Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed while performing a public prayer at the city hall in Albany, Georgia, US.
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Billboard magazine started ranking sales of recorded songs.
Vincent van Gogh shot himself at a wheat field in Auvers-Sur-Oise, France, and died from his wounds two days later.
The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was signed in Geneva, Switzerland.
Oliver Cromwell's forces from Cambridgeshire and forces from Nottingham met near Gainsborough, ready to battle the following day in the Battle of Gainsborough.
Queen Elizabeth II of England declared the 30th Olympics opened in London, UK.
