| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 1870 | In New York City a demonstration of the first pneumatic subway opens to the public. | Kikeiji | Pressure | Nagasaki Nightrider |
| 2 | 1909 | Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London. | Utada Hikaru | Colors | Colors |
| 3 | 1917 | The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York. | The Original Dixieland Jazz Band | Darktown Struthers Ball | Victor #A-2297 |
| 4 | 1946 | Finnish observers report the first of many thousands of sightings of ghost rockets. | Sonic Youth | Silver Rocket | Daydream Nation |
| 5 | 1952 | British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb. | The Smiths | Ask | Louder than Bombs |
| 6 | 1971 | U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. | The Turtles | Earth Anthem | The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands |
(Historical facts about February 26 are from Wikipedia.)
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