Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 1521 | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, opens the Diet of Worms. | The Olivia Tremor Control | Do You Like Worms? (Do You Dig Worms?) | Smiling Pets: A Tribute to the Beach Boys |
2 | 1877 | Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices. | Wolf Parade | Call it a Ritual | At Mount Zoomer |
3 | 1889 | Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. | Oasis | Columbia | Definitely Maybe |
4 | 1915 | Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon. | Fountains of Wayne | Fire in the Canyon | Traffic and Weather |
5 | 1946 | Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency. | Milemarker | Internet Relay Chat with the Central Intelligence Agency | Frigid Forms Sell |
6 | 1947 | KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California. | Beck | Hollywood Freaks | Midnight Vultures |
7 | 1973 | The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states. | Cyclops | Abortions for All | Demo |
8 | 1984 | The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous "1984" television commercial. | David Bowie | 1984 | Diamond Dogs |
9 | 1999 | Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India. | Articles of Faith | Buried Alive | Master Tape Compilation |
10 | 2002 | Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. | Superdrag | Bankrupt Vibration | Head Trip in Every Key |
(Historical facts about January 22 are from Wikipedia.)
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