September 7th, 2008

Today in History

2005:
Apple Computer announced iTunes 5.

1971:
The last new episode of The Beverly Hillbillies is aired (the first episode debuted on September 26, 1962).

1970:
Fighting between Arabic guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.

1911:
French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.

1876:
In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are surrounded by an angry mob and are nearly killed.