Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 1688 | The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William (continuing the English rebellion from Rome), which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution. | The Black Heart Procession | The Invitation | Amore del Tropico |
2 | 1859 | French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope. | The Stone Roses | Tightrope | Second Coming |
3 | 1882 | Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. | Beat Happening | Hangman | Jamboree |
4 | 1905 | Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", in which he introduces special relativity. | Faraquet | Study in Movement | Faraquet / Akarso Split |
5 | 1906 | The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. | Dead Boys | Caught with the Meat in Your Mouth | Young, Loud, and Snotty |
6 | 1953 | The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. | Animal Collective | Two Corvettes | Campfire Songs |
7 | 1956 | A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing all 128 on board the two planes. | Haymarket Riot | Grand Canyon | I Know What You Did |
8 | 1971 | The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. | Talking Heads | Air | Fear of Music |
9 | 1971 | Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect. | SSD | Eighteen | Power |
10 | 1972 | The first leap second is added to the UTC time system. | The Palisades | Make the Night a Little Longer | One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found |
(Historical facts about June 30 are from Wikipedia.)
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