| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1. | 1527 | The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as arepublic. | The Paragons | Florence | Doo Wop Classics |
| 2. | 1843 | The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri. | Battles | Bad Trails | Mirrored |
| 3. | 1866 | The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel. | Black Moth Super Rainbow | Colorful Nickels | Falling Through a Field |
| 4. | 1866 | Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer. | Charles Bronson | Diet Rootbeer | Hurt Your Feelings |
| 5. | 1988 | A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. | Hikaru Utada | Addicted To You | Addicted to You |
(Historical facts about May 16 are from Wikipedia.)
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