September 7th, 2008

Today in History

2005:
Apple Computer announced iTunes 5.

1943:
A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.

1927:
The University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Governor Antônio Carlos.

1911:
French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.

1822:
Brazil declares its independence from Portugal.

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