Napoleon Bonaparte was declared the Emperor of France by the French Senate.
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The US Congress passed Selective Service Act.
The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of treason led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe, who was his roommate.
Apollo 10 was launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on a mission to the Moon.
India had their first successful nuclear bomb test.
