Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
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British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.
Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
Van's opened its first store at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim, California.
The US celebrated its very first National Book Awards.
Samoset became the first Native American to make contact with the Plymouth colony.
