Napoleon I undertook a ceremony to make his authority officially recognized.
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Ion Antonescu, Romania's dictatorial World War II leader, was executed by firing squad.
642 million people voted in India's general election, setting the record for the world’s largest election.
The European Union expanded the 1951 Stresa Convention.
CNN made its debut as the first 24-hour news channel.
Anne Boleyn was crowned the Queen of England at Westminster Abbey.
