John Lennon and Yoko Ono were served deportation papers for overstaying in the US.
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Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
The first African American newspaper called 'Freedom's Journal' was published in the US.
The world record for rainfall dumped 6.1 feet (1.87m) of rain on Cilaos, Island of Réunion.
Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
King Gustav III of Sweden was shot during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm.
