Friday, May 27, 2011

May 27

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1703 Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. Gnidrolog Peter In Spite of Harry's Toe-Nail
2. 1907 Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California. The Fiery Furnances We Got Back the Plague Gallowbird's Park
3. 1927 The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A. Roxy Music Re-Make/Re-Model Roxy Music
4. 1933 The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" R.E.M. Let Me In Monster
5. 1933 The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in ChicagoIllinois. Broadcast City in Progress The Noise Made By People
6. 1987 Saint Paul, Minnesota's mayor George Latimer names May 27 "August Wilson Day" in honor of the only person to win aPulitzer Prize hailing from the state. Julian Jay Savarin Cycle Waiters on the Dance
7. 1995 In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition. The Kinks Superman Ultimate Collection

(Historical facts about May 27 are from Wikipedia.)

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