Over 400 people died in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
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Louis XV succeeded his great-grandfather and became King of France at the young age of five.
Google adopted a new logo design.
Neversoft's Spider-Man was released for the PlayStation.
Germany invaded Poland in the free city of Danzig, which started World War II.
A bill in New York to reinstate the death penalty became law.
