The founding of "the Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels," the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers, Kodak is trademarked and the patent is issued for film on a roll, Evelyn Waugh publishes "A Handful of Dust," the Peekskill riots, and the birthday club includes Richard Wright and Beyonce - with a reading from "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," by Kate Douglas Wiggin.