Thursday, June 30, 2011

June 30

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1688 The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William (continuing the English rebellion from Rome), which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution. The Black Heart Procession The Invitation Amore del Tropico
2 1859 French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope. The Stone Roses Tightrope Second Coming
3 1882 Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. Beat Happening Hangman Jamboree
4 1905 Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", in which he introduces special relativity. Faraquet Study in Movement Faraquet / Akarso Split
5 1906 The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. Dead Boys Caught with the Meat in Your Mouth Young, Loud, and Snotty
6 1953 The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. Animal Collective Two Corvettes Campfire Songs
7 1956 A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing all 128 on board the two planes. Haymarket Riot Grand Canyon I Know What You Did
8 1971 The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. Talking Heads Air Fear of Music
9 1971 Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect. SSD Eighteen Power
10 1972 The first leap second is added to the UTC time system. The Palisades Make the Night a Little Longer One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found

(Historical facts about June 30 are from Wikipedia.)

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