Michael Moorer claimed the heavyweight boxing title after smashing Evander Holyfield in Paradise, Nevada, US.
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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the world's first non-stop, single-handed global circumnavigation.
Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Saragossa.
Thieves stole $3.3 million from the First National Bank of Arizona in Tucson.
President Richard Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.
The US Congress passed legislation that allowed the 'In God We Trust' inscription on the currency.