So-called "spectral evidence" is allowed in Massachusetts Bay Colony and result in the executions of the Salem Witch Trials. On this day, Howlin' Wolf and Saul Bellow were born on this day - with a reading from Bellow's "Herzog."

France and China sign the Treaty of Tientsin and the birthday club includes Cole Porter, Robert McNamara, and Jackie Wilson - with a reading from Porter's "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love."

The U.S. Bill of Rights takes shape, the Antiquities Act is passed, George Orwell's "1984" is published and it is the birthday of comedian Joan Rivers - with a reading from "1984."

Spain and Portugal carve up the New World in the Treaty of Tordesillas, the Petition of Right is passed in England, and American colonists say they should form an independent nation. The birthday club includes Gwendolyn Brooks and Louise Erdrich - with a reading from Brooks' "Maud Martha."

The Battle of Midway and D-Day are both tied to June 6th and we celebrate the birthdays of Alexander Pushkin, Angelo Moriando, and Thomas Mann - with a reading from Mann's "The Magic Mountain."

Harriet Beecher Stowe's landmark novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published, Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated, and "Tank Man" steps into history. It is the birthday Federico Garcia Lorca - with a reading from his "Sonnet of the Sweet Complaint."

The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment, the U.S. refuses to allow refugees fleeing the Nazis to enter the country, the evacuation of Dunkirk ends, and it is the birthday of King George III - with a reading from Winston Churchill's speech "We Shall Fight On the Beaches."

DeSoto claims Florida, the Dutch West India Company is established, and it's the birthday of Memphis Minnie, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, and Curtis Mayfield - with a reading from McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove."

England enrages American colonists by expanding the Quartering Act and the birthday club includes Thomas Hardy, Dorothy West, and Norton Juster - with a reading from West's newspaper column "Fond Memories of a Black Childhood."

Scotch Whisky first appears in print, Charles Baudelaire publishes his landmark book "Les fleur du mal" or "Flowers of Evil," Margaret Chase Smith delivers her speech "Declaration of Conscience," the Heimlich maneuver is published, and it is the birthdays of Charles Kay Ogden and Colleen McCullough - with a reading from Baudelaire's "Les fleur du mal."