Boris Yeltsin resigned as the President of Russia, which left Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as acting President.
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Ted Bundy escaped from jail.
NASA successfully put two satellites designed to study the Moon's interior structure into the Moon's orbit.
The British East India Trading Company was given a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I.
Evel Knievel attempted to jump the Caesar's Palace Fountain.
Barbra Streisand performed her first live public concert in 20 years.
