Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 1533 | The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void. | Boduf Songs | Absolutely Null and Utterly Void | This Alone Above All Else In Spite of Everything |
2. | 1813 | South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion ofVenezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator"). | Outkast | Liberation | Aquemini |
3. | 1829 | Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna. | Madvillian | Accordion | Madvilliany |
4. | 1934 | American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana. | Serge Gainsbourg | Bonnie and Clyde | Initials BB |
5. | 1995 | The first version of the Java programming language is released. | Frehel | La Java Bleue | Les 100 Plus Belles Chansons Francaises |
6. | 1998 | The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes. | CocoRosie | Good Friday | La Maison De Mon Reve |
7. | 2002 | The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland. | The Hold Steady | Killer Parties | The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me |
(Historical facts about May 23 are from Wikipedia.)
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