More than 30 military students were injured in a mass pillow fight leading to a ban of the event in future years.
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England was defeated by South Africa, who became top of the world Test cricket rank.
Exiled Soviet leader Leon Trotsky was assassinated with an ice axe in Mexico City.
Estonia claimed its independence from USSR.
President Andrew Johnson declared that the American civil war was over.
The Iran-Iraq war ended in a stalemate after nearly eight years of conflict.