President Andrew Johnson declared that the American civil war was over.
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NASA announced they would send a ship to Jupiter's moon, Europa, to look for extraterrestrial life.
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.
More than 30 military students were injured in a mass pillow fight leading to a ban of the event in future years.
Estonia claimed its independence from USSR.
The ''LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin” returned to Lakehurst, New Jersey, after being the first airship to circumference the earth in one journey.
