August 30th, 2008

Today in History

2005:
The 17th Street Canal in New Orleans is breached by Hurricane Katrina, leading to massive flooding and destruction.

1965:
Rock musician Bob Dylan releases his influential album Highway 61 Revisited featuring the song "Like a Rolling Stone."

1962:
Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since the war and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.

1941:
Siege of Leningrad begins.

1922:
Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ("Turkish War of Independence")