MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, situated on Las Vegas Strip, caught fire, killing 85 people.
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Saint Anterus became the Bishop of Rome.
North Carolina became the 12th state to join the United States of America.
Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was released in Japan for the N64.
French chemistry and physics teacher Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made his first successful balloon flight.
