Today in History

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

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

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

The French army revolts in Algeria.

Brasilia becomes the capital of Brazil.

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

Elaine May, comedy writer.

Elizabeth II, queen of England.

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

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

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

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

Marcel Camus, French film director (Black Orpheus).

Mark Twain dies at the age of 75.

Rollo May, psychologist.