WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY APRIL 21

PHOTO CREDITS- WIKIPEDIA/INTERNET ARCHIVE

1995-Federal authorities arrest Timothy McVeigh in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.

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1975-The last South Vietnam president, Nguyen Van Thieu, resigns.

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1966-Pfc. Milton Lee Olive is awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for bravery during the Vietnam War.

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1961-The French army revolts in Algeria.

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1960-Brasilia becomes the capital of Brazil.

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1943-President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces that several Doolittle pilots have been executed by Japanese.

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1932-Elaine May, comedy writer.

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1926-Elizabeth II, queen of England.

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1923-John Mortimer, British barrister and playwright (Rumpole of the Bailey).

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1918-German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, “The Red Baron,” is shot down and killed.

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1916-Bill Carlisle, the infamous ‘last train robber,’ robs a train in Hanna, Wyoming.

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1914-U.S. Marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico. They will stay six months.

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1912-Marcel Camus, French film director (Black Orpheus).

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1910-Mark Twain dies at the age of 75.

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1909- Rollo May, psychologist.

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