September 7th, 2008

Today in History

1996:
In Las Vegas, Nevada, actor and recording artist Tupac Shakur is shot several times after attending a boxing match, he dies six days later.

1966:
The final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).

1963:
The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.

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