King Gustav III of Sweden was shot during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm.
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Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
George Clooney and Martin Luther King III were arrested at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, DC.
Van's opened its first store at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim, California.
The world's first liquid-fueled rocket was launched.
Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America's first public women's boxing match.
