Wednesday, December 15, 2010

December 15

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1791 The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly. The New Pornographers My Rights Versus Yours Challengers
2. 1939 Gone with the Wind receives its première at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The Microphones I Want Wind to Blow The Glow Pt. 2
3. 1945 Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion  R.E.M. Losing My Religion Out of Time
4. 1955 Jens Olsen's World Clock is started by Danish King Frederick IX and Jens Olsen's youngest grandchild Birgit. El Guapo Clock Super/System
5. 1965 Gemini programGemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape KennedyFlorida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7. Modest Mouse Space Travel is Boring This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
6. 1973 The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II. Joy Division Disorder Unknown Pleasures
7. 2000 The 3rd reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down. Amon Tobin Shut Down Monthly Joint Series
8. 2001 The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean. Bill Withers Lean on Me Still Bill

(Historical facts about December 15 are from Wikipedia.)

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