Lauder died at the age of 92 in June 2025. We've compiled facts about the late Estee Lauder heir, philanthropist and billionaire here. By: Elisabeth McGowan Reading Time: 3 minutes June 16, 2025 10:28AM EDT Image Credit: Patrick McMullan via Getty ImageThe Estée Lauder Companies, the famous co...

Many Americans celebrate Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed.WASHINGTON — It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham ...