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.
Monty Python was formed.
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.
