The Hokuriku Shinkansen railway (also known as Nagano Shinkansen) opens between Nagano and Tokyo.Japan's consumption tax raises from 3% to 5%.At the time (and up until 2017), there were just seven major titles.
"Seven crown" refers to holding seven major professional shogi titles simultaneously. Nintendo released the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Pocket.The Summer Olympic Games were held in Atlanta, Georgia.Yoshiharu Habu the first person in Shogi Association's history to win a seven crown.Hideo Nomo becomes the first Japanese player in MLB history to throw a no-hitter.
While the Satellaview got two exclusive Kirby games and the game that Kirby's Dream Course was originally developed as, none of them are mentioned in any version of Dream Collection. One of the few official mentions of the Satellaview following the service's 2000 closure. broke a record by playing in his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game.
Ichiro Suzuki becomes the first player in Japan's history to score over 200 hits in a single season of professional Baseball.The AV Famicom is the Japanese version of the top-loading NES model. Janet Reno became the first female Attorney General of the USA.Intel released the first Pentium processor.Japan Professional Soccer's "J League" plays its first game."Hoshi no Kirby" refers to the game, as the character himself was born as PoPoPo. Bill Clinton was elected president of the USA.Space Shuttle Endeavour made its maiden voyage.The Summer Olympic Games were held in Barcelona, Spain.Astronaut Mamoru Mohri is among the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's maiden voyage.In the Barcelona Olympic Games, Kyoko Iwasaki becomes youngest female swimmer in Olympic History to win a gold medal.The Family Computer and Super Famicom are the Japanese versions of the NES and SNES.