2012
George Clooney and Martin Luther King III were arrested at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, DC.
The arrest happened amid protests against the government in Khartoum. George Clooney said he was expecting to be arrested when he planned the protest.
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1995
Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
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1972
John Lennon and Yoko Ono were served deportation papers for overstaying in the US.
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1968
Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
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1966
Van’s opened its first store at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim, California.
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1952
The world record for rainfall dumped 6.1 feet (1.87m) of rain on Cilaos, Island of Réunion.
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1950
The US celebrated its very first National Book Awards.
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1926
The world’s first liquid-fueled rocket was launched.
The rocket was created by Robert H. Goddard and reached 41 feet in just 2 seconds.
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1876
Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America’s first public women’s boxing match.
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1827
The first African American newspaper called “Freedom’s Journal” was published in the US.
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1792
King Gustav III of Sweden was shot during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm.
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1621
Samoset became the first Native American to make contact with the Plymouth colony.
A chieftain of an Eastern Abenaki tribe, Samoset had learned a few words in English from a nearby English fishing camp. When he contacted the Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony, he simply walked into their camp and said hello, before requesting beer and staying the night.
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