Chris Cornell, American musician of Soundgarden and Audioslave, committed suicide at age 52 by hanging.
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Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of treason led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe, who was his roommate.
India had their first successful nuclear bomb test.
The Crusaders lost control of the city of Acre, the Kingdom of Jerusalem's last bastion, after a fourteen-day siege.
The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
The US Congress passed Selective Service Act.
