German bombers attacked the English city of Exeter, beginning the Baedeker Blitz.
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President Bill Clinton declared this day as the National Day of Mourning.
Bishop Reuben H. Mueller founded the United Methodist Church.
The First English order of knighthood was instituted.
Queen Anne was coronated Queen at the Westminster Abbey, London.
Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for killing Robert F. Kennedy.
