Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 1851 | The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec. | Morning Dew | Young Man | Morning Dew |
2. | 1888 | Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department. | Kraftwerk | It's More Fun to Compute | Computer World |
3. | 1905 | In France, the law separating church and state is passed. | Death Threat | For God and Government | For God and Government |
4. | 1929 | John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989) | Joan of Arc | John Cassavetes, Assat Shakur, And Guy Debord walk into a bar... | The Gap |
5. | 1953 | Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company. | Piano Magic | General Electric with Fairy Lights | Seasonally Affective |
6. | 1979 | The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction. | Silver Apples | A Pox on You | Silver Apples |
7. | N/A | International Anti-Corruption Day (International) | Hewhocorrupts | Say One More Thing and I'll Drop a Bus on Your Head | Possible Money Makers |
(Historical facts about December 09 are from Wikipedia.)
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