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Defense attorney Mark O'Mara, left, talks with George Zimmerman during a recess in Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)
Zimmerman jury selection moving into a new phaseJury selection in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial moves into next round in Fla.
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Drill station control labels are used as signs for the different rooms at the Running Right Leadership Academy in Julian, Va., Tuesday, June 11, 2013.  Alpha Natural Resources safety training center grew out of its $210 million non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
W.Va. mine safety lab creates disasters to trainInside the new W.Va. mine safety lab _ fire, flood, roof falls help miners train for disaster
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In this photo taken Monday, June 17, 2013, people swim and sunbathe at Goose Lake in Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska's largest city and other parts of the state are experiencing a long stretch of higher than normal temperatures. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)
Baked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th stateBaked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th state, with temps topping 80 degrees in Anchorage
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Members of an FBI evidence response team look over an area being cleared in Oakland Township, Mich., Tuesday, June 18, 2013 where officials continue the search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
FBI hunt for Jimmy Hoffa remains entering 3rd dayFBI search for remains of ex-Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa in suburban Detroit entering 3rd day
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Today in History

On June 19, 1953,

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.

In 1862,

Congress passed, and President Abraham Lincoln signed, a measure abolishing slavery in U.S. territories.

In 1865,

Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free.