Michael Moorer claimed the heavyweight boxing title after smashing Evander Holyfield in Paradise, Nevada, US.
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President Richard Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.
The German army used chlorine gas for the first time.
The Paris Agreement was opened for signatures.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Salzburg, Austria.
Edward & Sarah Bishop and seven others were examined by Magistrates in Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft.