Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On April 21, 1989, a chunky gray brick with a green-tinged screen launched in Japan and quietly redefined portable play.
The Century 21 Exposition threw open its gates on April 21, 1962, unveiling a 605-foot tower built to imagine life in the new century.
Roman tradition fixes the birth of the city to April 21, 753 BC, when Romulus is said to have marked out its first walls.