Abraham Lincoln issued his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for the Reconstruction of the South.
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US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles.
Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his 'Atoms for Peace' speech at the United Nations in New York.
SpaceX became the first private company to launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft.
Henry Laurens became the first person to be cremated in the US.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his 'Day of Infamy' speech to the US Congress – a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
