Abe Fortas 1910
- 0240 BC - Eratosthenes estimated the circumference of the Earth using two sticks.
- 1862 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln outlined his Emancipation Proclamation, which outlawed slavery in U.S. territories.
- 1865 - The emancipation of slaves was proclaimed in Texas.
- 1910 - The first Father's Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
- 1961 - Kuwait regained complete independence from Britain.
- 1964 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster, by democrats in the U.S. Senate.
- 1998 - A study released said that smoking more than doubles risks of developing dementia and Alzheimer's.
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