TODAY IN HISTORY

1609

English sea explorer Henry Hudson and his ship, the Half Moon, reached present-day Delaware Bay.

1862

The Second Battle of Bull Run (also known as Second Manassas) began in Prince William County, Virginia, during the Civil War; the result was a Confederate victory.

1922

The first-ever radio commercial aired on station WEAF in New York City; the 10-minute advertisement was for the Queensboro Realty Co., which had paid a fee of $100.

1945

The Allies began occupying Japan at the end of World War II.

1963

As more than 200,000 people listened, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.