Charles Darwin rushes to get his theory of evolution published, U.S. President Andrew Johnson formally declares the Civil War is over, Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuts, British PM Winston Churchill recognizes the Royal Air Force in his speech, "Never was so much owed by so many to so few," Canada's Supreme Court rules that Quebec can't secede from Canada unless Parliament agrees to it, and today's birthday club includes H. P. Lovecraft, Tarjei Vesaas, and Vilhelm Moberg - with a reading from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," by Mark Twain.