John Bellingham was sentenced to death for assassinating Spencer Perceval, the British Prime Minister.
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The US Congress passed Selective Service Act.
India had their first successful nuclear bomb test.
Britain declared war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continued interfering in Italy and Switzerland.
Apollo 10 was launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on a mission to the Moon.
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of treason led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe, who was his roommate.
