August 22nd, 2008

Today in History

1992:
FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.

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

1962:
The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered ship, completes its maiden voyage

1911:
Theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered

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