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Today in History: April 21

0043 Marcus Antonius is defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy.

0753 Traditional date of the foundation of Rome.

1836 General Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Texas wins independence from Mexico.

1862 Congress establishes the U.S. Mint.

1898 The Spanish-American War begins.

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

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

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

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

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

Born on April 21

1816 Charlotte Bronte, novelist (Jane Eyre).

1838 John Muir, naturalist.

1909 Rollo May, psychologist.

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