The first Converse shoes were introduced.
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A remake of the original 1996 Resident Evil was released exclusively for GameCube.
The Church of Satan was established at the Black House in San Francisco.
A newly discovered water beetle was named after Leonardo DiCaprio.
Louisiana became the 18th state to join the United States of America.
Adolf Hitler and his newlywed wife, Eva Braun, committed suicide in their bunker in Berlin, Germany.