| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 1765 | American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops. | Braid | Quarters | Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five |
| 2 | 1832 | In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr.. | Kind of Like Spitting | Birds of a Feather | Nothing Makes Sense Without It |
| 3 | 1896 | A. A. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history. | Pet Shop Boys | Radiophonic | Nightlife |
| 4 | 1944 | World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III. | The Convocation of... | Moments Escape | The Convocation of... |
| 5 | 1965 | NASA spacecraft Ranger 9, equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash landing. | Tyrannosaurus Rex | By the Light of a Magical Moon | A Beard of Stars |
| 6 | 1989 | Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m³) of petroleum after running aground. | Thumbnail | I Know It Spills | Red!Dead! |
(Historical facts about March 24 are from Wikipedia.)
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