August 30th, 2008

Today in History

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

1909:
Burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott

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

1813:
Creek War: Creek Red Sticks carried out the Fort Mims Massacre.

711:
K'inich K'an Joy Chitam, king of the Maya city of Palenque, disappears from history. He was probably taken prisoner by a rivalling city state.