King Gustav III of Sweden was shot during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm.
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Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America's first public women's boxing match.
Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
The US celebrated its very first National Book Awards.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced the single-largest point drop in history.
The world's first liquid-fueled rocket was launched.
