Chris Cornell, American musician of Soundgarden and Audioslave, committed suicide at age 52 by hanging.
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John Bellingham was sentenced to death for assassinating Spencer Perceval, the British Prime Minister.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Tennessee Valley Act to build dams.
Britain declared war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continued interfering in Italy and Switzerland.
Napoleon Bonaparte was declared the Emperor of France by the French Senate.
The Worms massacre began.
