Napoleon Bonaparte was declared the Emperor of France by the French Senate.
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Chris Cornell, American musician of Soundgarden and Audioslave, committed suicide at age 52 by hanging.
The Crusaders lost control of the city of Acre, the Kingdom of Jerusalem's last bastion, after a fourteen-day siege.
Northern Somalia declared its independence, becoming the unrecognized de facto Republic of Somaliland.
The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
The Chinese Theater opened in Hollywood, California, built in an Exotic Revival style architecture.
