Wednesday, May 25, 2011

May 25

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1738 treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners. Yann Tiersen La Dispute Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
2. 1895  Playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison. The Hidden Cameras Smells Like Happiness The Smell of Our Own
3. 1925 Scopes TrialJohn T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso L'Evoluzione Darwin!
4. 1935 Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 12 Rods I Am Faster Split Personalities
5. 1961 Apollo programU.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade. R.E.M. Man on the Moon Automatic for the People
6. 1977 Star Wars (retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981) is released in theaters, inspiring the Jediism religion and Geek Pride Day holiday. Boy Sets Fire The Force Majeure After the Eulogy

(Historical facts about May 25 are from Wikipedia.)

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