Saturday, June 25, 2011

June 25

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1678 Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua. Weezer Smart Girls Hurley
2 1906 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White. Converge Thaw Jane Doe
3 1949 Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters. Dub Narcotic Sound System Bunny Echo Boot Party
4 1960 Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union. Agnostic Front Traitor United Blood
5 1967 Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World Buck Our World Skanktified
6 1978 The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. Limp Wrist Rainbows Thee Official Limp Wrist Discography

(Historical facts about June 25 are from Wikipedia.)

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