Sunday, July 10, 2011

July 10

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 138 Emperor Hadrian dies after a heart failure at Baiae, he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. Deerhoof Heart Failure Apple O'
2 1553 Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England. The Rolling Stones Lady Jane Aftermath
3 1882 War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La ConcepciĆ³n when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears. Annihilation Time Annihilate Annihilation Time
4 1890 Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state. Shalabi Effect Wyoming Shalabi Effect 1
5 1913 Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States. Mirah Heat Gets Hotter Storageland
6 1962 Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit. The Tornados Telstar Telstar
7 1966 The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. As many as 60,000 people came to hear Dr. King as well as Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Peter Paul and Mary. Har Mar Superstar Freedom Summer You Can Feel Me
8 1997 In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which support the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. The Buckinghams Where Did You Come From Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

(Historical facts about July 10 are from Wikipedia.)

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