November 07

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1619	Elizabeth of Scotland and England is crowned Queen of Bohemia.	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	A Night at the Opera
2.	1786	The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.	The Carpenters	Sing	Yesterday Once More
3.	1874	A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.	Yo La Tengo	How to Make a Baby Elephant Float	Summer Sun
4.	1907	Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de Garcia, Sonora by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers away before it can explode.	The Spiders	Dynamite	GS I Love You
5.	1908	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia.	My Morning Jacket	Butch Cassidy	The Tennessee Fire
6.	1917	The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in twenty-three different U.S. cities.	Dirty Three	Red	Horse Stories
7.	1991	Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA.	The Lovin' Spoonful	Do You Believe In Magic?	Greatest Hits

(Historical facts about November 07 are from Wikipedia.)

November 06

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1865	American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 vessels.	Bill Monroe	Shenandoah Breakdown	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
2.	1913	Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.	Baluji Shrivastav	Bhajan (Mahatma Ghandi)	Classical Indian Ragas
3.	1934	Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.	Jimmie Rodgers	Memphis Yodel	Jimmie Rodgers Recordings
4.	1944	Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.	Vanusa	Atomico Platonico	Brazilian 60s Nuggets
5.	1947	Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).	Saturday Looks Good to Me	Meet Me By the Water	All Your Summer Songs
6.	1971	The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.	She & Him	This is Not a Test	Volume One
7.	N/a	Gustavus Adolphus Day, death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and official flag day (Sweden)	Of Montreal	My, What a Strange Day with a Swede	Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children-

(Historical facts about November 06 are from Wikipedia.)

November 05

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1499	Publication of the Catholicon in Tréguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.	The Monkees	Words	Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
2.	1743	Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury are organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.	Fennesz	Transit (Featuring David Sylvian)	Venice
3.	1872	Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.	The Hope Conspiracy	Defiant Hearts	Endnote
4.	1967	The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.	The Bee Gees	Jive Talkin'	Main Course
5.	1937	Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people.	Os Mutantes	I Feel a Little Spaced Out	Tecnicolor

(Historical facts about November 05 are from Wikipedia.)

November 04

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1429	Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtie	Joan of Arc	My Fight is Necessary	How Can Any Thing So Little Be Any More?
2.	1791	The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.	The Carter Family	Wabash Cannonball	The Collection
3.	1922	In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.	Erase Errata	Belly Mummy	Other Animals
4.	1970	Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.	M83	Be Wild	Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts
5.	2008	Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States.	Gorilla Biscuits	High Hopes	Gorilla Biscuits

(Historical facts about November 04 are from Wikipedia.)

November 03

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1783	John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.	Beat Happening	Hangman	Jamboree
2.	1793	French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.	Raekwon	Guillotine (Swords)	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
3.	1883	American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture.	Johnny Tillotson	Poetry in Motion	Poetry in Motion
4.	1911	Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.	The Dingees	Chevy Malibou	Sundown to Midnight
5.	1986	Iran-Contra Affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.	Figure Four	Secure	No Weapon Formed Against Us
6.	N/A	Culture Day, (Japan), and its related observances	Single Frame	Culture Medium	Body/End/Basement

(Historical facts about November 03 are from Wikipedia.)

November 02

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1783	In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army".	Dennis Wilson	Farewell My Friend	Pacific Ocean Blues
2.	1868	Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally	13th Floor Elevators	She Lives (in a Time of Her Own)	Easter Everywhere
3.	1889	North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.	Dakota Dakota	Hamburger Help Us	Shoot in the Dark
4.	1898	Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on thefootball team.	Mexican Cheerleader	The Kids Ruined Rock	Mexican Cheerleader
5.	1920	In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the U.S. presidential election, 1920.	The Black Heart Procession	Radio	Hearts and Tanks
6.	1957	The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity, and remains one of the most impressive UFOcases in American history.	Hüsker Dü	Books about UFO's	New Day Rising
7.	1959	Quiz show scandals: Twenty One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.	Venetian Snares + Speedranch	Cheatin'	Making Orange Things
8.	1988	The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.	Modest Mouse	Worms Vs. Birds	Sad Sappy Sucker
9.	N/A	Day of the Dead, The second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration	Joy Division	Dead Souls	Heart and Soul

(Historical facts about November 02 are from Wikipedia.)

November 01

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1604	William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.	The Smiths	Shakespeare's Sister	Louder Than Bombs
2.	1611	William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.	The Cure	Play for Today	Staring at the Sea
3.	1683	The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.	Joy Division	Colony	Closer
4.	1870	In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.	The Pixies	Stormy Weather	Bossanova
5.	1938	Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.	Echo & the Bunnymen	Bring on the Dancing Horses	Songs to Learn & Sing
6.	1941	American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.	The Sea & Cake	All the Photos	Oui
7.	N/A	All Saints Day, a Holy Day of Obligation (Roman Catholic Church)	Electronic	The Patience of a Saint	Electronic

(Historical facts about November 01 are from Wikipedia.)