Following the Sega Saturn’s success in Japan, the console was released in North America on this day.
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Henri Desgrange made the world's first world record for a bicycle, reaching a speed of 21.95 miles per hour.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'Cats,' based on poetry by T. S. Eliot, first premiered in the West End, London.
The son of the ousted dictator, Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr., won the Philippine presidential election by a landslide.
In Montreal, Canada, a fire broke out after an English merchant put fireplace ashes in his attic for soap-making – not knowing that the cinders were still hot.
Margaret A Brewer became the first female general in the US Marine Corps.
