| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 1566 | Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II. | Joan of Arc | My Cause is Noble and Just | How Can Anything So Little Be Any More? |
| 2 | 1614 | In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. | Animal Collective | Native Belle | Here Comes the Indian |
| 3 | 1792 | U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States. | Badly Drawn Boy | I Need a Sign | How Did I Get Here? |
| 4 | 1900 | Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B. | Dead Can Dance | The Writing on My Father's Hand | The Serpent's Egg |
| 5 | 1923 | Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires. | The War on Drugs | A Pile of Tires | Future Weather |
| 6 | 1930 | In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt. | Enon | Salty | High Society |
| 7 | 1933 | U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens. | Mates of State | Hoarding it for Home | Our Constant Concern |
| 8 | 1956 | Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba. | Black Flag | My War | My War |
(Historical facts about April 05 are from Wikipedia.)
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