German bombers attacked the English city of Exeter, beginning the Baedeker Blitz.
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The First English order of knighthood was instituted.
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria enacted The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), strictly regulating beer making.
President Bill Clinton declared this day as the National Day of Mourning.
English poet William Shakespeare died at the age of 52.
The Ottoman Empire was abolished.
