The world record for rainfall dumped 6.1 feet (1.87m) of rain on Cilaos, Island of Réunion.
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Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.
Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono were served deportation papers for overstaying in the US.
Van's opened its first store at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim, California.
