Sunday, October 10, 2010

October 10

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1913 President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal. Van Halen Panama 1984
2. 1933 United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation. Hot Water Music A Flight and a Crash A Flight and a Crash
3. 1957 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of GhanaKomla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delawarerestaurant. Youth of Today Prejudice We're Not in this Alone
4. 1964 The opening ceremony at The 1964 Summer Olympics in TokyoJapan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite. The Books Tokyo Lemon of Pink
5. N/A World Mental Health Day (International) Pixies Where is My Mind? Surfer Rosa

(Historical facts about October 10 are from Wikipedia)

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