May 07

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	558	In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.	The Church	Dome	Priest = Aura
2	1429	Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning, wounded, to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.	!!!	When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Karazzee	Louden Up Now
3	1847	The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.	The Jazz June	The Medicine	The Medicine
4	1895	In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.	Stars	My Radio (FM Mix)	Nightsongs
5	1946	Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.	Sonny & Cher	Baby Don't Go	Baby Don't Go
6	1952	The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.	The Smiths	I Started Something I Couldn't Finish	Strangeways, Here We Come
7	1992	Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada.	múm/Sjon	The Hamburger That I Ordered	MotorLab #2
8	2007	Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.	Mogwai	Like Herod (Alec Empire's Face the Future Remix)	Kicking a Dead Pig

(Historical facts about May 07 are from Wikipedia.)

May 06

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1527	Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.	Belle & Sebastian	Electronic Renaissance	Tigermilk
2	1659	English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.	Fleet Foxes	Your Protector	Fleet Foxes
3	1757	English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.	Smart Went Crazy	A Good Day	20 Years of Dischord
4	1844	The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.	Mirah feat. Phil Elvrum	Ice	Morning Becomes Eclectic
5	1937	Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.	Led Zeppelin	What Is and What Should Never Be	Led Zeppelin II
6	1941	The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.	A.C. Newman	Thunderbolts	Get Guilty
7	1954	Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.	The Get Up Kids	Don't Hate Me	Four Minute Mile
8	1983	The Hitler diaries are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts.	Circulatory System	Diary of Wood	Circulatory System
9	1989	Cedar Point opens Magnum XL-200, the first roller coaster to break the 200 ft height barrier, therefore spawning what is considered to be the "coaster wars".	M. Ward	Rollercoaster	Post-War

(Historical facts about May 06 are from Wikipedia.)

May 05

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1215	Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.	The Sea and Cake	Le Baron	One Bedroom
2	1494	Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.	Harry Belafonte	Jamaica Farewell	Calypso
3	1809	Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.	Family	The Weaver's Answer	Family Entertainment
4	1835	In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.	Camera Obscura	Railway Station	Rare UK Bird
5	1862	Cinco de Mayo: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.	Sheer Terror	Ready to Halt	Bulldog Edition
6	1864	American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.	Coalesce	In the Wilderness	Coalesce / Boy Sets Fire Split
7	1865	In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.	The Cure	Jumping Someone Else's Train	Jumping Someone Else's Train
8	1866	Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.	Still Life	Pecola Breed Love / Memorial	Still Life / Jara Split
9	1925	Scopes Trial: serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Teach Your Children	Deja Vu

(Historical facts about May 05 are from Wikipedia.)

May 04

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1493	Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.	The Four Freshman	It's a New World	First Affair / Voices in Fun
2	1626	Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.	Mew	Eight Flew Over, One Was Destroyed	Frengers
3	1776	Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.	Gilgamesh	Island of Rhodes / Paper Boat / As If Your Eyes Were Open	Gilgamesh
4	1886	Haymarket Square Riot: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.	Haymarket Riot	Wax!	Bloodshot Eyes
5	1946	In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Navy Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison. Five people are killed in the riot.	Broken Social Scene	Prison Province	Feel Good Lost
6	1953	Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.	Kirihito	Fish & Tell	Suicidal Noise Cafe
7	1972	The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".	The Byrds	Don't Make Waves	Younger Than Yesterday
8	1974	An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.	The Microphones	Climb Over	Live in Japan, February 19th

(Historical facts about May 04 are from Wikipedia.)

May 03

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1802	Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.	The Magnetic Fields	Washington D.C.	69 Love Songs, Vol. 2
2	1830	The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened. It is the first steam hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.	Badly Drawn Boy	Tickets to What You Need	Have You Fed the Fish?
3	1867	The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.	Japandroids	Rockers East Vancouver	Post-Nothing
4	1921	West Virginia imposes the first state sales tax.	Spoon	Who Makes Your Money	Transference
5	1933	Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman to head the United States Mint.	Pet Shop Boys	Opportunities (Let's Make Lost of Money)	Opportunities (Let's Make Lost of Money)
6	1948	The U.S. Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Our House	Deja Vu
7	1951	The Kentucky Derby is televised for the first time.	Dirty Beaches	Horses	Badlands
8	1957	Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.	Xiu Xiu	Brooklyn Dodgers	A Promise
9	1973	The Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out as the world's tallest building.	Sufjan Stevens	The Seer's Tower	Illinoise

(Historical facts about May 03 are from Wikipedia.)

May 02

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1611	King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.	Spoon	This Book is a Movie	Girls Can Tell
2	1885	Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.	Camera Obscura	Keep it Clean	Underachievers Please Try Harder
3	1933	Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.	The Rites	Sound Familiar	Not Fucking Entertainment
4	1955	Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.	Sonic Youth	Cotton Crown	Sister
5	1972	In the early morning hours a fire broke out at the Sunshine mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.	Ronnie Spector	I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine	She Talks to Rainbows
6	2000	President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.	Piano Magic	You Can Never Get Lost (When You've Nowhere to Go)	Disaffected

(Historical facts about May 02 are from Wikipedia.)

May 01

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1707	The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.	Echo and the Bunnymen	My Kingdom	Ocean Rain
2	1753	Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.	The Intruders	I Wanna Know Your Name	From Philly with Love
3	1776	Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.	Bright Eyes	Old Soul Song for the New World Order	I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
4	1840	The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.	The Postal Service	Nothing Better	Give Up
5	1844	Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second, Asia's first modern police force is established.	Caravan	Policeman	Caravan
6	1884	Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.	The Vogues	Five O'Clock World	Five O'Clock World
7	1927	The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris.	Aesop Rock	Cook it Up	Bazooka Tooth
8	2003	2003 invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".	Statistics	Accomplishment	Leave Your Name

(Historical facts about May 01 are from Wikipedia.)