The original PlayStation was launched in Japan.
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The 70th anniversary of NATO was marked by a gathering in London of world leaders, followed by a reception by Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
State troopers in Victoria, Australia, killed more than 30 gold miners at the Battle of the Eureka Stockade.
NASA lost radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere.
Illinois became the 21st state to join the United States of America.
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush declared an end to the Cold War.
