Kurt Cobain from Nirvana committed suicide at age 27 by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun.
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American Indian princess Pocahontas married English tobacco planter, John Rolfe.
Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island.
Dolby stereo was used for the first time on David Letterman.
One hundred thousand rioters gathered at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to protest against the Chinese government.
PayPal withdrew a $3.6 million investment in North Carolina due to the state passing anti-gay legislation.
