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