It saw radio rise to the fore
It saw Asia best Europe in war
When that fleet met its fate
In the Tsushima Strait
‘Midst artillery’s deafening roar

Event: End of the Battle of Tsushima, the decisive conflict in the Russo-Japanese War
Year: 1905
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima

O’er the clouds, far from anywhere warm
Not a place for those folks who conform
Though they both escaped harm
One touched down in a farm
While the other took Paris by storm

Events: Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris, completing the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight; Amelia Earhart lands in Derry, Northern Ireland, completing the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight by a woman
Years: 1927; 1932
Learn more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart

“Who killed Acme and R.K. Maroon?
Need to find out by . . . yesterday noon!?”
“Don’t just run, Forrest, run
Take a time machine, son
You’ll arrive not a moment too soon”

Event: Birth of Robert Zemeckis, director of the Back to the Future series, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Forrest Gump, and others
Year: 1952
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Zemeckis

To the English, it seemed quite a coup
‘Til the Maid made her way, charging through
‘Bout three hundred years passed
‘Cross the ocean, at last
The great city was founded anew

Events: Joan of Arc leads the charge against the Boulevart-Tourelles, which resulted in the lifting of the English siege of Orléans; the city of New Orleans is founded
Years: 1429; 1718
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Orl%C3%A9ans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans