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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.