President Bill Clinton declared this day as the National Day of Mourning.
This was to mourn the 168 lives lost during the terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City on April 19.
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The First English order of knighthood was instituted.
Coca-Cola launched their ill-fated new formula known unofficially as 'New Coke.'
The first Canadian postage stamp went into circulation.
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria enacted The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), strictly regulating beer making.
The Ottoman Empire was abolished.
