President Andrew Johnson declared that the American civil war was over.
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The Iran-Iraq war ended in a stalemate after nearly eight years of conflict.
Exiled Soviet leader Leon Trotsky was assassinated with an ice axe in Mexico City.
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.
Estonia claimed its independence from USSR.
The Erickson Brothers submitted the application for the first dial telephone patent.
