Wednesday, June 29, 2011

June 29

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1613 The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground. Turning Point Feeding the Fire 1988-1991 Discography
2 1786 Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario. Swingset Highlander is a Pussy More Kids, More Fun
3 1874 Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year. Atmosphere Blamegame God Loves Ugly
4 1889 Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population. KC Accidental Something for Chicago Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub
5 1950 The United States defeats England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Sonic Youth Quest for the Cup Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star
6 1956 The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System. Dirty Beaches A Hundred Highways Badlands
7 1972 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Fin Fang Foom Cruel and Unusual With the Gift Comes the Curse
8 1995 Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time. Bad Brains At the Atlantis Black Dots
9 2006 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law. Sick of it All Injustice System Blood, Sweat, and No Tears

(Historical facts about June 29 are from Wikipedia.)

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