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U.S. Olympian sprinter Jackie Griffith Joyner, who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1988 games, died on this day in 1998.

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On this day in 1862, with the Civil in full rage, President Abraham Lincoln threatens to issue a full Emancipation Proclamation that will free all enslaved people in the rebellious states. He carries out his threat in 1863.