| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 814 | Charlemagne dies. He was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum) from 800 to his death. | KC Accidental | Kev's Message for Charlie | Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub |
| 2 | 1754 | Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann. | The Serendipity Singers | Beans in My Ears | The Serendipity Singers |
| 3 | 1887 | In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick. | Q and Not U | Snow Patterns | Different Damage |
| 4 | 1896 | Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person to be convicted of speeding. He is fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thus exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h). | Nada Surf | Hi Speed Soul | Let Go |
| 5 | 1933 | The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhary Rehmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence. | Statistics | Leave Your Name | Leave Your Name |
| 6 | 1938 | The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph). | 12 Rods | I Am Faster | Split Personalities |
(Historical facts about January 28 are from Wikipedia.)
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