Thursday, May 5, 2011

May 06

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1527 Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo. Belle & Sebastian Electronic Renaissance Tigermilk
2 1659 English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament. Fleet Foxes Your Protector Fleet Foxes
3 1757 English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums. Smart Went Crazy A Good Day 20 Years of Dischord
4 1844 The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens. Mirah feat. Phil Elvrum Ice Morning Becomes Eclectic
5 1937 Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed. Led Zeppelin What Is and What Should Never Be Led Zeppelin II
6 1941 The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. A.C. Newman Thunderbolts Get Guilty
7 1954 Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. The Get Up Kids Don't Hate Me Four Minute Mile
8 1983 The Hitler diaries are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts. Circulatory System Diary of Wood Circulatory System
9 1989 Cedar Point opens Magnum XL-200, the first roller coaster to break the 200 ft height barrier, therefore spawning what is considered to be the "coaster wars". M. Ward Rollercoaster Post-War

(Historical facts about May 06 are from Wikipedia.)

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