The first African American newspaper called “Freedom’s Journal” was published in the US.
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The world record for rainfall dumped 6.1 feet (1.87m) of rain on Cilaos, Island of Réunion.
Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced the single-largest point drop in history.
The world's first liquid-fueled rocket was launched.
George Clooney and Martin Luther King III were arrested at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, DC.
