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April 21
What happened on this day
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Prince dies
10 years ago
The musician behind 'Purple Rain', who played 27 instruments on his debut album, dies at Paisley Park in 2016.
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Founding of Rome
Traditional date for the founding of the city by Romulus (753 BC).
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Game Boy released
37 years ago
Nintendo's handheld goes on sale in Japan in 1989 and sells out 300,000 units in a fortnight, turning portable gaming into a mass market.
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Brasília inaugurated
66 years ago
Brazil's purpose-built capital, planned by Lúcio Costa and built by Oscar Niemeyer, opens in 1960 after 41 months of construction.
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