TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018

On this day in history:

753 BC - Today is the traditional date of the foundation of Rome.

43 BC - Marcus Antonius was defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy.

1526 - Mongol Emperor Babur annihilated the Indian Army of Ibrahim Lodi. 1689 - William III and Mary II were crowned joint king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland.

1861 - Explorers Burke, Wills and King stagger into their base camp at Cooper Creek upon their return from the Gulf of Carpentaria, and find it deserted.

1898 - The Spanish-American War began.

1918 - German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, The Red Baron, was shot down and killed during World War I. 1960 - Brasilia became the capital of Brazil.

1961 - The French army revolted in Algeria.

1967 - In Athens, Army colonels took over the government and installed Constantine Kollias as premier.

1970 - The Hutt River province in Western Australia secedes from the Commonwealth of Australia. 1984 - In France, it was announced that doctors had found virus believed to cause AIDS.

1985 - Manuel Ortega proposed a cease-fire for Nicaragua.

1989 - The Game Boy handheld video game device was released in Japan. 2002 - In the city of General Santos, 14 people were killed and 69 were injured in a bomb attack on a department store. The attack was blamed on Muslim extremists.

2003 - North and South Korea agreed to hold Cabinet-level talks the following week.

2009 - UNESCO launched The World Digital Library. The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.