Songs That Refer To Historical Events

30,000 Pounds Of Bananas:  Harry Chapin (About a truck crash in Scranton PA)

Helter Skelter, Fab 4️⃣

The Star Spangled Banner: Sung by...just about everybody (Battle Of Baltimore, Fort McHenry, 1814)(admittedly not rock&roll, unless you count Jimi Hendrix).

Eve of destruction, Barry McGuire

Jack Ruby:  Deep Purple

A day in the life, Fab 4️⃣

Lay Down (Candles In The Rain):  Melanie  (about Woodstock)

Joe Hill: Paul Robeson; Joan Baez

The Night Chicago Died:  Paper Lace

Waterloo: Stonewall Jackson  (Both Napoleon and Tom Dooley met their respective Waterloos).