Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America’s first public women’s boxing match.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced the single-largest point drop in history.
The world's first liquid-fueled rocket was launched.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono were served deportation papers for overstaying in the US.
The first African American newspaper called 'Freedom's Journal' was published in the US.
The US celebrated its very first National Book Awards.
