Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 1743 | War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: On the battlefield in Bavaria, George II personally leads troops into battle. The last time that a British monarch would command troops in the field. | Pat Benetar | Love is a Battlefield | Love is a Battlefield |
2 | 1895 | The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York, New York, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives. | Electric Prunes | Train for Tomorrow | I Had to Much to Dream (Last Night) |
3 | 1905 | Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war. | The New Pornographers | Mutiny, I Promise You | Challengers |
4 | 1923 | Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane | Badly Drawn Boy | Magic in the Air | The Hour of Bewilderbeast |
5 | 1950 | The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War. | Cake | I Bombed Korea | Motorcade of Generosity |
6 | 1967 | The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield Town, England, United Kingdom. | King Crimson | Easy Money | Lark's Tongues in Aspic |
7 | 1971 | After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York, New York, the "Church of Rock and Roll". | The Suicide File | I Hate Rock N' Roll | The Hope Conspiracy / The Suicide File Split |
8 | 1989 | The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, ILO 169 convention, is adopted. | The Books | Beautiful People | The Way Out |
(Historical facts about June 27 are from Wikipedia.)
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