President Richard Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.
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Michael Moorer claimed the heavyweight boxing title after smashing Evander Holyfield in Paradise, Nevada, US.
The Paris Agreement was opened for signatures.
General Laborer Thomas Stevens started his first bicycle trip around the world.
The German army used chlorine gas for the first time.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his 'Swan Lake' ballet.
