| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 1397 | Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) the start of the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury. | Belle & Sebastian | Storytelling | Storytelling |
| 2 | 1907 | The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day. | Q and Not U | Wonderful People | Power |
| 3 | 1912 | Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150. | Bright Eyes | Gold Mine Gutted | Digital Ash in a Digital Urn |
| 4 | 1949 | At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland. | New Order | Times Change | Republic |
| 5 | 1970 | Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely. | 1 Mile North | Return to From Where We Came | Minor Shadows |
| 6 | 1986 | The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly ends. | Hella | Been a Long Time Cousin | Hold Your Horse Is |
(Historical facts about April 17 are from Wikipedia.)
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