Chris Cornell, American musician of Soundgarden and Audioslave, committed suicide at age 52 by hanging.
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The Chinese Theater opened in Hollywood, California, built in an Exotic Revival style architecture.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Tennessee Valley Act to build dams.
The Worms massacre began.
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of treason led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe, who was his roommate.
The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
