September 7th, 2008

Today in History

1971:
The last new episode of The Beverly Hillbillies is aired (the first episode debuted on September 26, 1962).

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

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

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

1818:
Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.