Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 411 BC | Coup in Athens succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy | Azure Ray | Raining in Athens | Burn and Shiver |
2 | 53 | Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia | The 5th Dimension | Wedding Bell Blues (Marry Me Bill) | The Age of Aquarius |
3 | 62 | Claudia Octavia is executed. | Mouse | A Public Execution | A Public Execution |
4 | 1650 | The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas. | Ponytail | Start a Corporation | Kamehameha |
5 | 1856 | Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts. | Camel | Migration | The Snow Goose |
6 | 1930 | Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone. | Payback | Pay with Your Life | Payback |
7 | 1934 | Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen. | Yo La Tengo | Crispy Duck | Ride the Tiger |
8 | 1954 | McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" | Ten Yard Fight | Enough [Demo Version] | Hardcore Pride |
(Historical facts about June 09 are from Wikipedia.)
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