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.)
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