more events on April 21
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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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1898
The Spanish-American War begins.
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1865
Abraham Lincoln‘s funeral train leaves Washington.
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1864
Max Weber, German sociologist and political economist.
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1862
Congress establishes the U.S. Mint.
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1849
Oscar Hertwig, embryologist.
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1838
John Muir, naturalist.
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1836
General Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Texas wins independence from Mexico.
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1816
Charlotte Bronte, novelist (Jane Eyre).
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1782
Friedrich Froebel, founder of kindergarten.
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1689
William III and Mary II are crowned joint king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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1649
The Maryland Toleration Act is passed, allowing all people freedom of worship.
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1526
Mongol Emperor Babur annihilates the Indian Army of Ibrahim Lodi.
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753
Traditional date of the foundation of Rome.
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43
Marcus Antonius is defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy.