TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2009

Today is Tuesday, April 21, the 111th day of 2009. There are 254 days left in the year.

0753 B.C. _ Traditional date of the foundation of Rome

1689 _ William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England

1785 _ Russian tsarina Catarina II ends noble privileges

1789 _ John Adams sworn in as first U.S. vice president (nine days before Washington)

1865 _ Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington

1948 _ First Polaroid camera is sold in U.S.

1956 _ Elvis Presley's first hit record, ``Heartbreak Hotel," becomes No. 1

1963 _ Beatles meet Rolling Stones for first time

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

1989 _ Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom