Kurt Cobain from Nirvana committed suicide at age 27 by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun.
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The first international rugby league took place in Wigan, England.
Pope Paschal I crowned Lothair I as the Emperor of Italy.
North Korea performed a controversial intercontinental ballistic missile test.
Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island.
North Korea launched the infamous Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite.
