Historical Events21^st April

753 BC: Romulus founded Rome. 

1451: Bahlol Khan Lodi, the founder of the Lodi dynasty, became the ruler of Delhi.

1526: Ibrahim Lodi was killed in the first battle of Panipat between the Mughal ruler Babur and Ibrahim Lodi.

1960: Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil, was inaugurated.

1972: John Young and Charles Duke, astronauts from the American spacecraft Apollo 16, landed on the moon.

2000: Supreme Court ruled that a dependent widow has a right to the property of her parents.

Famous birthdays 21^st April

1861: Charlotte Bronte, an English novelist, and poet.

1864: Max Weber, a German sociologist, jurist, and political economist.

1921: Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom.

1945: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, an Indian former cricketer and umpire.

1950: Shivaji Satam, an Indian television and film actor.

Death anniversaries  April 21.

1509: Henry VII, the King of England and Lord of Ireland.

1891: Bharathidasan, a 20th-century Tamil poet and writer.

1910: Mark Twain, an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

1938: Muhammad Iqbal, a poet, philosopher, and politician from Punjab, British India.

1946: John Keynes, a British economist.

2013: Shakuntala Devi, an Indian writer, and mental calculator.