Today in History: August 20, Civil War formally declared over ...Middle East

Today is Sunday, Aug. 20, the 232nd day of 2023. There are 133 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 20, 1866, President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over, months after fighting had stopped. On this In 1862, the New York Tribune published an open letter by editor Horace Greeley calling on President Abraham Lincoln to take more aggressive measures to free the slaves and end the South’s rebellion. In 1882, Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” had its premiere in Moscow. In 1910, a series of wildfires swept through parts of Idaho, Montana and Washington, killing at least 85 people and burning some 3 million acres. In 1940, exiled Communist revolutionary L

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