in a game.
1995 - The Boston Celtics play their final game at Boston Gardens, losing to the New York Knicks 98-92.
2001 - The Atlanta Falcons selected Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick with the No. 1 pick in the 2001 NFL Draft.
2001 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2001 NFL Draft: DE - Kyle Vanden Bosch (2nd round, Arizona); C - Dominic Raiola (2nd round, Detroit); LB - Carlos Polk (4th round, San Diego); RB - Correll Buckhalter (4th round, Philadelphia); OG - Russ Hochstein (5th round, Tampa Bay); WR - Bobby Newcombe (6th round, Arizona); and RB - Dan Alexander (6th round, Tennessee)
2008 - In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a riot following the Montreal Canadiens' Game 7 win over the Boston Bruins breaks out on Ste-Catherine Street West, resulting in sixteen police cruisers torched a dozen stores vandalized, and sixteen arrests.
