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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Queen Anne was coronated Queen at the Westminster Abbey, London.
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria enacted The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), strictly regulating beer making.
The Ottoman Empire was abolished.
The first Canadian postage stamp went into circulation.
The First English order of knighthood was instituted.
