The U.S. Congress passes the 13th Amendment, the Winter Soldier Investigation, and happy birthday to Zane Grey - with a reading from Grey's "Riders of the Purple Sage."

Antarctica is discovered, San Francisco gets its name, COVID is declared a PHEIC, and happy birthday to Richard Brautigan - with a reading from George Sand's "Indiana."

"The Raven" is published, Karl Benz patents the gas-powered car, Queen Liliʻuokalani begins leading Hawaii, and the birthday club includes Anton Chekhov and Florida Ruffin Ridley - with a reading from Ridley's writing in "The Woman's Era" newspaper.

"Pride and Prejudice" is published - with a reading from Jane Austen's master piece.

The Outer Space Treaty, the Paris Peace Accords, the U.S. National Recording Registry, and happy birthdays to Lewis Carroll and Peter Laird - with a reading from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass."

Rocky Mountain National Park is created, and happy birthdays to Angela Davis and Jonathan Carroll - with a reading from Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own."

Happy Burns night! Mendelsohn's "Wedding March" hits the big time, and the birthday club includes Robert Burns, of course, W. Somerset Maugham, and Virginia Woolf - with a reading of Burns' "A Red, Red Rose."

Gold is discovered in California, canned beer is sold for the first time in the U.S., and happy birthday to Edith Wharton - with a reading from Mark Twain's "Roughing It."

The first female medical doctor in the U.S., Wham-O buys the rights to a flying toy disc, the U.S. ratifies the 24th Amendment to the Constitution - and a reading from Agatha Christie's "Murder in Mesopotamia."

The U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision in "Roe v. Wade," Apple Inc. introduces the Macintosh home computer, and happy birthday to Lord Byron - with a reading from Byron's "Don Juan."