John Lennon and Yoko Ono were served deportation papers for overstaying in the US.
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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.
King Gustav III of Sweden was shot during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm.
The first African American newspaper called 'Freedom's Journal' was published in the US.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced the single-largest point drop in history.
