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On this day April 21-27, 2019 (week 17)
April 21, 2019 - April 27, 2019 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. The week features the pop star Prince, the yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston, William Shakespeare, the Congolese singer Papa Wemba, Robinson Crusoe, the Chinese aircraft carrier the OO1A, and Nelson Mandela
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April 21, 2016: Pop superstar Prince died at 57 after an accidental drug overdose. Record sales of hits like Purple Rain and Sign o’ the Times topped 100 million over his career
April 22, 1969: British yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston completed the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe in just 312 days in his 9.8-metre boat, Suhaili
April 23, 1564: William Shakespeare, the greatest playwright in the English language, is traditionally believed to have been born. He died on this day in 1616
April 24, 2016: Papa Wemba, influential Congolese singer and musician, died at age 66 after collapsing on stage in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, during a music festival
April 25, 1719: Daniel Defoe published his novel about castaway Robinson Crusoe. Popular around the world, it has spawned multiple films, TV and radio adaptations
April 26, 2017: China launched the 001A, its first domestically built aircraft carrier, as regional tensions grew over Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea
April 27, 1994: Nelson Mandela cast his vote in South Africa’s first all-race elections, which resulted in a resounding victory for Mandela and the African National Congress