Sunday, September 12, 2010

September 12

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1940 Cave paintings are discovered in LascauxFrance. The Smiths Paint a Vulgar Picture Strangeways, Here We Come
2. 1952 Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia. Slant 6 What Kind of Monster Are You? 20 Years of Dischord
3. 1958 Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit. The VSS Nervous Circuits Nervous Circuits
4. 1959 Premiere of Bonanza, the first regularly-scheduled TV program presented in color. The Books Bonanza The Lemon of Pink
5. 1992 NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space. Single Frame Post Daydream Forecast Endeavor Wetheads Come Running
6. 2009 Earliest date on which Programmers' Day can fall, while September 13 is the latest, celebrated on the 256th day of the year. (Russia and programmers around the world) The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Twice is Life The Peanut Butter Conspiracy is Spreading

(Historical facts about September 12 are from Wikipedia)

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