The US celebrated its very first National Book Awards.
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Samoset became the first Native American to make contact with the Plymouth colony.
Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America's first public women's boxing match.
British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.
The world record for rainfall dumped 6.1 feet (1.87m) of rain on Cilaos, Island of Réunion.
King Gustav III of Sweden was shot during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm.
