1865CE
Politics
Juneteenth Emancipation
Union Army General Gordon Granger arrives in Galveston, Texas, and announces the end of slavery, effectively enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation in the last Confederate state.
Union Army General Gordon Granger arrives in Galveston, Texas, and announces the end of slavery, effectively enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation in the last Confederate state.
The first recognized Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington, organized by Sonora Smart Dodd to honor her father, a Civil War veteran and single parent.
British-Indian novelist known for works such as Midnight's Children, which won the Booker Prize, and The Satanic Verses, which sparked international controversy.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed by electric chair at Sing Sing prison after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.