Chris Cornell, American musician of Soundgarden and Audioslave, committed suicide at age 52 by hanging.
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The Worms massacre began.
Napoleon Bonaparte was declared the Emperor of France by the French Senate.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Tennessee Valley Act to build dams.
The Chinese Theater opened in Hollywood, California, built in an Exotic Revival style architecture.
John Bellingham was sentenced to death for assassinating Spencer Perceval, the British Prime Minister.
