| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1. | 1346 | Hundred Years' War: the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armouredknights is established at the Battle of Crécy. | Walkmen | Bows and Arrows | Bows and Arrows |
| 2. | 1466 | A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, led by Luca Pitti, is discovered. | The Beatles | Baby, You're a Rich Man | Magical Mystery Tour |
| 3. | 1748 | The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Johnny Cash | Luther Played the Boogie | The Sun Years |
| 4. | 1858 | First news dispatch by telegraph. | The Russian Futurists | A Telegram from the Future | Let's Get Ready to Crumble |
| 5. | 1939 | The first Major League Baseball game is telecast, a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn, New York. | Blink 182 | TV | Cheshire Cat |
| 6. | 1970 | The then new feminist movement, led by Betty Friedan, leads a nation-wide Women's Strike for Equality. Exactly one year later Congress declares Aug. 26 to be Women's Equality Day. | DRI | Equal People | Dealing with It |
| 7. | 1987 | President Ronald Reagan proclaims September 11, 1987 as 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day. | Reagan Youth | Reagan Youth | Youth Anthems for the New Order |
(Historical facts about August 26 are from Wikipedia)
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