Thursday, February 10, 2011

February 10

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1355 The St. Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days. Scholastic Deth Book Attack Revenge of the Nerds
2 1798 Louis Alexandre Berthier invades Rome, proclaims a Roman Republic on February 15 and then on February 20 takes Pope Pius VI prisoner. UNKLE Invasion Never Neverland
3 1863 The fire extinguisher is patented. Queen Put Out the Fire Hot Space
4 1920 Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea. Phil Phillips and the Twilights Sea of Love Sea of Love
5 1962 Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. Massive Attack Exchange Mezzanine
6 1996 The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time. Arcade Fire Deep Blue The Suburbs
7 2009 The communication satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collide in orbit, destroying both. Beat Happening Collide Dreamy

(Historical facts about February 10 are from Wikipedia.)

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