Today in History - History - April 21st

43 BCBattle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.

1789John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington)

1509Henry VIII crowned King of England

200438th CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards: Toby Keith, Shania Twain & Kenny Chesney wins

1988Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"

1985Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1975Last South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years

1536Thomas Cromwell begins to plot Anne Boleyn's downfall while feigning illness

1963Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open

1987Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)

1959Robert Smith, Sussex, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)

1926Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, London UK, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, 1952- )

1918Manfred von Richthofen [The Red Baron], German pilot dies after his plane his shot down at 25

1910Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American author (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74