Watch Live: Biden to sign bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday
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Washington — President Biden on Wednesday will sign into law a measure that makes June 19, or Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
The bill, the Juneteenth Independence Day Act, headed to Mr. Biden's desk after it overwhelmingly passed the House on Wednesday and the Senate on Tuesday. Fourteen Republicans opposed the legislation in the House. With its passage, Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, is poised to become the nation's 12th federal holiday. It is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established in 1983.Bill Gates may not strike you as an actor, certainly not a comedic one. But he can be a funny guy, as evidenced by his 2018 cameo on "The Big Bang Theory." Even when he was arrested at the age of 21, his mugshot smile makes you think there was a lot more going on in that head than computer calculations. What was the offense? "It was driving from Albuquerque up to Seattle that I got three very serious speeding tickets," he said.
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