Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 49 BC | Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. | Peter Hammill | Rubicon | The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage |
2. | 1776 | Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense. | Joan of Arc | (I'm 5 Senses) None of Them Common | Live in Chicago, 1999 |
3. | 1810 | Napoleon divorces his first wife Joséphine. | The Magnetic Fields | Josephine | Distant Plastic Trees |
4. | 1861 | American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union. | Cex | Florida | Oops, I Did it Again! |
5. | 1870 | John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. | Wesley Willis | Oil Express | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 |
6. | 1920 | The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. | Spirit of Versailles | Everything Else Comes Second | Discography |
7. | 1946 | The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals. | The Appleseed Cast | Signal | Low Level Owl: Volume 1 |
8. | 1990 | Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. | Cinerama | Your Time Starts Now | Disco Volante |
9. | 2001 | A large piece of the chalk cliff at Beachy Head collapses into the sea. | XTC | Chalkhills and Children | Oranges and Lemons |
(Historical facts about January 10 are from Wikipedia.)
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