Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 1613 | The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground. | Turning Point | Feeding the Fire | 1988-1991 Discography |
2 | 1786 | Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario. | Swingset | Highlander is a Pussy | More Kids, More Fun |
3 | 1874 | Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year. | Atmosphere | Blamegame | God Loves Ugly |
4 | 1889 | Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population. | KC Accidental | Something for Chicago | Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub |
5 | 1950 | The United States defeats England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup. | Sonic Youth | Quest for the Cup | Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star |
6 | 1956 | The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System. | Dirty Beaches | A Hundred Highways | Badlands |
7 | 1972 | The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. | Fin Fang Foom | Cruel and Unusual | With the Gift Comes the Curse |
8 | 1995 | Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time. | Bad Brains | At the Atlantis | Black Dots |
9 | 2006 | Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law. | Sick of it All | Injustice System | Blood, Sweat, and No Tears |
(Historical facts about June 29 are from Wikipedia.)
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