President Andrew Johnson declared that the American civil war was over.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that measles cases were at an all-time record high, with 41,000 in the first half of the year alone.
England was defeated by South Africa, who became top of the world Test cricket rank.
The Erickson Brothers submitted the application for the first dial telephone patent.
NASA launched the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
Exiled Soviet leader Leon Trotsky was assassinated with an ice axe in Mexico City.
