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President Abraham Lincoln signs the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, the Oxford English Dictionary publishes its first volume ("A to Ant"), Puccini's "La Boheme" premiers, the Voice of America begins broadcasting into Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the sit-ins at Woolworths (and other) lunch counters begin in Jonesboro, North Carolina. It is also the birthday of poet and journalist Langston Hughes - with a reading of his poem "Harlem."