| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 1692 | Salem witch trials: in Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. | Make Believe | Witchcraft | Make Believe |
| 2 | 1839 | The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world". | Circulatory System | Days to Come (In Photographs) | Circulatory System |
| 3 | 1934 | The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. | Arab Strap | (Afternoon) Soaps | Philophobia |
| 4 | 1989 | Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in North Sea by British and Dutch governments. | The Beach Boys | Caroline, No Radio Promo (Mike) | UM 14 Disc 4 |
| 5 | 2005 | A series of strong storms lashes Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities. In Toronto, it is also dubbed as the Toronto Supercell. | Classics IV | Stormy | Stormy |
| 6 | 2010 | Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait. | Yuck | Operation | Yuck |
(Historical facts about August 19 are from Wikipedia.)
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