Volume 12 , Issue 31

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1863 - Robert Carter, III frees all 500 of his slaves in the largest private emancipation in U.S. history.

1873 - San Francisco's first cable cars begin running, operated by Andrew Hallidie's Clay Street Hill Railroad Company.

1944 - The Polish underground begins an uprising against the occupying German army, as the Red Army approaches Warsaw.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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