Today in History: Sunday, April 21, 2013

历史上的今天：2013年4月21日，星期天

April 21th 1910 Writer and humorist Mark Twain dies of heart disease in Redding, Connecticut at age 74. Among his works: Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer and The Prince and the Pauper.

1926 We can make sense of the future if we understand the lessons of the past.Britain's Queen Elizabeth II who has ruled for more than a half century is born in London.

1918 During World War I, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the German flying ace known as the Red Baron is killed in action.

1977 "Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you. Tomorrow, you're always a day away..."In New York, the musical Annie based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip opens on Broadway.

Today in History, April 21st, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.