Thursday, July 21, 2011

July 21

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 356 BC The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. Dali's Car Artemis The Waking Hour
2 1873
At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis The Money Train The Assassination of Jesse James
3 1877
After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
Depeche Mode In Sympathy Sounds of the Universe
4 1925 Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100. Grizzly Bear Fine for Now Veckatimest
5 1969 Space Race: Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon, during the Apollo 11 mission (July 20th in North America). The Police Walking on the Moon Reggatta de Blanc
6 1983 The world's lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at -89.2 °C (-128.6 °F). Embrace Today Cold Day in July Fuck You I'm Edge

(Historical facts about July 21 are from Wikipedia.)

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