Thursday, March 3, 2011

March 03

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1776 American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau. Old Time Relijun Amphibian Factory Varieties of Religious Experience
2 1845 Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. The Microphones Florida Beach Don't Wake Me Up
3 1873 Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail. Map Everything is Bad for You Secrets by the Highway
4 1904 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder. Half-Handed Cloud Worlds in Speech, Now in Reach! Learning About Your Scale
5 1931 The United States officially adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem. Radiohead The National Anthem Kid A
6 1951 Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips' recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The Turtles The Story of Rock and Roll The Story of Rock and Roll
7 1991 An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. SSD Police Beat Power

(Historical facts about March 03 are from Wikipedia.)

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