Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 362 BC | Roman-Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with an Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire. | Antioch Arrow | Chaos Vs. the Cosmos | In Love with Jetts |
2 | 1290 | King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities. | The Prowl | I Gotta Go | Misery |
3 | 1389 | Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, in inaugurating a 13 year peace; the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years War. | The Dresden Dolls | Truce | The Dresden Dolls |
4 | 1656 | Polish-Lithuanian forces clash with Sweden and its Brandenburg allies in the start of what is to be known as The Battle of Warsaw which ends in a decisive Swedish victory. | Swing Kids | Warsaw | Swing Kids |
5 | 1870 | The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility. | Belong | Perfect Life | Common Era |
6 | 1925 | Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf. | Think I Care | Struggle | Think I Care |
7 | 1955 | The first Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, officially opens to the public. | Adult. | We Know How to Have Fun | Anxiety Always |
8 | 1976 | Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. | The The | Perfect | Soul Mining |
(Historical facts about July 18 are from Wikipedia.)
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