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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_21" title="April 21">April 21</a></b>: First day of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridv%C3%A1n" title="Ridván">Ridván</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>, 2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/900" title="900">900</a> – A debt was pardoned by the chief of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tondo_(historical_polity)" title="Tondo (historical polity)">Tondo</a> on the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a> and recorded on the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Copperplate_Inscription" title="Laguna Copperplate Inscription">Laguna Copperplate Inscription</a></b>, the earliest known calendar-dated document found in the Philippines.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1615" title="1615">1615</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wignacourt_Aqueduct" title="Wignacourt Aqueduct">Wignacourt Aqueduct</a></b> in Malta was inaugurated and was used to carry water to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta">Valletta</a> for about 300 years.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a> – Forces of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Texas" title="Republic of Texas">Republic of Texas</a> led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Houston" title="Sam Houston">Sam Houston</a> defeated the Mexican troops of General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Santa_Anna" title="Antonio López de Santa Anna">Antonio López de Santa Anna</a> in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Jacinto" title="Battle of San Jacinto">Battle of San Jacinto</a></b>, the decisive and final battle of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution" title="Texas Revolution">Texas Revolution</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnamese </a> president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_Thi%E1%BB%87u" title="Nguyễn Văn Thiệu">Nguyễn Văn Thiệu</a> resigned on hearing of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Xu%C3%A2n_L%E1%BB%99c" title="Battle of Xuân Lộc">fall of Xuân Lộc</a></b>, the last battle of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_Navy" title="Indonesian Navy">Indonesian Navy</a> submarine <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRI_Nanggala_(402)" title="KRI Nanggala (402)">Nanggala</a></b></i> sank with the loss of all 53 people on board.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Alexander_II" title="Pope Alexander II">Pope Alexander II</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1073); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Kammel" title="Antonín Kammel">Antonín Kammel</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1730); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Gillan" title="Cheryl Gillan">Cheryl Gillan</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1952)</p>