Chris Cornell, American musician of Soundgarden and Audioslave, committed suicide at age 52 by hanging.
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Northern Somalia declared its independence, becoming the unrecognized de facto Republic of Somaliland.
The Chinese Theater opened in Hollywood, California, built in an Exotic Revival style architecture.
India had their first successful nuclear bomb test.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Tennessee Valley Act to build dams.
The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
