Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations of treason led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe, who was his roommate.
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The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
India had their first successful nuclear bomb test.
Apollo 10 was launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on a mission to the Moon.
The Worms massacre began.
Chris Cornell, American musician of Soundgarden and Audioslave, committed suicide at age 52 by hanging.
