Wednesday, July 6, 2011

July 06

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1189 Richard I "the Lionheart" is crowned King of England. Belong Different Heart Common Era
2 1348 Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting the Jews accused to have caused the Black Death. Bis Protection [Nude Mix] Plastique Nouveau
3 1535 Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England. The Instruments Song for Thomas Billions of Phonographs
4 1785 The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States. Radiohead Dollars & Cents Amnesiac
5 1885 Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. Mos Def Quiet Dog Bite Hard The Ecstatic
6 1887 David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of the Americans, to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights. 7 Seconds Bully The Crew
7 1892 3,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded. Weezer The Good Life Pinkerton
8 1917 World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt. Camel Lawrence Rajaz
9 1957 John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles are introduced to each other when Lennon's band the Quarrymen performs at the St. Peter's Church Hall fĂȘte in Woolton. The Beatles Got to Get You Into My Life Revolver

(Historical facts about July 06 are from Wikipedia.)

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