| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1. | 1829 | Rail transport: Stephenson's The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials. | Sonic Youth | Silver Rocket | Daydream Nation |
| 2. | 1860 | Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens. | The Russian Futurists | A Telegram from the Future | Let's Get Ready to Crumble |
| 3. | 1871 | Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan including the Great Chicago Fire, and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire. | Japandroids | Young Hearts Spark Fire | Post-Nothing |
| 4. | 1956 | New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series; one of only 20 perfect games in MLB history. | Braid | Perfect Pitch | Movie Music Vol. 1 |
| 5. | 1969 | The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois. | Sportswear | At Rage | Building, Dwelling, Thinking |
| 6. | 2001 | U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security. | Articles of Faith | False Security | Complete Vol. 1 1981-1983 |
(Historical facts about October 8 are from Wikipedia)
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