July 12

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	927	Æthelstan, King of England, secures a pledge from Constantine II of Scotland that the latter will not ally with Viking kings, beginning the process of unifying Great Britain.	Elliott Smith	Baby Britain	XO
2	1562	Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya.	Coalesce	Burn Everything That Bears Our Name	0:12 Revolution in Just Listening
3	1804	Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.	Judge	I've Lost	Bringin' It Down
4	1843	Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, allegedly receives a revelation wherein Jesus Christ proclaims anyone who rejects polygamy will suffer damnation and will not "be permitted to enter into my glory".	The Mars Volta	Cassandra Gemini: Faminepulse Pt. 2 / Multiple Spouse Wounds Pt. 1	Frances the Mute
5	1962	The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.	The Rolling Stones	No Expectations	Beggars Banquet
6	1967	The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.	Pavement	Newark Wilder	Crooken Rain, Crooked Rain
7	1979	Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park Chicago, IL	Metric	Dead Disco	Old World Underground, Where Are You Now
8	2011	Neptune completes its first orbit since its discovery on September 23, 1846.	Badly Drawn Boy	The Long Way Round (Swimming Pool)	Born in the U.K.

(Historical facts about July 12 are from Wikipedia.)