Thursday, November 11, 2010

November 11

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1215 The Fourth Lateran Council meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ. Better Than a Thousand Transformation Value Driven
2. 1634 Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery. Pet Shop Boys The Sodom and Gomorrah Show Fundamental
3. 1675 Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x) Matthew Matics Calculus Music for Video animated by Peter Drugge
4. 1887 Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August SpiesAlbert ParsonsAdolph Fischer and George Engel are executed. Government Issue Anarchy is Dead Legless Bull
5. 1911 Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. Andrew Bird Weather Systems Weather Systems
6. 1930 Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator. Del Close and John Brent Cool How to Speak Hip
7. N/A Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when the holiday was re-geared to be for all American military veterans. (United States) Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Veterans Day Poppy Trout Mask Replica

(Historical facts about November 11 are from Wikipedia.)

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