Republican Sen. Murkowski supports gay marriageAlaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she supports gay marriage, becomes 3rd Republican to do so
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Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y.
Congress passed, and President Abraham Lincoln signed, a measure abolishing slavery in U.S. territories.
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