May 05

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1215	Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.	The Sea and Cake	Le Baron	One Bedroom
2	1494	Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.	Harry Belafonte	Jamaica Farewell	Calypso
3	1809	Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.	Family	The Weaver's Answer	Family Entertainment
4	1835	In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.	Camera Obscura	Railway Station	Rare UK Bird
5	1862	Cinco de Mayo: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.	Sheer Terror	Ready to Halt	Bulldog Edition
6	1864	American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.	Coalesce	In the Wilderness	Coalesce / Boy Sets Fire Split
7	1865	In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.	The Cure	Jumping Someone Else's Train	Jumping Someone Else's Train
8	1866	Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.	Still Life	Pecola Breed Love / Memorial	Still Life / Jara Split
9	1925	Scopes Trial: serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Teach Your Children	Deja Vu

(Historical facts about May 05 are from Wikipedia.)