Van’s opened its first store at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim, California.
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The first African American newspaper called 'Freedom's Journal' was published in the US.
The US celebrated its very first National Book Awards.
The world record for rainfall dumped 6.1 feet (1.87m) of rain on Cilaos, Island of Réunion.
British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.
Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
