Napoleon Bonaparte was declared the Emperor of France by the French Senate.
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The Worms massacre began.
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of treason led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe, who was his roommate.
Chris Cornell, American musician of Soundgarden and Audioslave, committed suicide at age 52 by hanging.
India had their first successful nuclear bomb test.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Tennessee Valley Act to build dams.
