The US Congress abolished the gold dollar and three-dollar coins.
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Nintendo released Super Mario 64, one of their most iconic Mario games.
Sir Frances Drake completed his famous circumnavigation of the world when he sailed into Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind.
William II, the third son of William the Conquer, was crowned King of England.
Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov narrowly escaped the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft explosion.
The World Health Organization announced that they would give measles vaccinations to 800,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
