The U.S. establishes its Post Office, the first book on the constructed language Esperanto is published, the major Allied Powers in WWII signed the Potsdam Declaration, the birthday club includes George Bernard Shaw, Carl Jung, and Gracie Allen - with a reading from Shaw's "Man and Superman."

Mozart finishes his 40th Symphony - the "Great G-Minor" Symphony, Jack London sails to the Yukon in hopes of finding gold, U.S. President John F. Kennedy says any attack on West Berlin was equivalent to an attack on the U.S., and it's the birthday of political scientist and historian Anne Applebaum - with a reading from her book "Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism."

O. Henry is released from prison, the Kellogg-Briand Pact goes into effect, SCOTUS finds Nixon must provide his Watergate tapes to a special prosecutor and Congress, and the birthday club includes Alexandre Dumas and Zelda Fitzgerald - with a reading from a letter Zelda wrote to F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Ford Motor Company sold its first car, the Chinese Communist Party is established, French dictator Philippe Petain was put on trial for treason in WWII, and it's the birthday of Raymond Chandler - with a reading from his "Red Winds: A Collection of Short Stories."

Katherine Lee Bates starts writing "America the Beautiful," and it's Emma Lazarus' birthday - with a reading of her poem "The New Colossus."

The first pistol-duel showdown in America's Wild West, the jury reaches a verdict in the Scopes Monkey Trial, the world's coldest temperature is recorded - with a reading from Mark Twain's "Pudd'nhead Wilson."

The second day of the Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y., Finland declares independence, people land on the moon, and the birthday club includes Frantz Fanon and Cormac McCarthy - with a reading from McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses."

The first women's rights convention in the U.S. opens in Seneca Falls, N.Y. and it is the birthday of writer Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson - with a reading of her poem "You! Inez!"

The Hough Uprising rocks Cleveland, and the birthday club includes William Makepeace Thackeray, Nelson Mandela, and Hunter S. Thompson - with a reading from Thompson's "Kingdom of Fear."

The U.S. buys Florida from Spain, Willis Carrier draws up plans for an air conditioner, the International Criminal Court is established, and it's the birthday of comedian Phyllis Diller - with a reading from her joke book.