July 08

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1497	Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.	Stephen Malkmus	Pink India	Stephen Malkmus
2	1775	The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.	En Vogue	Don't Let Go (Love)	Set It Off
3	1822	Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.	The Posies	Ontario	Amazing Disgrace
4	1896	William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetalism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.	The Springfields	Silver Threads and Golden Needles	Silver Threads and Golden Needles
5	1907	Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.	Destroyer	Looters' Follies	Destroyer's Rubies
6	1947	Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.	Pixies	Motorwary to Roswell	Trompe Le Monde
7	1960	Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.	Beat Happening	I Spy	Beat Happening

(Historical facts about July 08 are from Wikipedia.)