Sunday, May 22, 2011

May 22

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1176 The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin nearAleppo. Muse Assassin Black Holes and Revelations
2. 1843 Thousands of people and their cattle head west via wagon train from Independence, Missourito what would later become the Oregon Territory. It is part of the Great Migration. They follow what is now known as the Oregon Trail. John McCormack There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding Victor 64694
3. 1856 Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas"). MRR-ADM Beat Untitled
4. 1906 The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine". Neutral Milk Hotel Synthetic Flying Machine Inventing Yourself a Shortcake
5. 1960 An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Beck Earthquake Weather Guero
6. 1980 Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man. Aesop Rock The Greatest Pacman Victory in History Bazooka Tooth

(Historical facts about May 22 are from Wikipedia.)

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