| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1. | 1888 | Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's known victims. | Morrissey | Jack the Ripper | Certain People I Know |
| 2. | 1897 | Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector. | Modest Mouse | The Stars are Projectors | The Moon and Antarctica |
| 3. | 1994 | The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire. | Sick of It All | Ceasefire | Scratch the Surface |
| 4. | 1997 | Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris. | The 90 Day Men | National Car Crash | To Everybody |
| 5. | 2006 | Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police. | Michael Jackson (w/ Janet Jackson) | Scream | HIStory II |
(Historical facts about August 31 are from Wikipedia)
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