July 13

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1787	The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.	The Wrens	Dance the Midwest	Secaucus
2	1863	New York Draft Riots: in New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.	Dub Narcotic Sound System	Fuck Shit Up	Fuck Shit Up
3	1923	The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.	The Explosion	Hollywood Sign	Black Tape
4	1973	Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.	Jimmy Eat World	Evidence	Inverted
5	1977	New York City, amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences a blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.	Fin Fang Foom	N.C. Blackout	With the Gift Comes the Curse
6	1990	An earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan results in the greatest number of fatalities in a mountaineering accident in High Asian mountains when an avalanche kills 43 climbers in Camp I on Pik Lenina (Lenin Peak).	James	Avalanche	Whiplash

(Historical facts about July 13 are from Wikipedia.)