Super Mario Kart was released in North America on the SNES console.
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The Great Kantō earthquake struck Japan.
German Astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding discovered the 3 Juno asteroid in the Asteroid Belt.
Neversoft's Spider-Man was released for the PlayStation.
Mozart published the Haydn Quartets in Vienna.
Over 400 people died in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
