The Ottoman Empire was abolished.
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Coca-Cola launched their ill-fated new formula known unofficially as 'New Coke.'
Bishop Reuben H. Mueller founded the United Methodist Church.
The Soviet Union launched the first crewed Soyuz mission, Soyuz 1.
English poet William Shakespeare died at the age of 52.
German bombers attacked the English city of Exeter, beginning the Baedeker Blitz.
