September 7th, 2008

Today in History

1986:
1986 - Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.

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

1965:
Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Pirahna on the Batangan Peninsula.

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

1539:
Guru Angad Dev ji becomes the second Guru of the Sikhs