Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 1825 | After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States. | E.T.A. | Who's the Winner | Tear It Up / E.T.A. split |
2 | 1870 | The U.S. Weather Bureau is established. | American Analog Set | Weather Report | The Golden Band |
3 | 1895 | William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball. | Drive Like Jehu | Spikes to You | Drive Like Jehu |
4 | 1913 | A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth. | Iron Maiden | Moonchild | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son |
5 | 1942 | Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources. | Arab Strap | Hello Daylight | Elephant Shoe |
6 | 1950 | Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists. | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Before You Accuse Me | Chronicle, Vol. 2 |
7 | 1964 | The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers. | The Beatles | Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand | Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand |
(Historical facts about February 09 are from Wikipedia.)
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