Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 1619 | René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy. | Dinosaur Jr. | I Don't Think So | Without a Sound |
2. | 1793 | A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Chaumette. | Braid | I'm Glowing and You're the Reason | Movie Music, Vol. 2 |
3. | 1847 | The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse. | Interpol | Lighthouse | Our Love to Admire |
4. | 1871 | Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, allegedly greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". | The Foundations | Baby, Now That I've Found You | Baby, Now That I've Found You |
5. | 1951 | Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States. | My Morning Jacket | Phone Went West | At Dawn |
6. | 1958 | The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston. | American Analog Set | Using the Hope Diamond as a Doorstop | From Our Living Room to Yours |
7. | N/A | United States Marine Corps birthday ball (United States) | Antioch Arrow | The Debutant Ball | The Lady is a Cat |
(Historical facts about November 10 are from Wikipedia.)
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