British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.
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George Clooney and Martin Luther King III were arrested at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, DC.
The world record for rainfall dumped 6.1 feet (1.87m) of rain on Cilaos, Island of Réunion.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced the single-largest point drop in history.
King Gustav III of Sweden was shot during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm.
Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America's first public women's boxing match.
