August 30th, 2008

Today in History

2002:
The Tandy Center Subway in Fort Worth, Texas, ceases to operate.

1984:
STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.

1941:
Siege of Leningrad begins.

1914:
Battle of Tannenberg

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

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