| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 1862 | American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers to return fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. | The Byrds | Chimes of Freedom | Mr. Tambourine Man |
| 2 | 1925 | Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution. | Cat Power | Evolution | You Are Free |
| 3 | 1933 | Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandates a "bank holiday". | Camel | Broken Banks | Dust and Dreams |
| 4 | 1988 | The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan. | The Fiery Furnaces | Leaky Tunnel | Gallowsbird's Bark |
| 5 | 1991 | The United States Department of Justice announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. | Lukid | Spiller | Chord |
| 6 | 1997 | The Phoenix lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television. | Converge | Phoenix in Flight | Jane Doe |
(Historical facts about March 13 are from Wikipedia.)
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