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.
General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France signed the Secret Treaty of Dover.
NASA's Endeavour Space Shuttle landed for its 25th and final time.
The European Union expanded the 1951 Stresa Convention.
