May 31

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1578	Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to minefool's gold, used to pave streets in London.	Fool's Gold	Nadine (Memory Tapes Version)	N/A
2.	1578	King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris.	L'Spaerow	Bridges	L'Spaerow
3.	1929	The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released.	The Instruments	Carnival	Billions of Photographs
4.	1971	In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Dayoccurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.	Wilco	Monday	Being There
5.	2005	Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat.	Shalabi Effect	Deep Throat	Pink Abyss
6.	2009	Anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder shoots and kills physician George Tiller during church services in Wichita, Kansas.	The Starlight Mints	The Killer	Drowaton

(Historical facts about May 31 are from Wikipedia.)

May 30

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1431	Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. Because of this the Catholic Church remember this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.	The Smiths	Bigmouth Strikes Again	The Queen is Dead
2.	1539	In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.	Eskmo	Gold & Stone	Eskmo
3.	1806	Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.	Iron Maiden	The Duellists	Powerslave
4.	1868	Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (By "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5).	The Carter Family	Dying Soldier	The Carter Family
5.	1879	New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.	Mirah	The Garden	Advisory Committee
6.	1899	Female Old West outlaw Pearl Hart robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.	The Microphones	Pearl Diver	Island Songs
7.	1883	In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.	Fleetwood Mac	Don't Stop	Rumours
8.	1958	Memorial Day: the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.	Envy	For You Who Died	From Here to Eternity

(Historical facts about May 30 are from Wikipedia.)

May 29

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1790	Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13thU.S. state.	Big Star	Thirteen	#1 Record / Radio City
2.	1848	Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.	Marthe Hinny	Oh! Oh! Oui, oui, oui...	Ultra Chicks, Vol. 3. Baby Pop!
3.	1913	Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, provoking a riot.	Rites of Spring	Spring	End on End
4.	1919	Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington's observation of a total solar eclipse inPrincipe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.	And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead	Relative Ways	Source Tags and Codes
5.	1931	Born October 19, 1899 in Sardinia, Michele "Mike" Schirru, Anarchist against Fascism, U.S. Citizen is executed by Italian military firing squad for INTENT to kill Mussolini. The U.S. Government did nothing to help Mike Schirru.	Government Issue	Anarchy is Dead	Legless Bull
6.	1942	Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", the best-selling Christmas single in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles.	The Flaming Lips	White X-mas	It's a Cool, Cool Christmas
7.	2004	The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.	Explosions in the Sky	Memorial	The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place

(Historical facts about May 29 are from Wikipedia.)

May 28

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	585 BC	A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.	Written in the Sand	Solar Eclipse	47 Ursae Majoris
2.	1503	James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland andEngland signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.	Wilco	Everlasting Everything	Wilco (The Album)
3.	1892	In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.	Cursive	Sierra	The Ugly Organ
4.	1934	Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.	The Quintones	Down the Isle of Love	Doo Wop Classics
5.	1936	Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.	Aidan John Moffat	Number on My Hand	Ten Short Songs for Modern Lovers
6.	1937	The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.	John Vanderslice	The Golden Gate	Pixel Revolt
7.	1961	Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organizationAmnesty International.	Spring	The Prisoners (Eight by Ten)	Spring
8.	2002	The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.	The Microphones	Ice	It Was Hot We Stayed in the Water

(Historical facts about May 28 are from Wikipedia.)

May 27

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1703	Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.	Gnidrolog	Peter	In Spite of Harry's Toe-Nail
2.	1907	Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California.	The Fiery Furnances	We Got Back the Plague	Gallowbird's Park
3.	1927	The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.	Roxy Music	Re-Make/Re-Model	Roxy Music
4.	1933	The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"	R.E.M.	Let Me In	Monster
5.	1933	The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois.	Broadcast	City in Progress	The Noise Made By People
6.	1987	Saint Paul, Minnesota's mayor George Latimer names May 27 "August Wilson Day" in honor of the only person to win aPulitzer Prize hailing from the state.	Julian Jay Savarin	Cycle	Waiters on the Dance
7.	1995	In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.	The Kinks	Superman	Ultimate Collection

(Historical facts about May 27 are from Wikipedia.)

May 26

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1328	William of Ockham, Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII.	Annihilation Time	Razor	Annihilation Time
2.	1647	Alse Young, hanged in Hartford, Connecticut, becomes the first person executed as a witch in the British American colonies.	Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks	Witch Mountain Bridge	Pig Lib
3.	1828	Feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.	Duran Duran	The Wild Boys	The Wild Boys
4.	1830	The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later.	Heroin	Leave	Heroin
5.	1897	Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.	New Order	Dracula's Castle	Waiting for the Sirens' Call
6.	1998	The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.	Orchid	New Jersey Vs Valhalla	Discography

(Historical facts about May 26 are from Wikipedia.)

May 25

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1738	A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.	Yann Tiersen	La Dispute	Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
2.	1895	Playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.	The Hidden Cameras	Smells Like Happiness	The Smell of Our Own
3.	1925	Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.	Banco del Mutuo Soccorso	L'Evoluzione	Darwin!
4.	1935	Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.	12 Rods	I Am Faster	Split Personalities
5.	1961	Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.	R.E.M.	Man on the Moon	Automatic for the People
6.	1977	Star Wars (retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981) is released in theaters, inspiring the Jediism religion and Geek Pride Day holiday.	Boy Sets Fire	The Force Majeure	After the Eulogy

(Historical facts about May 25 are from Wikipedia.)

May 24

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1689	The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded.	Frank Black and the Catholics	Horrible Day	Show Me Your Tears
2.	1738	John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.	TV On the Radio	A Method	Return to Cookie Mountain
3.	1844	Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.	New Order	Touched by the Hand of God	International
4.	1856	John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.	John Brown Battery	Come and Go	Unknown
5.	1976	The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.	Piano Magic	I Must Leave London	Disaffected
6.	1976	The Judgement of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.	Syd Barrett	Wined and Dined	Barrett

(Historical facts about May24 are from Wikipedia.)