Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 1558 | Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris. | Can | Mary, Mary So Contrary | Monster Movie |
2 | 1800 | The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress". | The Books | Thankyoubranch | Thought for Food |
3 | 1907 | Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened. | Kylie Minogue | Chocolate | Body Language |
4 | 1915 | The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. | Integrity | Armenian Persecution | Systems Overload |
5 | 1916 | Easter Rising: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett starts a rebellion in Ireland. | Erase Errata | Surprise It's Easter | At Crystal Palace |
6 | 1918 | First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs. | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Tank | Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
7 | 1990 | STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. | Anah Aevia | Hubble's Law | Realize You're Dead |
8 | 2004 | The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction. | Midnight Oil | Put Down that Weapon | Diesel and Dust |
9 | 2005 | Snuppy, the world's first cloned dog, is born in South Korea. | Burial | Stolen Dog | Street Halo |
(Historical facts about April 24 are from Wikipedia.)
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