Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 1776 | World's first submarine attack: the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British AdmiralRichard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor. | The Beatles | Yellow Submarine | Revolver |
2. | 1860 | Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives. | Neutral Milk Hotel | Sinking Ship | Inventing Yourself a Shortcake |
3. | 1864 | American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. | Madball | Get Out | Set It Off |
4. | 1876 | In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens. | Tear It Up | Failure | The First Four Months |
5. | 1916 | Federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by(Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751) | Envy | Compensation | From Here to Eternity |
6. | 1921 | In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held. | Son, Ambulance | The Invention of Beauty | Oh Holy Fools |
7. | 1936 | The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. | Map | Is This Goodbye? | Secrets by the Highway |
(Historical facts about September 7 are from Wikipedia)
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