October 29

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Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1675	Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.	Pet Shop Boys	Integral	Fundamental
2.	1886	The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.	Cat Power	Shaking Paper	You are Free
3.	1921	The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25 game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.	Cubismo Grafico	Upsetters	Escalator Records, Tokyo
4.	1969	The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.	Le Tigre	Get off the Internet	From the Desk of Mr. Lady
5.	1998	Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.	Ani Difrance & Radiohead	Astronaut

(Historical facts about October 29 are from Wikipedia.)