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- Earliest day on which Holy Wednesday can fall, while April 21 is the latest; celebrated on the week before Easter. (Christianity)
- Christian Feast Day
- Flag Day (Aruba)
- Gallipoli Memorial Day (Turkey)
- Mens and Soldiers Day (Mongolia)
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- 2006 - Mike Rann secures the first Labor majority government in South Australia since 1985 by winning the state election.
- 2005 - Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband.
- 2003 - FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company's top executives.
- 2003 - British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language.
- 2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
- 1997 - The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en-route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s.
- 1996 - A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162.
- 1992 - White South Africans vote overwhelmingly in favour, in a national referendum, to end the racist policy of Apartheid.
- 1990 - In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1989 - In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found nearby the Pyramid of Cheops.
- 1980 - At Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, 50 people are killed by an explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation.
- 1974 - Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
- 1971 - In Peru a landslide crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 at the mining camp of Chungar.
- 1970 - Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
- 1969 - The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
- 1968 - Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
- 1967 - The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
- 1965 - Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
- 1962 - The Evian Accords put an end to the Algerian War of Independence, which began in .
- 1959 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.
- 1953 - An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 250.
- 1948 - Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of a Tito-Stalin split.
- 1946 - Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
- 1945 - World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin.
- 1944 - The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes.
- 1942 - The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
- 1940 - World War II: Axis Powers – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
- 1938 - Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.
- 1937 - The New London School explosion kills three hundred, mostly children.
- 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
- 1937 - The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flies 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) outside Milan.
- 1925 - The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
- 1922 - In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He would serve only 2 years.
- 1921 - The second Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Union.
- 1915 - World War I: Massive naval attack in Battle of Gallipoli. Three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
- 1913 - King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
- 1906 - Traian Vuia flies a heavier-than-air aircraft for 20 meters at 1 meter altitude.
- 1893 - Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; originally presented to amateur champions, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the top pro team since , and since , only to National Hockey League teams.
- 1874 - Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
- 1871 - Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders evacuation of Paris.
- 1865 - American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time.
- 1850 - American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
- 1834 - Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
- 1793 - The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
- 1766 - American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
- 1673 - John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers.
- 1608 - Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1438 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1314 - Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.
- 1241 - Kraków is ravaged by Mongols.
- 1229 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor declares himself King of Jerusalem during the Sixth Crusade.
- 235 - Emperor Alexander Severus and his mother Julia Mamaea are murdered by legionaries near Moguntiacum (modern Mainz). The Severan dynasty ends.
- 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius's will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
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- 1997 - Ciara Bravo, American actress
- 1996 - Madeline Carroll, American actress
- 1991 - Constantinos Hilas, Greek director and actor
- 1989 - Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer
- 1987 - Mauro Zárate, Argentinian footballer
- 1987 - Gabriel Mercado, Argentinian footballer
- 1987 - Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
- 1987 - Cesare Rickler, Italian footballer
- 1986 - Bia Figueiredo, Brazilian racing driver
- 1986 - Abdennour Cherif El Ouazzani, Algerian footballer
- 1986 - Kaloyan Ivanov, Bulgarian basketball player
- 1986 - Lykke Li, Swedish singer
- 1985 - Vince Lia, Australian footballer
- 1985 - Gennaro Esposito, Italian footballer
- 1985 - Marvin Humes, British boy-band singer (JLS; VS)
- 1984 - Vonzell Solomon, American singer
- 1984 - Gary Roberts, English footballer
- 1984 - Rajeev Ram, American tennis player
- 1983 - Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
- 1983 - Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer
- 1983 - Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player
- 1982 - Chad Cordero, American baseball player
- 1982 - Timo Glock, German Formula 1 driver
- 1982 - Pedro Mantorras, Angolan footballer
- 1981 - Jang Nara, Korean singer and actress
- 1981 - Tora Berger, Norwegian biathlete
- 1981 - Kasib Powell, American basketball player
- 1981 - Doug Warren, American Soccer Player
- 1981 - Lovro Zovko, Croatian tennis player
- 1980 - Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
- 1980 - Sophia Myles, English actress
- 1980 - Sebastien Frey, French footballer
- 1979 - Anthony Maher, American soccer player
- 1979 - Adam Levine, American singer (Maroon 5)
- 1979 - Brandon Lee, American adult actor
- 1979 - Danneel Harris, American actress
- 1979 - Dramane Coulibaly, Malian footballer
- 1978 - Khalilah Adams, American actress
- 1978 - Yoshie Takeshita, Japanese volleyball player
- 1978 - Jan Bulis, Czech ice hockey player
- 1978 - Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer
- 1978 - Brooke Hanson, Australian swimmer
- 1978 - Brian Scalabrine, American basketball player
- 1977 - Danny Murphy, English footballer
- 1977 - Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1977 - Devin Lima, American singer
- 1977 - Willy Sagnol, French footballer
- 1977 - Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player
- 1977 - Fernando Rodney, Dominican baseball player
- 1976 - Jovan Kirovski, American soccer player
- 1976 - Tomokazu Ohka, Japanese baseball player
- 1976 - Scott Podsednik, American baseball player
- 1976 - Mike Quackenbush, American wrestler
- 1976 - Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress
- 1975 - Brian Griese, American football player
- 1975 - Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
- 1975 - Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1975 - Rodleen Getsic, American musician and civil servant
- 1975 - Kimmo Timonen, Finnish hockey player
- 1974 - Laure Savasta, French basketball player
- 1974 - Tina Križan, Slovenian tennis player
- 1973 - Max Barry, Australian author
- 1973 - Luci Christian, American voice actress
- 1972 - Anja Möllenbeck, German discus thrower
- 1972 - Nathan Quarry, American mixed martial arts fighter
- 1972 - Dane Cook, American comedian and actor
- 1971 - Mariaan de Swardt, South African tennis player
- 1970 - Queen Latifah, American singer and actress
- 1969 - Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player
- 1969 - Andy Cutting, English folk musician and composer
- 1969 - J. David Shapiro, American screenwriter, actor and director
- 1969 - Shaun Udal, English cricketer
- 1968 - Shinichiro Miki, Japanese voice actor
- 1968 - Eudes, duc d'Angoulême, French prince
- 1968 - Paul Marsden, British politician
- 1967 - Miki Berenyi, English singer (Lush)
- 1967 - Ken Edenfield, American baseball player
- 1966 - Jerry Cantrell, American musician
- 1966 - Daniel S. Nevins, American rabbi
- 1965 - Yoriko Douguchi, Japanese actress
- 1965 - Birgit Clarius, German heptathlete
- 1964 - Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
- 1964 - Courtney Pine, British jazz saxophonist
- 1964 - Rozalla, Zambian singer
- 1964 - Alex Caffi, Italian racecar driver
- 1964 - Paul Elliott, English footballer
- 1963 - Jeff LaBar, American guitarist
- 1963 - Vanessa L. Williams, American beauty queen, actress, and singer
- 1963 - Keith Brown, English cricketer
- 1962 - Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor
- 1962 - James McMurtry, American folk singer and songwriter
- 1962 - Mike Rowe, American television personality
- 1962 - Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor
- 1962 - Brian Fisher, American baseball player
- 1962 - Irene Cara, American singer and actress
- 1961 - Todd Nelson, American tennis player
- 1960 - James Plaskett, British professional chess player
- 1960 - Richard Biggs, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1960 - Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1960 - James MacPherson, Scottish actor
- 1959 - Luc Besson, French producer, writer, and director
- 1957 - György Pazdera, Hungarian bassist (Pokolgép)
- 1957 - Christer Fuglesang, Swedish astronaut
- 1956 - Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier
- 1956 - Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American escort agency operator (d. 2008)
- 1956 - Rick Martel, Canadian wrestler
- 1955 - Francis G. Slay, American politician
- 1952 - Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)
- 1952 - Will Durst, American political satirist
- 1951 - Bill Frisell, American jazz musician
- 1951 - Ben Cohen, American ice cream maker
- 1950 - Brad Dourif, American actor
- 1950 - Rodney Milburn, American athlete (d. 1997)
- 1950 - Eiji Okuda, Japanese actor and film director
- 1950 - Larry Perkins, Australian racing driver
- 1950 - John Hartman, American drummer (Doobie Brothers)
- 1950 - James Conlon, American conductor (Los Angeles Opera)
- 1949 - Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (d. 2010)
- 1949 - Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician
- 1949 - Hannu Siitonen, Finnish athlete
- 1948 - Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1948 - Lockwood Phillips, American radio host
- 1948 - Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
- 1947 - B.J. Wilson, English drummer (d. 1990)
- 1947 - Patrick Chesnais, French actor
- 1947 - Patrick Barlow, English actor, comedian and playwright
- 1947 - Roger Kenneth Evans, English politician
- 1947 - Heather Ryan, American model
- 1946 - Michel Leclère, French racing driver
- 1946 - Martyn Griffiths, British racing driver
- 1945 - Joy Fielding, Canadian novelist and actress
- 1945 - Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
- 1945 - Michael Reagan, American radio host; adopted son of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman
- 1944 - Dick Smith, Australian entrepreneur and adventurer
- 1944 - Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli military figure and politician
- 1943 - Kevin Dobson, American actor
- 1943 - Toula Grivas, Greek actress
- 1942 - Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (d. 1991)
- 1941 - Wilson Pickett, American singer (d. 2006)
- 1941 - John W. Derr, American politician
- 1939 - Ron Atkinson, English former footballer and manager
- 1939 - Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer
- 1939 - Kenny Lynch, British entertainer
- 1938 - Machiko Soga, Japanese voice actress and actress (d. 2006)
- 1938 - Carl Gottlieb, American screenwriter and actor
- 1938 - Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1938 - Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver
- 1938 - Charley Pride, American musician
- 1937 - Mark Donohue, American race car driver (d. 1975)
- 1937 - Rudi Altig, German cyclist
- 1936 - Frederik Willem de Klerk, President of South Africa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1935 - Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician
- 1934 - Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
- 1932 - John Updike, American author (d. 2009)
- 1931 - John Fraser, Scottish-born stage, film and television actor
- 1931 - John Mollo, British costume designer
- 1931 - Howard Coble, American politician
- 1930 - Pat Halcox, British musician
- 1929 - John Macurdy, American bass
- 1929 - Samuel Pisar, Polish author and Holocaust survivor
- 1928 - Fidel V. Ramos, 12th President of the Philippines
- 1928 - Julia Mullock, Princess of Korea
- 1928 - Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist
- 1927 - John Kander, American songwriter
- 1927 - George Plimpton, American writer and actor (d. 2003)
- 1926 - Peter Graves, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1926 - Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (d. 1997)
- 1923 - Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur
- 1922 - Egon Bahr, German politician
- 1922 - Fred Shuttlesworth, American civil rights movement leader
- 1919 - Christopher Challis, British cinematographer
- 1918 - Al Benton, American baseball player (d. 1968)
- 1918 - Bob Broeg, American sports writer (d. 2005)
- 1915 - Richard Condon, American novelist (d. 1996)
- 1913 - René Clément, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
- 1913 - Werner Mölders, German WWII fighter pilot (d. 1941)
- 1913 - Reinhard Hardegen, German U-Boat commander
- 1912 - Art Gilmore, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1911 - Smiley Burnette, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967)
- 1909 - Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (d. 2007)
- 1907 - John Zachary Young, British biologist (d. 1997)
- 1905 - Robert Donat, English actor (d. 1958)
- 1905 - Thomas Townsend Brown, American scientist (d. 1985)
- 1904 - Sre?ko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (d. 1926)
- 1904 - Margaret Tucker Indigenous Australian activist and autobiographer (d. 1996)
- 1901 - William H. Johnson, American artist (d. 1970)
- 1898 - Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (d. 1960)
- 1893 - Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (d. 1978)
- 1893 - Wilfred Owen, British poet (d. 1918)
- 1893 - Jean Goldkette, Greek-born jazz musician (d. 1962)
- 1891 - Alice Cullen, Scottish Politician (d. 1969)
- 1886 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor (d. 1970)
- 1884 - Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (d. 1968)
- 1882 - Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer (d. 1973)
- 1877 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (d. 1945)
- 1877 - Clem Hill, Australian cricketer (d. 1945)
- 1874 - Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian philosopher (d. 1948)
- 1869 - Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1940)
- 1858 - Rudolf Diesel, German inventor (d. 1913)
- 1848 - Nathanael Herreshoff, American naval architect (d. 1938)
- 1848 - Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1939)
- 1844 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (d. 1908)
- 1842 - Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (d. 1898)
- 1840 - William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)
- 1837 - Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (d. 1908)
- 1828 - William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1908)
- 1823 - Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy, French general (d. 1883)
- 1814 - Jacob Bunn, Illinois industrialist, financier, and friend of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1897).
- 1813 - Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (d. 1864)
- 1782 - John C. Calhoun, 7th Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
- 1780 - Milos Obrenovic, Leader of The Second Serbian Uprising and Prince of Serbia (d. 1860)
- 1701 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776)
- 1690 - Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (d. 1764)
- 1685 - Ralph Ersine, Scottish minister (d. 1752)
- 1679 - Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759)
- 1657 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (d. 1743)
- 1640 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
- 1634 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (d. 1693)
- 1603 - Simon Bradstreet, Massachusetts Bay colonist (d. 1693)
- 1602 - Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)
- 1590 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)
- 1555 - François, Duke of Anjou (d. 1584)
- 1496 - Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)
- 1395 - John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)