Thursday, May 26, 2011

May 26

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1328 William of OckhamFranciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII. Annihilation Time Razor Annihilation Time
2. 1647 Alse Young, hanged in Hartford, Connecticut, becomes the first person executed as a witch in the British American colonies. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Witch Mountain Bridge Pig Lib
3. 1828 Feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg. Duran Duran The Wild Boys The Wild Boys
4. 1830 The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later. Heroin Leave Heroin
5. 1897 Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published. New Order Dracula's Castle Waiting for the Sirens' Call
6. 1998 The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. Orchid New Jersey Vs Valhalla Discography

(Historical facts about May 26 are from Wikipedia.)

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