The US celebrated its very first National Book Awards.
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Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced the single-largest point drop in history.
British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.
Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
King Gustav III of Sweden was shot during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm.
