| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1. | 1189 | Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan | Morning Dew | Crusader's Smile | Morning Dew |
| 2. | 1609 | Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay. | Saves the Day | Hot Time in Delaware | Can't Slow Down |
| 3. | 1830 | The Tom Thumb presages the first railway service in the United States. | Pegboy | Locomotive Lung | Strong Reaction |
| 4. | 1859 | A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far away as Japan. | Bjork | Aurora | Vespertine |
| 5. | 1898 | Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola". | Outo | I Like Cola | Nagasaki Nightrider Comp |
| 6. | 1955 | Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement. | The Fleetwoods | Tragedy | The Best of the Fleetwoods |
| 7. | 1961 | Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes. | The Marvelettes | Please, Mr. Postman | Please, Mr. Postman |
| 8. | 1990 | The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people. | The Pixies | Blown Away | Bossanova |
(Historical facts about August 28 are from Wikipedia)
ADDENDUM: In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers the speech "I Have a Dream"
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
Artist: 7 Seconds
Song: I Have a Dream
Album: The Crew
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