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1865

  • Enslaved people in Galveston, Texas are informed of the Emancipation Proclamation two years after it was put into effect, ending chattel slavery in the United States. The event is the basis for the Juneteenth holiday.

1891

  • Anti-Fascist and Socialist activist and artist John Heartfield is born in Berlin, German Empire.

1896

1953

The Rosenbergs in 1941

1985

2012

  • Wikileaks founder and whistleblower Julian Assange is forced to request asylum at Ecuador's embassy in London after being threatened with extradition to the United States.