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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English poet William Shakespeare died at the age of 52.
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria enacted The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), strictly regulating beer making.
The first Canadian postage stamp went into circulation.
The Soviet Union launched the first crewed Soyuz mission, Soyuz 1.
Bishop Reuben H. Mueller founded the United Methodist Church.
