Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 752 BC | Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women. | The Decemberists | The Abduction of Margaret | The Hazards of Love |
2 | 1642 | Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States. | Decahedron | Every City is a Prison | Disconnection Imminent |
3 | 1692 | Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials. | The Police | Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic | Ghost in the Machine |
4 | 1790 | The first United States census is authorized. | Gary Lewis & the Playboys | Count Me In | Count Me In |
5 | 1803 | Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state. | Sun Kill Moon | Carry Me Ohio | Ghosts of the Great Highway |
6 | 1867 | Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital. | Braid | Painting Nebraska | Movie Music Vol. Two |
7 | 1893 | Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. | Discordance Axis | Nikola Tesla | Jou Hou |
8 | 1954 | Nuclear testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States. | FischerSpooner | Natural Disaster | #1 |
9 | 2003 | Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security. | Death Threat | Peace and Security | Peace and Security |
(Historical facts about March 01 are from Wikipedia.)
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