| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1. | 1377 | Russian troops are defeated in the Battle on Pyana River because of drunkenness. | Quasi | Drunken Tears | Hot Shit |
| 2. | 1610 | Henry Hudson sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean. | Mercury Rev | Hudson Line | Deserter's Songs |
| 3. | 1776 | The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place. | Santana | No One to Depend On | Santana III |
| 4. | 1790 | The first US Census is conducted. | Depeche Mode | Everything Counts | Construction Time Again |
| 5. | 1869 | Japan's samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinōkōshō) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restorationreforms. (Traditional Japanese date: June 25, 1869). | Reagan Youth | No Class | A Collection of Pop Classics |
| 6. | 1932 | The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. | The Hold Steady | Positive Jam | The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me |
| 7. | 1934 | Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany. | Nick Lowe | Little Hitler | Jesus of Cool |
| 8. | 1937 | The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal. | Nick Drake | The Thoughts of Mary Jane | Five Leaves Left |
(Historical facts about August 2 are from Wikipedia.)
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