August 30th, 2008

Today in History

2002:
The Tandy Center Subway in Fort Worth, Texas, ceases to operate.

1993:
The Late Show with David Letterman debuts on CBS.

1991:
Azerbaijan declares independence from the USSR.

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.

1873:
Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea.