Wednesday, October 6, 2010

October 6

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1600 Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of theBaroque Period Apples in Stereo Baroque Velocity of Sound
2. 1683 William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first immigration of German people toAmerica. (German-American Day in the US) Add N to (X) Gentle Germans On the Wires of Our Nerves
3. 1927 Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie. Cap'n Jazz Yes, I am Talking to You Analphabetapolothology
4. 1945 BaseballBilly Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series (see Curse of the Billy Goat). The National Splits This Old Curse The National Splits
5. 1976 New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China. Gang of Four At Home He's a Tourist Entertainment!
6. 2007 Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe. The Pixies All Over the World Bossanova

(Historical facts about October 6 are from Wikipedia)

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