U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivers his speech "We Choose to Go to the Moon," and the birthday club includes H. L. Mencken, Nellie Wong, and Michael Ondaatje - with a reading from Mencken's diary.

Charles Lindbergh reveals his thinking on WWII, and the birthday club includes O. Henry and D. H. Lawrence - with a reading from Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

John Smith becomes one of the first elected leaders from Europe in North America, Elias Howe gets the patent for his sewing machine, and the birthday club includes Hanna Webster Foster, Mary Oliver, and Stephen Jay Gould - with a reading from Gould's "Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History."

The Compromise of 1850 changes the US, "debugging" becomes real, and the birthday club includes Leo Tolstoy, Kimberly Willis Holt, and Adam Sandler - with a reading from Tolstoy's classic "Anna Karenina."

Michelangelo unveils his sculpture "David," the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance is published - possibly for the first time, the first episode of Star Trek airs, and Richard Nixon is pardoned - with a reading from Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

Union General William T. Sherman orders the evacuation of Atlanta, and the birthday club includes C. J. Dennis, 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, women in Wyoming start voting in 1870, and the birthday club includes Isabella Leonarda, Jane Addams, and Robert Pirsig - with a reading from Addams' speech to the Chicago Political Equality League.

The Czar puts a tax on beards, the UK declares war on China - over opium, the WWII propagandist "Tokyo Rose" is arrested, and it is the birthday of Jonathan Kozol - with a reading from his book "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools."

Los Angeles is founded, Kodak is registered, Evelyn Waugh publishes "A Handful of Dust," and the birthday club includes Richard Wright and Beyonce - with a reading from Kate Douglas Wiggin's "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm."

English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell dies, UK and U.S. officials sign the Treaty of Paris - ending the American Revolutionary War, and Frederick Douglass escapes slavery. The UN institutes the international treaty called The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the U.S. and China sign the Paris Global Climate Change Agreement. This episode includes a reading from Frederick Douglass' “My Escape from Slavery.”