Kings Canyon National Park. Forecast. 0%81Â°52Â°Night - Clear. Winds E. The overnight low will be 54 Â°F (12.2 Â°C).Sunny with a high of 82 Â°F (27.8 Â°C). Winds variable at 2 to 7 mph (3.2 to 11.3 kph). 0%79Â°49Â°Sunny today with a high of 79 Â°F (26.1 Â°C) and a low of 49 Â°F (9.4 Â°C). 0%79Â°50Â°Sunny today with a high of 79 Â°F (26.1 Â°C) and a low of 50 Â°F (10.0 Â°C).
Pedestrians and traffic leaving downtown Manhattan crossing the Queensboro Bridge after the onset of the largest power blackout in American history, August 14, 2003.
Select another year-range: Emancipation Day is a holiday in Washington DC to mark the anniversary of the signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act, which president Abraham Lincoln signed on April 16, 1862. It is annually held on April 16.Emancipation Day marks the signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act in 1862.y 1860, there were about four million slaves in the United States. On April 16, 1862, Abraham Lincoln, who was the US president at the time, signed the Compensated Emancipation Act, which freed more than 3000 slaves in the District of Columbia.