Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 1773 | The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina. | Donovan | Museum | Mellow Yellow |
2. | 1866 | The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. | Camera Obscura | Aeronautical | To Change the Shape of an Envelope |
3. | 1895 | The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom. | The Cure | Trust | Wish |
4. | 1906 | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election. | Yes | Changes | 90125 |
5. | 1908 | A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. | Electronic | Get the Message | Electronic |
6. | 1915 | The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. | The Smiths | I'll Never Make that Mistake Again | Last of the English Roses |
7. | 1967 | Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. | Milemarker | Cryogenic Sleep | Frigid Forms Sell |
(Historical facts about January 12 are from Wikipedia.)
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