Queen Anne was coronated Queen at the Westminster Abbey, London.
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President Bill Clinton declared this day as the National Day of Mourning.
The Ottoman Empire was abolished.
The Soviet Union launched the first crewed Soyuz mission, Soyuz 1.
English poet William Shakespeare died at the age of 52.
Coca-Cola launched their ill-fated new formula known unofficially as 'New Coke.'
