October 16th, 2008

Today in History

2003:
iTunes released for Windows XP and Windows 2000.

1969:
The "miracle" New York Mets win the World Series.

1946:
Ten war criminals of the Second World War, condemned in the Nuremberg trials hanged.

1906:
The Captain of Köpenick fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

1859:
John Brown leads raid on Harper's Ferry, West Virginia