World News
Today in History: April 21st─── 08:00 Mon, 21 Apr 2014
Historical Events:
• 1980: Indian students join the Coloured schools boycott.
• 1994: First reports of Rwandan genocide are starting to appear.
• 1960: Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1974: 28th Tony Awards: River Niger & Raisin win.
• 1984: After 37 weeks "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose".
• 1988: Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know".
Sports:
• 1980: 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course.
• 1985: Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06.
• 1996: 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
