German bombers attacked the English city of Exeter, beginning the Baedeker Blitz.
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Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria enacted The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), strictly regulating beer making.
The first video was uploaded to YouTube.
Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for killing Robert F. Kennedy.
The Soviet Union launched the first crewed Soyuz mission, Soyuz 1.
Queen Anne was coronated Queen at the Westminster Abbey, London.
