Tuesday, May 31, 2011

May 31

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1578  Martin Frobisher sails from HarwichEngland to Frobisher BayCanada, eventually to minefool's gold, used to pave streets in London. Fool's Gold Nadine (Memory Tapes Version) N/A
2. 1578 King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris. L'Spaerow Bridges L'Spaerow
3. 1929 The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released. The Instruments Carnival Billions of Photographs
4. 1971 In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Dayoccurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30. Wilco Monday Being There
5. 2005 Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat. Shalabi Effect Deep Throat Pink Abyss
6. 2009 Anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder shoots and kills physician George Tiller during church services in Wichita, Kansas. The Starlight Mints The Killer Drowaton

(Historical facts about May 31 are from Wikipedia.)

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