Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America’s first public women’s boxing match.
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British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.
Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
King Gustav III of Sweden was shot during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced the single-largest point drop in history.
The world's first liquid-fueled rocket was launched.
