| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 1682 | Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana. | Mew | Louise Louisa | And the Glass Handed Kites |
| 2 | 1860 | The oldest audible sound recording of a human voice is made. | Nine Days Wonder | Voiceprint | The Scenery is in Disguise There |
| 3 | 1939 | Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall. | Yesterday's New Quintet | I Am Singing | Stevie |
| 4 | 1945 | The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed. | Atomic Rooster | Devil's Answer | In Hearing of Atomic Rooster |
| 5 | 1947 | The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel. | Traffic | Freedom Rider | John Barleycorn Must Die |
| 6 | 1959 | Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven". | The Mercury Program | Sultans of El Sur | A Data Learn the Language |
| 7 | 1965 | Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played. | King Crimson | Indoor Games | Lizard |
(Historical facts about April 09 are from Wikipedia.)
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