MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014

Today is Monday, April 21, the 111th day of 2014. There are 254 days left in the year.

753 B.C. ― Traditional date of the foundation of Rome

1828 ― Noah Webster publishes first American dictionary

1865 ― Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington

1945 ― Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory

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

1963 ― Dr. Michael Ellis De Bakey performs first successful heart implant

1989 ― Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering

students demanding greater political freedom

1993 ― Brazil votes against a monarchy