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Sybrina Fulton, right, and Tracy Martin, parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin, arrive in Seminole circuit court for the George Zimmerman trial in Sanford, Fla., Monday, June 17, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)
Judge reads charge against Zimmerman to jurorsJudge reads charge against George Zimmerman to jurors as jury selection enters new phase
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Bonnie Kruse reacts as she views her family's property that was in the path of the Black Forest Fire, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Of the six homes that Kruse and her family have in Black Forest, all but one was destroyed. The Black Forest Fire, the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history, has destroyed 502 homes and charred more than 22 square miles. It was 85 percent contained Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Michael Ciaglo) MAGS OUT
Neighbors: Couple killed waited for order to leaveNeighbors say Colorado couple killed in wildfire were waiting for evacuation orders
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FILE - This July 26, 1959 file photo shows Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa in Washington.  Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Hoffa on Monday, June 17, 2013, digging around in a suburban Detroit field where a reputed Mafia captain says the Teamsters boss' body was buried. Authorities used excavation equipment to root around in the Oakland Township property, about 25 miles north of Detroit.  (AP Photo/File)
FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa's remains endsFBI says it found no sign of remains of ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in suburban Detroit
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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.