Wednesday, June 22, 2011

June 22

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1633 The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe. Truth Don't Explain Puppets
2 1893 The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon. Owen Accidentally Owen
3 1944 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill. Modest Mouse Education We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
4 2003 The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska Rilo Kiley Hail to Whatever You Found in the Sunlight that Surrounds You The Execution of All Things
5 2009 Washington Metro train collision: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing 9 and injuring over 80. Beck Broken Train Midnight Vultures
6 2009 Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon. Poison Idea Out of the Picture The Best of Poison Idea

(Historical facts about June 22 are from Wikipedia.)

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