The Gutenberg Bible is published, the Heisenberg uncertainty Principle is fleshed out, Joe Rosenthal snaps the iconic photo of Marines on Mt. Surabachi, and it is Rebecca Goldstein's birthday - with a reading from "The Enchanted April" by Elizabeth Von Arnim.

"The Long Telegram" is sent to the U.S. State Department, "Moose Murders" opens - and closes - on Broadway, and it is Arthur Schopenhauer's birthday - with a reading from his "The World as Will and Representation."

"Das Kapital" is published, The New Yorker publishes its first issue, and Erma Bombeck and Nina Simone were born on this day - with a reading from Bombeck's "Family - the Ties that Bind and Gag."

"The Barber of Seville" and "Swan Lake" premier, the Futurist Manifesto, and Hollywood allows U.S. war propagandists censor their movie scripts. Ellen Gilchrist was born on this day - and a reading from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter."

The Treaty of Westminster is signed, the order allowing internment of Japanese Americans is signed, Betty Friedan publishes "The Feminine Mystique," and Kay Boyle, Carson McCullers, Smokey Robinson, and Amy Tan were born on this day - with a reading from "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" by Mary Wollstonecraft.

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is published, the Chicago Seven are found not guilty, and Wallace Stegner and Toni Morrison were born on this day - with a reading from Morrison's "Song of Solomon."

Isabelle Eberhardt, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Chaim Potok were born on this day - with a reading from Eberhardt's notebook.

The Anti-Discrimination Law of 1945 is passed - the first of its kind in the U.S., and it is the birthday of Otis Blackwell - with a reading from Elizabeth Peratrovich's testimony to the territorial government of Alaska.

Christopher Columbus writes a wildly misinformed letter describing the places he'd seen in 1492 and 1493 and it is the birthday of Susan B. Anthony - with a reading from Anthony's "On the Campaign for Divorce Law Reform."

"The Pale Blue Dot," QWERTY, and Carl Bernstein's birthday - with a reading from Anne Bronte's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall."