Monday, October 25, 2010

October 25

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1760 George III becomes King of Great Britain. Spatula King George Island Under the Veil of Health
2. 1938 The Archbishop of DubuqueFrancis J. L. Beckman, denounces swing music as "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people", warning that it leads down a "primrose path to hell". Lustre King Gigolo Swing The Money Shot
3. 1962 Cuban missile crisisAdlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba. Sufjan Stevens Adlai Stevenson The Avalanche
4. 2004 Fidel CastroCuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by November 8. Embrace Money Money
5. 2007 The first Airbus A380 passenger flight, operating for Singapore Airlines, with flight number SQ 380, flying scheduled service between Singapore and Sydney,Australia. New Order Jetstream Waiting for the Sirens' Call
6. 2009 The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721. Outkast B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) Stankonia

(Historical facts about October 25 are from Wikipedia.)

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