August 22nd, 2008

Today in History

1968:
Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America

1953:
The jail on Devil's Island is closed

1902:
Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile

1780:
James Cook's ship Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage)

1559:
Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy