This day in history

Timothy McVeigh is found guilty of planting the bomb at the federal building in Oklahoma City, USA in 1995, which killed 168 people when it exploded.
 

Polish-born Pope John Paul II arrives in Poland - the first visit by a Pope to a communist country.
 

U.S. spacecraft, Surveyor I, makes a successful soft landing on the Moon and begins sending detailed pictures back to Earth.
 

The Vietnam War: The first Australian combat troops arrive in Vietnam.