National Vinyl Day
Released in 1982, this album is the biggest selling vinyl album of all time with an estimated 27 million vinyl sales.
Michael Jackson's Thriller
This Asian country is celebrating Mother's Day today.
Thailand
Thomas Edison invents this, perhaps inspiring one of the holidays on the board.
I'll give you 100 points for each of the top selling vinyl albums of 2020 that you can name. Go!
1. Harry Styles, Fine Line (232,000)
2. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (196,000)
3. Queen, Greatest Hits (176,000)
4. The Beatles, Abbey Road (161,000)
5. Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy, Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 (152,000)
6. Bob Marley and The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of… (148,000)
7. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (138,000)
8. Billie Eilish, Dont Smile at Me (126,000)
9. Michael Jackson, Thriller (125,000)
10. Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (117,000)
Speaking of mom's, my mom is one of these types of siblings, finally getting celebrated today.
Middle Child Day
In 1966, during a press conference, John Lennon apologizes for making this controversial statement about the Beatles' popularity.
That the band is "more popular than Jesus"
(tbh prolly tru tho lol)
In 1977, NASA sent two golden records into space on board the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecrafts. What kind of content is on these albums? (I'll take a range of answers!)
The records contain music from around the world, voice greetings in 55 languages, and sound samples from earth, such as birds and oceans. There are also images on the record in the form of code. In order to see them, any intercepting alien being would have to decode the audio signal in a similar way to how cathode ray tube televisions worked.
This animal, found primarily on the Asian and African continents, is recognized today - the holiday is meant to bring awareness to their fragile existential state.
Elephants
1961: Construction begins on this symbol of the Cold War.
The Berlin Wall
The world's first commercially available 12 inch vinyl record, produced in 1931, contained this Beethoven song.
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor
This cut of french fry is getting its moment in the sun today - what kind of fry is pretty fly for a potato guy?
Julienne / Shoestring
It's 1990. I've been alive for almost 3 months now, just livin' it up. In the meantime, the best-preserved skeleton of this dinosaur was found in South Dakota, and named after the paleontologist who found it.
Name the animal and for bonus points, the name given to the skeleton.
T-Rex, named Sue
Sold for a cool 2 million dollars, this one-off vinyl pressing came with special conditions stating that it cannot be commercially exploited until 2103.
Wu-Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin
The UK is celebrating "The Glorious Twelfth" today. What does this celebrate/represent?
This is the start of the shooting season for red grouse in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
In 1851, Isaac Merrit Singer patented this product and formed I.M. Singer & Company to market it.
Sewing Machine