John Lennon and Yoko Ono were served deportation papers for overstaying 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.
The US celebrated its very first National Book Awards.
British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.
Van's opened its first store at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim, California.
Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
