Wednesday, February 2, 2011

February 02

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1536 Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mirah The Dogs of Buenos Aires C'mon Miracle
2 1653 New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated. The New Amsterdams Proceed with Caution Never You Mind
3 1848 California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California. Travis Chinese Blues Ode to J. Smith
4 1887 In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed. Joy Division Shadowplay Unknown Pleasures
5 1922 Ulysses by James Joyce is published. Franz Ferdinand Ulysses Tonight
6 1925 Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race. The Flaming Lips Race for the Prize The Soft Bulletin
7 1935 Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine. Fleetwood Mac Little Lies Tango in the Night
8 1987 After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution. Q and Not U Wonderful People Power

(Historical facts about February 02 are from Wikipedia.)

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