Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America’s first public women’s boxing match.
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The world record for rainfall dumped 6.1 feet (1.87m) of rain on Cilaos, Island of Réunion.
Samoset became the first Native American to make contact with the Plymouth colony.
British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.
King Gustav III of Sweden was shot during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm.
Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
