On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a
preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the midst of the
Civil War , which set a date for the freedom of more than 3
million enslaved in the United States and would also recast
the Civil War as a fight against slavery.
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The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept
through the central parts of London from Sunday, 2 September
to Thursday, 6 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval
City of London inside the old Roman city wall. The death toll is
generally thought to have been relatively small, although some
historians have challenged this belief.
The fire started in a bakery shortly after midnight on Sunday, 2 September, and spread rapidly.
Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885)
On July 23, 1885, just after completing his memoirs, Civil War hero
and former president Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer. He
served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
General Grant reading in a colorized photo. Grant was
appointed General of the Army (4 Stars) after the Civil
War on July 25, 1866.
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx
(October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977)
Camille Bohannon
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)
Williams is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of
all time.
Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885)
Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War leader and 18th president of the United
States, was born on April 27, 1822.
The son of a tanner, Grant showed little enthusiasm for joining his
father’s business, so the elder Grant enrolled his son at West Point
in 1839. Though Grant later admitted in his memoirs the he had no interest in the military apart from honing his equestrian skills, he
graduated in 1843 and went on to serve in the Mexican-American
War, though he opposed it on moral grounds. He then left his
beloved wife and children again to fulfill a tour of duty in California
and Oregon.
