Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 1381 | Richard II of England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance. | Fleet Foxes | Tiger Mountain Peasant Song | Fleet Foxes |
2 | 1775 | American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army. | Radiohead | You and Whose Army | Amnesiac |
3 | 1777 | The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States. | The Stills | Lola Stars and Stripes | Logic Will Break Your Heart |
4 | 1789 | Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky. | Motel Beds | Bourbon Skies | Feelings |
5 | 1822 | Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables". | The Smiths | What Difference Does It Make | The Smiths |
6 | 1938 | Action Comics #1 is released, marking the first appearance of Superman and the beginning of the superhero genre. | Cinerama | Superman | Disco Volante |
7 | 1954 | U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. | Tin Machine | Under the God | Tin Machine |
(Historical facts about June 14 are from Wikipedia.)
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