Juneteenth
WORLD Sauntering Day
NATIONAL Kissing Day
NATIONAL Garfield the Cat Day
NATIONAL Martini Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
240 BC Eratosthenes accurately calculates the circumference of the earth
1865 Emancipation Day, also known as Juneteenth, was the day that Union General Granger informed Texas slaves that they were free. Blacks came to celebrate the day as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved
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