The First English order of knighthood was instituted.
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English poet William Shakespeare died at the age of 52.
German bombers attacked the English city of Exeter, beginning the Baedeker Blitz.
The Soviet Union launched the first crewed Soyuz mission, Soyuz 1.
The Ottoman Empire was abolished.
President Donald Trump suggested a dangerous theory that injecting disinfectant could cure the Coronavirus.
