MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, situated on Las Vegas Strip, caught fire, killing 85 people.
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Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot four times in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
The first of 126 nuclear tests started at the Nevada Test Site.
Construction began on the Hoover Dam in Nevada.
Las Vegas was officially founded.
The United States conducted its first and only nuclear artillery test at the Nevada Test Site.
