| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 1513 | Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on, and names, Florida, becoming the first European known to do so. | Modest Mouse | Florida | We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank |
| 2 | 1792 | The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint. | Iron & Wine | Boy With a Coin | The Shepherd's Dog |
| 3 | 1863 | Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand that the Confederate government release emergency supplies. | On!Air!Library | Bread | On!Air!Library |
| 4 | 1973 | Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service. | Belle & Sebastian | Legal Man | Legal Man |
| 5 | 1984 | Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space. | Os Mutantes | I Feel a Little Spaced Out | Tecnicolor |
| 6 | 1992 | In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison. | The Hidden Cameras | He is the Boss of Me | Ecce Homo |
(Historical facts about April 02 are from Wikipedia.)
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