President Andrew Johnson declared that the American civil war was over.
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Mother Teresa contracted malaria and spent one week in hospital in New Delhi, India.
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.
NASA announced they would send a ship to Jupiter's moon, Europa, to look for extraterrestrial life.
Estonia claimed its independence from USSR.
A suicide bomber killed 57 people while injuring 66 in Gaziantep, Turkey.