The US celebrated its very first National Book Awards.
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The first African American newspaper called 'Freedom's Journal' was published in the US.
Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America's first public women's boxing match.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono were served deportation papers for overstaying in the US.
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.
