The League of Nations mandate on Palestine goes into effect, and birthday cake in honor of Miguel de Cervantes, Elizabeth Gaskell, Olive Dehn, and Barbara Mertz - with a reading from Cervantes' "Don Quixote."

Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" is published - with a reading from Rachel Carson's writings.

Albert Einstein publishes his paper on special relativity, Nazi SS officer August Frank issues his memo on evaluating everything left by Jewish people who were forced into death camps, the first televised political debate was broadcast: Nixon v. Kennedy, The Beatles release Abbey Road, the Oktoberfest bombing in Munich, and happy birthday to Jane Smiley - with a reading from her work.

The U.S. Congress approves the Bill of Rights, creating Sequoia National Park, the first public demonstration of remote control, founding the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, the first Trans-Atlantic Telephone cable, the Little Rock Nine go to school, and the birthday club includes William Faulkner and Shel Silverstein - with a reading from "The Sound and the Fury," written by Faulkner.

The Gold Panic of 1869, the LDS Church says no more polygamy for its members, the Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906, the designation of Devil's Tower as the first U.S. National Monument, and happy birthday to F. Scott Fitzgerald - with a reading from "The Great Gatsby."

Norway and Sweden split, and the birthday club includes John Lomax, Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen, and Ani DiFranco - with a reading from "Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads," written by John Lomax.

The last victims of the Salem Witch Trials, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln releases his preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation, the birthday club includes Elizabeth Simcoe, Eric Baker, and Joan Jett - with a reading from "Gulliver's Travels," by Jonathan Swift.

Benedict Arnold betrays the American colonies, the French abolish their monarchy (for the first time), and today's birthday club includes H. G. Wells, Allen Lane, Chuck Jones, Leonard Cohen, and Stephen King - with a reading from H. G. Wells' "The Time Machine."

Ferdinand Magellan sets sail on a voyage of circumnavigation, the Battle of the Sexes on a Texas tennis court, the dismantling of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and happy birthday to Upton Sinclair - with a reading from his groundbreaking book, "The Jungle."

President George Washington's Farewell Address, and the birthday club includes Sadie Delany, Rachel Field, and William Golding - with a reading from "Death Comes for the Archbishop," written by Willa Cather.