TODAY in HISTORY

1863 — President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech

1903 — Italo Marchiony granted patent for the ice cream cone

1960 — Mali (without Senegal) gains independence from France (National Day)

1980 — Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins

1988 — South Korean coach and team attack New Zealand referee after losing match to Bulgaria, the Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67-minute sit-in