Sunday, July 31, 2011

July 31

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 904 Thessalonica falls to the Arabs, who destroy the city. Arab Strap Act of War Monday at the Hug and Pint
2. 1703 Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers. Destroyer 3000 Flowers Destroyer's Rubies
3. 1790 The very first U.S. patent is issued: to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process. Engine Down Patent on the Better To Bury Within the Sound
4. 1930 The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time. Yo La Tengo Shadows I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
5. 1938 Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis. Lifetime Find The Seven Inches
6. 1992 Discovery ProgramLunar Prospector – NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface. David Bowie Fall Dog Bombs the Moon Reality

(Historical facts about July 31 are from Wikipedia.)

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