Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 1816 | Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state. | R. Dean Taylor | Indiana Wants Me | I Think, Therefore I Am |
2. | 1934 | Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time. | The New Pornographers | The Slow Descent into Alcoholism | Mass Romantic |
3. | 1946 | The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established. | Brian Wilson | Song for Children | Smile |
4. | 1958 | French Upper Volta gains self-government from France, becomes the Republic of Upper Volta, and joins the French Community. | Volta Do Mar | Rock For Nations | At the Speed of Light or Day |
5. | 1968 | The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus | The Rolling Stones | Play with Fire | High Tide and Green Grass |
6. | 2008 | Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. | Barrett Strong | Money! That's What I Want | The Rock N Roll Era |
(Historical facts about December 11 are from Wikipedia.)
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