World Car-free Day
1862 - Otto von Bismarck became premier of Prussia. He forged a loose confederation of German states into a powerful nation, with Wilhelm I becoming Kaiser of the new German Empire.
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves in territories held by Confederates as of January 1, 1863.
British scientist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was born. His discovery of electromagnetic induction resulted in the development of electric generators.
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