Today’s Highlight in History: On April 8, 2022, the movie academy banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. On this date: In 1513, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon and his expedition began exploring the Florida coastline. In 1864, the United States Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery. (The House of Representatives passed it in January 1865; the amendment was ratified and adopted in December 1865.) In 1911, an explosion at the Banner Coal Mine in Littleton,...