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Today in History The Associated Press
• • Today is Monday, April 21, the 111th day of 2014. There are 254 days left in the year. • • Today's Highlight in History: • On April 21, 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States. • • On this date: • In 1509, England's King Henry VII died; he was succeeded by his 17-year-old son, Henry VIII. • In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly. • In 1836, an army of Texans led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas independence. • In 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Conn., at age 74. • In 1914, U.S. military forces occupied the Mexican port of Veracruz at the order of President Woodrow Wilson; the occupation lasted until the following November. • In 1918, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the German ace known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action during World War I. • In 1930, a fire broke out inside the overcrowded Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, killing 332 inmates. • In 1955, the Jerome Lawrence-Robert Lee play "Inherit the Wind," inspired by the Scopes trial of 1925, opened at the National Theatre in New York. • In 1960, Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia, transferring the seat of national government from Rio de Janeiro. • In 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. explored the surface of the moon. • In 1980, Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon; however, she was later exposed as a fraud. (Canadian Jacqueline Gareau was named the actual winner of the women's race.)
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