Friday, June 24, 2011

June 24

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1374 A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion. Suicide Dance Second Album
2 1916 Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract. He Who Corrupts One...Million Dollars Master of Profits
3 1938 Pieces of a meteor, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. MGMT Pieces of What Oracular Spectacular
4 1947 Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. The Olivia Tremor Control Mystery Black Foliage: Animation Music, Vol. 1
5 1949 The first Television Western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd. On!Air!Library! Spaghetti Western Superstar (Randolph Scott Mix) On!Air!Library!
6 1957 In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment . The Books All Bad Ends All Thought for Food
7 1982 "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines. Broadcast Ominous Cloud Haha Sound
8 2010 John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history. The Walkmen It Should Take A While Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone

(Historical facts about June 24 are from Wikipedia.)

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