September 7th, 2008

Today in History

2005:
Apple Computer announced iTunes 5.

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

1940:
Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.

1864:
American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

1821:
The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of presentday Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) was established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.