Following are some of the major events to have occurred on April 21:1910 - American novelist Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) died. His masterpieces The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were drawn from his boyhood experiences.1918 - Baron Manfred von Richthofen, G
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 21 .
April 21st marks 105 years since the death of the First World War German ace, Baron Manfred von Richthofen. The matter of who shot the Red Barron is a controversy that remains unresolved to this day. Research suggests Australian anti-aircraft gunners were responsible but perhaps everyone who fired a shot at the distinctive red Fokker Dr1 triplane during the aerial dogfight over Allied lines has a claim the kill.
The following excerpts thoroughly document how capitalists really acted during the Second World War. Behind the patriotic propaganda that encouraged the working class to slaughter each other in the interests of competing national interests, international capital quietly kept the commodity circuits flowing and profits growing across all borders.