August 30th, 2008

Today in History

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

1963:
1963 - Hotline between U.S. and Soviet leaders goes into operation.

1945:
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

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

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