| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 1649 | King Charles I of England is beheaded. | The Beach Boys | Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) | Pet Sounds |
| 2 | 1703 | The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master. | Figure Four | Loyalty | No Weapons Formed Against Us |
| 3 | 1835 | In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen. | Quasi | Only Success Can Fail Me Now | Featuring "Birds" |
| 4 | 1847 | Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco. | Of Montreal | Honeymoon in San Francisco | The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy |
| 5 | 1969 | The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police. | Califone | Rooftop-static | Deceleration One |
| 6 | 1982 | Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". | Slapshot | Hang Up Your Boots | Step On It |
(Historical facts about January 30 are from Wikipedia.
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