ED DANAHUE

On this day in 1858, in a speech in Springfield, IL, Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved. He
declared, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

On this day in 1963, 26-year-old Valentina Tereshkova went into
orbit aboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft for three days. She was the
first female space traveler.

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova turned
80 in March.

It was on this day in 1961, Rudolf Nureyev defected from the
Soviet Union while in Paris, traveling with the Leningrad Kirov
Ballet.

MIKE GRACIA

1836

Walter Cronkite’s last day in the anchor chair at the CBS Evening
News.

Robert "Rob" Reiner is 70 years old today.

National Freedom Day is a U.S. observance honoring the signing
by Abraham Lincoln of a joint House and Senate resolution that
later became the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

President Lincoln signed the Amendment outlawing slavery on
February 1, 1865, although it was not ratified by the states until
later.

Abraham Lincoln

CAMILLE BOHANNON
    

The presidential cabinet of Abraham Lincoln, depicted drafting the Emancipation Proclamation.

Hiram King "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) 

TIM MAGUIRE

Jessica McClure Morales turned 30 in March.