| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1. | 708 | Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). | Barrett Strong | Money (That's What I Want) | Money (That's What I Want) |
| 2. | 1756 | Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War. | Glasseater | Seven Years Bad Luck | Seven Years Bad Luck |
| 3. | 1758 | The first American Indian Reservation is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey. | Sufjan Stevens | No Man's Land | The Avalanche |
| 4. | 1831 | Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction. | Kerosene 454 | Electric's on the Rise | At Zero |
| 5. | 1885 | Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle. | Yo La Tengo | Speeding Motorcycle | Fakebook |
| 6. | 2005 | Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage. | Judge | The Storm | Bringin' It Down |
(Historical facts about August 29 are from Wikipedia)
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