Northern Somalia declared its independence, becoming the unrecognized de facto Republic of Somaliland.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Tennessee Valley Act to build dams.
The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
Britain declared war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continued interfering in Italy and Switzerland.
Napoleon Bonaparte was declared the Emperor of France by the French Senate.
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of treason led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe, who was his roommate.
