Super Mario Kart was released in North America on the SNES console.
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Legendary soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo broke the men's record for the most international goals.
Louis XV succeeded his great-grandfather and became King of France at the young age of five.
A bill in New York to reinstate the death penalty became law.
Over 400 people died in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
The Great Kantō earthquake struck Japan.