^{The “Surgeon’s Photograph” of the Loch Ness Monster, published April 21, 1934}

Today in History

• According to tradition, Romulus founds Rome (753 BCE)
• Henry VIII becomes monarch of England (1509 CE)
• Republic of Texas forces defeat Santa Anna in the Battle of San Jacinto (1836 CE)
• The “Surgeon’s Photograph” of the Loch Ness Monster is published in the Daily Mail (1934 CE — it is revealed as a hoax in 1999 CE)
• Brasília officially becomes Brazil’s capital (1960 CE)
• The Seattle World’s Fair opens (1962 CE)
• A military junta seizes power in Greece (1967 CE)
• Around 100,000 protestors gather in Tiananmen Square (1989 CE)

Birthdays

• Charlotte Brontë, author (1816)
• John Muir, environmentalist (1838)
• Joe McCarthy, baseball manager (1887)
• Anthony Quinn, actor (1915)
• Alistair MacLean, author (1922)
• Elizabeth II, British monarch (1926)
• Slide Hampton, trombonist (1932)
• Charles Grodin, actor (1935)
• James Dobson, evangelist — no relation (1936)
• Iggy Pop, singer-songwriter (1947)
• Patti LuPone, singer and actress (1949)
• Tony Danza, actor (1951)
• Andie MacDowell, actress (1958)

Deaths

• Henry VII, English monarch (1509)
• Cosimo I de’ Medici, Tuscan grand duke (1574)
• Mark Twain, author (1910)
• Manfred von Richthofen, ace (1918)
• Walter Model, German general (1945)
• John Maynard Keynes, economist (1946)
• Chic Harley, football player (1974)
• Gummo Marx, brother (1977)
• Walter Slezak, actor (1983)
• Rudi Gernreich, fashion designer (1985)
• Erté, designer (1990)
• Charles Colson, Watergate figure (2012)

Holidays and Celebrations