Friday, July 15, 2011

July 15

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1381 John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England. Enon Cruel Believo!
2 1799 The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. Tool Rosetta Stoned 10,000 Days
3 1806 Pike expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west. Polysics Pike Hey! Bob! My Friend
4 1838 Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage. Gentle Giant No God's a Man The Power and the Glory
5 1910 In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer. Joy Zipper Alzheimers American Whip
6 1979 U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his so-called "malaise" speech, where he characterizes the greatest threat to the country as "this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation" but in which he never uses the word malaise Pegboy Still Uneasy Strong Reaction
7 2003 AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day. M.I.A. Internet Connection (Album Version) Internet Connection (The Remixes)

(Historical facts about July 15 are from Wikipedia.)

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