Monday, July 25, 2011

July 25

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1536 Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali. Electric Light Orchestra Eldorado Eldorado
2 1593 Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. OOIOO Switch OOIOO
3 1788 Wolfgang Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550). Mozart Symphony No. 40 The Greatest Hits
4 1853 Joaquin Murietta, the famous Californio bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed. Robert Wyatt Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road Rock Bottom
5 1868 Wyoming becomes a United States territory. The Lucksmiths Wyoming A Good Kind of Nervous
6 1893 The Corinth Canal in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece is used for the first time. Beirut The Canals of Our City Gulag Orkestar
7 1946 At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team. Gary Lewis & the Playboys Everybody Loves a Clown Best of Gary Lewis & the Playboys
8 1965 Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music. Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone The Best of Bob Dylan

(Historical facts about July 25 are from Wikipedia.)

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