The American Drama movie “The Shawshank Redemption” by Frank Darabont was released in the US.
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Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo in Japan.
Version 0.1 of the standalone open-source Mozilla Firefox web browser was released.
A mud volcano near Baku in Azerbaijan erupted.
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened in New York City.
Iran blocked access to Google and Gmail due to an anti-Islam movie that triggered protests worldwide.