Wednesday, November 3, 2010

November 03

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1783 John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows. Beat Happening Hangman Jamboree
2. 1793 French playwrightjournalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined. Raekwon Guillotine (Swords) Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
3. 1883 American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture. Johnny Tillotson Poetry in Motion Poetry in Motion
4. 1911 Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T. The Dingees Chevy Malibou Sundown to Midnight
5. 1986 Iran-Contra Affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon. Figure Four Secure No Weapon Formed Against Us
6. N/A Culture Day, (Japan), and its related observances Single Frame Culture Medium Body/End/Basement

(Historical facts about November 03 are from Wikipedia.)

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