Thursday, June 18, 2026


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Misc. History


1586 - English colonists sailed away from Roanoke Island, NC, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in America.

1862 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln outlined his Emancipation Proclamation, which outlawed slavery in U.S. territories.

1910 - Father's Day was celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Washington.

1973 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) got his 2,000th career hit.


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