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 world record for rainfall dumped 6.1 feet (1.87m) of rain on Cilaos, Island of Réunion.
Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono were served deportation papers for overstaying in the US.
Samoset became the first Native American to make contact with the Plymouth colony.
