September 5th, 2008

Today in History

2000:
Tuvalu joins the United Nations.

1997:
1997 - The IOC picks Athens to be the host city for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

1984:
1984 - Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.

1972:
Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.

1945:
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.