But Lincoln said he would not sign the proclamation until the first day of eighteen-sixty-three.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

On this day,September seventeenth, he has finished his second draft of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

It is a fictionalized account of an African-American man born on January 1st,1863, the day President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, who becomes a Buffalo Soldier in Yosemite National Park.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Now that was two and a half years after the day the proclamation was issued.

NPR: Embracing Freedom: Juneteenth Celebrations

Other decisions adopted by the Board include the proclamation of a World Radio Day and an International Jazz Day to be celebrated on 13 February and 30 April respectively.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

On April 1st, President Obama issued the first ever Presidential Proclamation to mark World Autism Awareness Day.

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