John B. Meyenberg from St. Louis, Missouri, patented powdered milk.
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The Netherlands granted Suriname independence, and has since been celebrated as Suriname Independence Day.
President John F. Kennedy's funeral was held in Washington, D.C.
A deadly cyclone struck east India killing over 300,000 people and destroying 20,000 ships.
USPTO received a trademark for the Kleenex brand name.
A fatal earthquake killed 80,000 people near the city of Shamakhi, Azerbaijan.
