July 02

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1679	Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.	Space Mountain	Minnesota	Minnesota
2	1698	Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.	Modest Mouse	Steam Engenious	We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
3	1776	The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.	The Get Up Kids	Burned Bridges	The Get Up Kids / Coalesce Split
4	1839	Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship Amistad.	Disaster	Unite and Take Over	With Years Left to Go
5	1897	Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.	The Black Heart Procession	Radio	Hearts and Tanks
6	1900	The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.	Area	L'abbattimento Dell Zeppelin	Arbeit Macht Frei
7	1937	Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.	Doves	Last Broadcast	Last Broadcast
8	1962	The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.	Pet Shop Boys	Shopping	Actually

(Historical facts about July 02 are from Wikipedia.)