| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1. | 1492 | Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. | Takeshi Terauchu | Red Sails in the Sunset | The World is Waiting for Terry |
| 2. | 1527 | The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland. | The Medallions | The Letter | Doo Wop Groups and Crooners |
| 3. | 1678 | Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes. | The Instruments | My Ship | Billions of Photographs |
| 4. | 1852 | First Boat Race between Yale and Harvard, the first American intercollegiate athletic event. Harvard won. | Yo La Tengo | The Race is On Again | I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass |
| 5. | 1900 | The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded. | The Smiths | Rubber Ring | Louder Than Bombs |
| 6. | 1921 | Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court. | Genesis | Throwing It All Away | Invisible Touch |
| 7. | 1946 | Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opened in Santa Claus, Indiana, US. | Belle & Sebastian | Santa Claus | Peel Session, 18-Dec-2002 |
| 8. | 1977 | The United States Senate begins its hearing about Project MKULTRA. | MK Ultra | Over the Counter Culture | MK Ultra |
(Historical facts about August 3 are from Wikipedia.)
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