Sunday, March 6, 2011

March 06

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1820 The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free. Cut the Shit At What Compromise Demo
2 1840 The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery opens, the first dental school. Pretty Girls Make Graves The Teeth Collector The New Romance
3 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society. The Beach Boys The Elements Smile
4 1899 Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark. Embrace No More Pain Embrace
5 1964 Nation of Islam's Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali. R.E.M. I Took Your Name Monster
6 1967 Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States. Neutral Milk Hotel Communist Daughter In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

(Historical facts about March 06 are from Wikipedia.)

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