Thursday, October 28, 2010

October 28

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1886 In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. The Descendents Statue of Liberty Milo Goes to College
2. 1891 The Mino-Owari Earthquake, the largest earthquake in Japan's history, strikes Gifu Prefecture. Bill Haley & the Comets Shake, Rattle and Roll Shake, Rattle and Roll
3. 1915 Richard Strauss conducts the first performance of his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin. Fischerspooner Tone Poem #1
4. 1948 Swiss chemist Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT. Joan of Arc Ne Mosquitoes Pass How Can Anything So Little Be Any More?
5. 1965 Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed. April Stevens & Nino Tempo St. Louis Blues Sing the Great Songs

(Historical facts about October 28 are from Wikipedia.)

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