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.)
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