On This Day In History July 25th

George Carlin, Jesse James, Monkey business, Guns N' Roses, and JFK jr

149 years ago - In 1873, Jesse James held up the Rock Island Express near
Adair, Iowa, in his First Train Robbery. Only $6,000 was reported lost, but it was
more like $65,000. The train company didn't want the public to know they carried
that much money.

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35 years ago - In 1987, Guns N' Roses released their debut album "Appetite for
Destruction", featuring "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", and "Sweet
Child O' Mine".

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23 years ago - In 1999, Navy divers found the bodies of John F. Kennedy Jr., his
wife, Carolyn, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, in the wreckage of John-John's
plane in the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard.

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50 years ago - In 1972, George Carlin was arrested and charged with disorderly
conduct and profanity at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for "using indecent
language in front of wheelchair-bound children."

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97 years ago - In 1925, The "Monkey Trial" ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with
school teacher John T. Scopes being found guilty and fined $100 for teaching
Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The conviction was later overturned.

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