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