Highlights of this day in history: Writer Mark Twain dies; Britain's Queen Elizabeth II born; German flying ace Manfred 'The Red Baron' Rictoften killed in action during World War I; The musical 'Annie' opens on Broadway. (April 21)
Mark Twain
Elizabeth II
Germany
Manfred von Richthofen
World War I
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