Birthdays Absalom BairdTurns 42 on this dateMadison BrownTurns 56 on this dateThaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt LoweTurns 34 on this dateGilman MarstonTurns 55 on this dateFrancis Redding Tillou NicholsTurns 32 on this date Documents Executive record Andrew Johnson, Proclamation Declaring the Insurrection at an End in Texas, and Civil Authority existing throughout the whole of the United States, August 20, 1866, Washington, D.C. 08/20/1866