The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on May 27, 1963 by Columbia Records. Eleven of the thirteen songs on the album are original compositions by Dylan. The album opens with "Blowin' in the Wind", which would become one of the anthems of the 1960s, and several other songs which came to be regarded as amongst Dylan's best compositions and classics of the 1960s folk scene: "Girl from the North Country", "Masters of War", "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right". Dylan's lyrics embraced stories ripped from the headlines about civil rights and he articulated anxieties about the fear of nuclear warfare. Balancing this political material were love songs, sometimes bitter and accusatory, and material that features surreal humor. Freewheelin' showcased Dylan's songwriting talent for the first time, propelling him to national and international fame. The album reached number 22 in the US (eventually going platinum), and later became a number 1 hit in the UK. In 2003, the album was ranked number 97 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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1199:
John, who would posthumously become known as one of the most reviled Kings of England, was crowned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England
1703:
Russian Tsar Peter I founded Saint Petersburg after reconquering the Ingrian land from Sweden during the Great Northern War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Saint_Petersburg
1919:
The Curtiss NC-4 flying boat arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, becoming the first fixed-wing aircraft to complete a transatlantic flight under its own power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_NC-4
1967:
Australians overwhelmingly approved two amendments to the Australian Constitution granting the government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_referendum,_1967_(Aboriginals)
1995:
American actor Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse, leaving him a quadriplegic; he later became an activist on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve
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Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God. --Henry Kissinger https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger
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