General William T. Sherman orders the evacuation of Atlanta, and the birthday club includes, Louisa Ann Swain, Elinor Wylie, Edith Sitwell, Dorothy Marie Donnelly, and Sonny Rollins - with a reading from "The Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. By Himself."

The Mayflower sets sail, Salem is settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony, Louisa Ann Swain casts an historic vote, and the birthday club includes Isabella Leonarda, Frances Wright, Jane Addams, and Robert Pirsig - with a reading from a speech on equality by Jane Addams.

D'Artagnan comes between two of the most flamboyant figures of 17th Century France, Czar Peter I taxed nobles' facial hair, the UK declares war on China in order to move more opium from the Far East to the British Isles, In Post-WW2, U.S. officials take radio propagandist Tokyo Rose into custody, and happy birthday to Jonathan Kozol - with a reading from his book "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools."

The founding of "the Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels," the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers, Kodak is trademarked and the patent is issued for film on a roll, Evelyn Waugh publishes "A Handful of Dust," the Peekskill riots, and the birthday club includes Richard Wright and Beyonce - with a reading from "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," by Kate Douglas Wiggin.

The Lord Protectors of the Commonwealth of England, the Treaty of Paris, Frederick Douglass escapes slavery, The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the U.S. and China formally ratify the Paris Global Climate Agreement - with a reading from "My Escape from Slavery," by Frederick Douglass.

"Talk softly and carry a big stick," The Japanese Instrument of Surrender, Tibetan Democracy Day, CBS extends its weeknight news show, and a birthday club that includes: Lucretia Peabody Hale, Eugene Field, and Billy Preston - with a reading from Theodore Roosevelt's essay "Lincoln and Free Speech."

For the first time, a woman became a telephone operator, the Germans invaded Poland and started World War II, and happy birthdays to Johann Pachelbel, Liz Carpenter, and Lily Tomlin - with a reading from "The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood," by Elspeth Huxley.

Sherman attacks Atlanta, Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon, the Anglo-Russian Convention, The U.S. Congress passes its first Neutrality Act, the Nazis mount a false flag attack to justify their invasion of Poland, and happy birthday to Roger Dean, Van Morrison, and Itzhak Perlman - with a reading from "The Song of the Lark," by Willa Cather.

Rescue Day for the crew of the Endurance, Thurgood Marshall confirmed as SCOTUS justice, and quite a birthday club: Mary Shelley, Virginia Lee Burton, Kitty Wells, Molly Ivins, and Anna Politkovskaya - with a reading from "Dr. Zhivago," written by Boris Pasternak.

The Beatles last concert, in front of a paying audience, Netflix joins the birthday club with John Locke, Charlie Parker, and Temple Grandin - with a reading from "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," by John Locke.