August 30th, 2008

Today in History

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.

1941:
Siege of Leningrad begins.

1909:
Burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott

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

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