August 30th, 2008

Today in History

1991:
Azerbaijan declares independence from the USSR.

1990:
Tatarstan declares independence from the RSFSR.

1909:
Burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott

1862:
American Civil War: Union forces are defeated in Second Battle of Bull Run

1574:
Guru Ram Das became the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master

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