On This Day:
Monday April 21, 2014 This is the 111th day of the year, with 254 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: leaves Leaves manufacture food for a plant by photosynthesis. They are usually thin and flat, exposing a large surface area to the sun in order to collect energy by means of chlorophyll, the substance that gives them their characteristic green color. A network of veins carries water, sugars, and dissolved minerals through the leaf and strengthens it. Leaves are classified as simple (one blade) or compound (divided into leaflets). They may be modified or specialized for protection (spines and bud scales), climbing (tendrils), trapping insects (as in pitcher plants), water storage (as in succulents), or food storage (bulb scales).
Holidays Feast day of St. Anselm, St. Beuno, St. Maelrubba, St. Ethilwald, St. Anastasius of Antioch, St. Conrad of Prazham, and St. Simeon Barsabas and Others.
Brazil: Tiradentes Day.
Texas: San Jacinto Day.
Indonesia: Kartini Day.
Events 753 B.C.E. - Legend says Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, founded Rome.
1509 - Henry VIII became King of England.
1836 - Sam Houston's Texas army defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas independence.
1895 - Woodville Latham demonstrated motion picture projection in New York. He had improved upon George Eastman's invention of the motion picture film to make it project upon a screen.
1940 - The quiz show "Take It or Leave It, " premiered on radio; this was the show that asked the "$64 Question."
1960 - The new city of Brasilia was declared the capital of Brazil, replacing Rio de Janeiro.
1975 - South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned after ten years in office.
1977 - The musical "Annie" opened on Broadway.
1989 - Over 100,000 students gathered at Beijing's Tiananmen Square to commemorate the death of Hu Yaobang and voice their discontent with China's authoritative communist government.
Births 1782 - Friedrich Froebel, educator, founder of kindergarten.
1816 - Charlotte Brontë, English author.
1838 - John Muir, Scottish-born American naturalist and conservationist.
1926 - Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), queen of UK (1952- ).
1935 - Charles Grodin, American actor.
1947 - Iggy Pop (born James Newell Osterberg, Jr.), American musician.
Deaths 1910 - Mark Twain, American author and humorist.
1918 - German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," shot down.
1973 - Arthur Fadden, Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Australia.
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