Donkey Kong 64 is an adventure video game for the Nintendo 64 console, first released on November 22, 1999. It was the first in the series to feature 3D gameplay. As the gorilla Donkey Kong, the player explores an island to collect items and rescue his kidnapped friends. The player completes minigames and puzzles as five playable Kong characters, each with its own special abilities. The game's exceptionally large marketing budget included advertisements, sweepstakes, and a United States tour. The game received universal acclaim from reviewers, but was criticized for its camera controls and emphasis on item collection and backtracking. It won the 1999 E3 Game Critics award for the best platform game, and multiple awards and nominations from games magazines. By 2004, 2.3 million units had been sold. A rap song from the game's introductory sequence is often cited among the worst songs to feature in a video game.

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1635:

Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launched a three-month pacification campaign against Taiwanese indigenous peoples. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_pacification_campaign_on_Formosa

1910:

The crews of three Brazilian warships – all commissioned only months before – and several smaller vessels mutinied against perceived "slavery" being practised in the Brazilian Navy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Lash

1971:

In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau disaster (location pictured), five teenage students and one of their leaders were found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairngorm_Plateau_disaster

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grace note: 1. (music) A musical note, indicated on a score in smaller type with or without a slash through it, played to ornament the melody rather than as part of it. Its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure it appears in. 2. (figuratively) Something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments; a finishing touch. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grace_note

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