August 30th, 2008

Today in History

1990:
Tatarstan declares independence from the RSFSR.

1976:
Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show.

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.

1922:
Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ("Turkish War of Independence")

1850:
Honolulu, Hawaii, becomes a city

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