| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1. | 1703 | Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. | Gnidrolog | Peter | In Spite of Harry's Toe-Nail |
| 2. | 1907 | Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California. | The Fiery Furnances | We Got Back the Plague | Gallowbird's Park |
| 3. | 1927 | The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A. | Roxy Music | Re-Make/Re-Model | Roxy Music |
| 4. | 1933 | The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" | R.E.M. | Let Me In | Monster |
| 5. | 1933 | The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois. | Broadcast | City in Progress | The Noise Made By People |
| 6. | 1987 | Saint Paul, Minnesota's mayor George Latimer names May 27 "August Wilson Day" in honor of the only person to win aPulitzer Prize hailing from the state. | Julian Jay Savarin | Cycle | Waiters on the Dance |
| 7. | 1995 | In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition. | The Kinks | Superman | Ultimate Collection |
(Historical facts about May 27 are from Wikipedia.)
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