Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 1664 | New Jersey becomes a colony of England. | Red House Painters | New Jersey | Red House Painters (Bridge) |
2 | 1894 | In Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time. | Elliott Smith | Bottle Up and Explode | XO |
3 | 1912 | The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States. | Donna Lynn | I'd Much Rather Be With the Girls | One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found |
4 | 1933 | Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "fireside chats". | The Minders | Chatty Patty | Cul-De-Sacs and Dead Ends |
5 | 1964 | New Hampshire Lottery: New Hampshire becomes the first U.S. state to legally sell lottery tickets in the 20th century. | The Casket Lottery | What I Built Last Night | Survival is for Cowards |
6 | 1994 | The Church of England ordains its first female priests. | Uriah Heap | High Priestess | Salisbury |
(Historical facts about March 12 are from Wikipedia.)
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