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31st January 1865: Thirteenth Amendment passed by the US Congress to formally abolish slavery

31st January 2021
Tagged as: Amendment, America, American Civil War, Emancipation, Lincoln, Racism, Slavery, Thirteenth Amendment, United States, USA

It was sent to the states for ratification the next day, a process that was concluded on 6 December after the necessary three-quarters of states approved it.

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6th March 1857: The US Supreme Court makes its ruling in the Dred Scott case

6th March 2020
Tagged as: American Civil War, Civil Rights, Dred Scott, Emancipation, Equality, Law, Missouri, New York, Slavery, Supreme Court

Dred Scott was a slave owned by John Emerson, an army surgeon from the slave state of Missouri.

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3rd March 1861: Tsar Alexander II signs the Emancipation Manifesto

3rd March 2020
Tagged as: Alexander II, Emancipation, Russia, Serfdom, Tsar

Tsar Alexander II of Russia signed the Emancipation Manifesto.

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31st January 1865: Thirteenth Amendment passed by the US Congress to formally abolish slavery

6th March 1857: The US Supreme Court makes its ruling in the Dred Scott case

3rd March 1861: Tsar Alexander II signs the Emancipation Manifesto

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26th August 1789: Adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man in France

10th October 1957: Eisenhower apologises to Ghanaian minister for racism in Delaware restaurant

7th November 1492: Oldest meteorite with a known date of impact

18th September 1932: Actress Peg Entwistle’s body found after jumping from the Hollywood sign

31st July 1703: English writer Daniel Defoe put in the pillory for seditious libel

30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur

29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada

28th July 1858: First use of fingerprints as a means of identification

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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