Benedict Arnold betrays George Washington and the American colonists fighting the Revolutionary War. The birthday club includes H. G. Wells, Allen Lane, Chuck Jones, Leonard Cohen, and Stephen King - with a reading from Wells' "The Time Machine."

Magellan sets sail to circumnavigate the world, the Battle of the Sexes is decided in a tennis match, and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ends. The birthday club includes Upton Sinclair - with a reading from his landmark work "The Jungle."

U.S. President George Washington publishes his farewell address, and the birthday club includes Sadie Delany, Rachel Field, and William Golding - with a reading from Willa Cather's "Death Comes for the Archbishop."

The New York Times publishes its first edition and Booker T. Washington delivers his Atlanta Exposition Speech on Race Relations. This episode includes a reading from L. M. Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables."

The U.S. Constitution is approved, the Battle of Antietam changes the course of the U.S. Civil War, and the birthday club includes William Carlos Williams, John Creasey, Elizabeth Enright, Mary Stewart, and Hank Williams - with a reading from Enright's "Thimble Summer."

Robert Redford was somebody to everybody.

A remembrance - with a reading from Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It."

Please consider making a contribution in Robert Redford's memory to the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance at www.suwa.org

The world signs the Montreal Protocol and the birthday club includes Francis Parkman and H. A. Rey - with a reading from Parkman's "The Oregon Trail."

Charles Darwin reaches the Galápagos Islands, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama is bombed by the KKK, and it is the birthday of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - with a reading from Adichie's "We Should All Be Feminists."

Handel's "Messiah" is written and the birthday club includes William H. Armstrong, Kate Millett, Bernard MacLaverty, and Bonnie Jo Campbell - with a reading from Millett's "Sexual Politics."

Henry Hudson sees the north coast of North America, the Battle of Quebec City decides European claims of Quebec, the bombardment of Baltimore in the War of 1812, and it is the birthday of author Mildred Taylor. This episode includes a reading from Francis Scott Key's "The Defense of Fort M'Henry."