1926We 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.

1918During 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.