British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.
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Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America's first public women's boxing match.
The first African American newspaper called 'Freedom's Journal' was published in the US.
The world's first liquid-fueled rocket was launched.
Samoset became the first Native American to make contact with the Plymouth colony.
