Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 1841 | James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually callshypnotism. | The Flaming Lips | Are You a Hypnotist? | Yoshimi Vs The Pink Robots |
2. | 1887 | Bloody Sunday clashes in central London. | Radiohead | Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2 cover live) | Bootleg |
3. | 1909 | Collier's magazine accuses United States Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coalfields. | Parallel Pyres | Kicking the Coals | II |
4. | 1947 | Russia completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles | Twinhaters | I've Got a Gun | Redilne Distribution Sampler, Vol. 2 |
5. | 1970 | Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster. | Enon | Natural Disasters | High Society |
6. | 1992 | The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented. | Nas | Represent | Illmatic |
7. | 2005 | Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year old British man, is reported as the first person proven to have been "cured" of HIV | Fugazi | Give Me the Cure | 13 Songs |
(Historical facts about November 13 are from Wikipedia.)
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