Today is Saturday, April 21, the 111st day of 2018. There are 254 days left in the year.
1521 — Battle at Villalar Emperor Charles I beats Communards
1600 — First date in James Clavell’s novel Shogun (OS)
1649 — Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship
1739 — Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord
1785 — Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges
1865 — Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train leaves Washington
1878 — The ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
1904 — Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
1908 — Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn’t)