Tuesday, December 14, 2010

December 14

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1287 St. Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people. Passion Pit Swimming in the Flood Manners
2. 1542 Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots. The Association Along Comes Mary And Then...Along Comes the Association
3. 1751 The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first Military Academy in the world. No Knife Academy Fight Song Fire in the City of Automatons
4. 1819 Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state. The Doors Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) The Doors
5. 1900 Quantum MechanicsMax Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law. Metallica Fade to Black Ride the Lightning
6. 1903 The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Pink Floyd Learning to Fly A Momentary Lapse of Reason
7. 1962 NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus. The B-52's 53 Miles West of Venus Wild Planet
8. 1964 American Civil Rights MovementHeart of Atlanta Motel v. United States – The United States Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause power to fight discrimination. Michael Jackson Black or White HIStory: Past, Present and Future
9. 2008 President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalistMuntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad. Melt Banana Last Target on the Last Day Bambi's Dilemma

(Historical facts about December 14 are from Wikipedia.)

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