Thursday, June 9, 2011

June 09

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 411 BC Coup in Athens succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy Azure Ray Raining in Athens Burn and Shiver
2 53 Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia The 5th Dimension Wedding Bell Blues (Marry Me Bill) The Age of Aquarius
3 62 Claudia Octavia is executed. Mouse A Public Execution A Public Execution
4 1650 The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas. Ponytail Start a Corporation Kamehameha
5 1856 Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts. Camel Migration The Snow Goose
6 1930 Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone. Payback Pay with Your Life Payback
7 1934 Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen. Yo La Tengo Crispy Duck Ride the Tiger
8 1954 McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" Ten Yard Fight Enough [Demo Version] Hardcore Pride

(Historical facts about June 09 are from Wikipedia.)

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