Queen's Birthday - (This is her actual birthday, an official birthday is celebrated on the Second Saturday in June)
San Jacinto Day
Thank You for Libraries Day
Tuna Rights Day
White House Easter Egg Roll - April 21, 2025 (Day After Easter)
World Creativity and Innovation Day
2025 Weekly Holidays that include April 21, are:
Info. to Come!
2025 Monthly Holidays that include April 21, are:
There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our April Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of April.
NOTE:
A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.
World Festivals and Events (Date Order)
Info. to Come!
Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for April 21 is Taurus.
Birth Flower of the Month
The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for April are:
Daisy - signifies innocence, loyal love, and purity
Sweet Pea - signify blissful pleasure, but are also used to say good-bye.
Birthstone
The Birthstone(s) for April is the diamond, a symbol of enduring love.
Famous Birthdays
1816 - Charlotte Bronte, English author and poet (Jayne Eyre) (d. 1955)
1838 - John Muir, Scottish-American naturalist and author, and Founder of the Sierra Club (d. 1914)
1922 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish author (Several of his books have been made into movies - The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, and Where Eagles Dare) (d. 1987)
1926 - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Norther Ireland from 1952 - Present
1936 - James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author who founded Focus on the Family
1948 - Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter (I Go Crazy) (d. 2008)
1951 - Tony Danza, American actor and producer (Taxi, Who's the Boss?)
1958 - Andie MacDowell, American actress (Green Card, Groundhog Day)
1979 - James McAvoy, Scottish actor
1980 - Tony Romo, American football player
2007 - Pincess Isabella of Denmark
Famous Deaths
1073 - Pope Alexander II
1509 - Henry VII of England (b. 1457)
1910 - Mark Twain, (Samuel Clemens) American author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn) (b. 1835)
1918 - Manfred von Richthofen, German pilot (The Red Baron) dies after his plane is shot down
2012 - Charles Colson, American lawyer and activist, founded Prison Fellowship (b. 1931)
2016 - Prince, American singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1958)
Famous Weddings and Divorces
2012 - Neil Diamond, singer weds music manager Katie McNeil
Quote of the Day
Mark Twain, an American author who was born in 1835, died on this day, April 21, 1910 - It sounds like he had some great advice to live by!
Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day or a Recipe of the Day
Healthy Vacation food should be your goal to ensure a healthy vacation! If you are like me, you tire easily of fast food, and plan ways to encourage healthy vacation foods for your family while traveling! This is a healthy diet habit!
Find out tips on where to find Healthy Vacation Food from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habits! (link opens her website)
This Day in History
1506 - Portuguese Catholics slaughter over 1,900 suspected Jews during the three day Lisbon Massacre
1789 - John Adams is sworn in as the 1st U.S. Vice President
1836 - At the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas Revolution, Sam Houston leads a defeat against Mexico
1862 - U.S. Congress establishes the U.S. Mint in Denver, CO
1878 - First Lady Lucy Hayes, begins egg rolling contest on the White House lawn to celebrate Easter
1918 - During World War I, Canadian pilot Captain Arthur Roy Brown shoots down German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, who was known as "The Red Baron"
1941 - Greece surrenders to Nazi Germany
1952 - Secretaries Day is celebrated for the first time (now called Administrative Professionals' Day)
1962 - The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens.
1965 - The 64-65 New York World's Fair opens for it's second and final season
1981 - United States furnishes $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1987 - 2nd biggest one day gain in the history of the Dow Jones as it increases 664.7
1989 - George W. Bush & Edward W. Rose become CEO of the Texas Rangers
1995 - Timothy McVeigh is arrested by the FBI and charged with the Oklahoma City bombing
2019 - On Easter Sunday more than 250 people are kills when eight bombs explode at churches, hotels and other places in Sri Lanka
2021 - Submarine KR1 Nanggala of the Indonesian Navy sinks in the Bali Sea during a military training drill, resulting in the death of all 53 on board
This Day in Music
1956 - Elvis Presley's, 'Heartbreak Hotel', hits #1
1963 - Beatles meet the Rolling Stones for the 1st time
1984 - Footloose hits #1 on the Album charts, and knocks 'Thriller' from the top after 37 weeks
1988 - Barbra Streisand records 'You'll Never Know'
Paul Davis who was born on April 21, in 1948, sang 'I Go Crazy'. He died on April 22, 2008
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