This Day in History: June 16th

This Day in History: Two and a half years before he steps big onto the national stage, a young Abraham Lincoln warns the Illinois state Republicans assembled that "a house divided against itself cannot stand", 1858; the first roller-coaster in America opens at a place later to become famous again for its hot dogs- Coney Island, New York, 1884; Henry Ford finally gets it right after trying twice and failing both times, incorporating the Ford Motor Company, destined to become the largest producer of automobiles in America, churning out roughly half the cars on U.S. roads in the 1920's and 1930's and dominating the landscape until an upstart named General Motors came onto the scene, 1903; Robert Zimmerman (a.k.a. Bob Dylan) sheds his folkie clothes and takes on the garb of a bluesy rock musician, going into Columbia Records Studio A in New York City with other electric guitar players and an organ player to record what some have called one of the best rock songs of all time- "Like A Rolling Stone", changing the face of popular music and influencing bands like The Byrds and others in the late 1960's and onwards, 1965