Michael Moorer claimed the heavyweight boxing title after smashing Evander Holyfield in Paradise, Nevada, US.
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Thieves stole $3.3 million from the First National Bank of Arizona in Tucson.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the world's first non-stop, single-handed global circumnavigation.
The German army used chlorine gas for the first time.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Salzburg, Austria.
The final gasps of the Crab Head nebula were observed as it went supernova.
