Saturday, March 12, 2011

March 12

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1664 New Jersey becomes a colony of England. Red House Painters New Jersey Red House Painters (Bridge)
2 1894 In Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time. Elliott Smith Bottle Up and Explode XO
3 1912 The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States. Donna Lynn I'd Much Rather Be With the Girls One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found
4 1933 Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "fireside chats". The Minders Chatty Patty Cul-De-Sacs and Dead Ends
5 1964 New Hampshire Lottery: New Hampshire becomes the first U.S. state to legally sell lottery tickets in the 20th century. The Casket Lottery What I Built Last Night Survival is for Cowards
6 1994 The Church of England ordains its first female priests. Uriah Heap High Priestess Salisbury

(Historical facts about March 12 are from Wikipedia.)

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