The first game of the Negro National League was played at Washington Park in Indianapolis.
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The Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.
139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.
The Stanley Cup Finals took place with the Toronto Maple Leafs beating the Montreal Canadiens.
Britain founded the Swan River Colony in Western Australia.
Kanye West claimed that African-American slaves in the US remained slaves by choice.
