The world record for rainfall dumped 6.1 feet (1.87m) of rain on Cilaos, Island of Réunion.
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The world's first liquid-fueled rocket was launched.
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.
George Clooney and Martin Luther King III were arrested at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, DC.
The first African American newspaper called 'Freedom's Journal' was published in the US.
