Sunday, June 19, 2011

June 19

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1586 English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America. Joy Division Failures Lost Treasures
2 1862 The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford. Poison Idea Legalize Freedom The Best of Poison Idea
3 1910 The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington. Explosions in the Sky A Song for Our Fathers How Strange, Innocence
4 1974 A female resident of Bellevue, Washington, becomes the first person to be saved by the Heimlich maneuver. Watashi Wa The Air I Breathe The Love of Life
5 1978 Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut. Amon Tobin Kitty Cat Isam
6 1987 Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45. ExTxA No Win Situation Tear It Up / E.T.A. Split

(Historical facts about June 19 are from Wikipedia.)

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