Beethoven performed his first concert “for his benefit” at Austria’s Royal Imperial Court Theatre.
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The Coinage Act was enacted in the US.
Explorer Juan Ponce de León found Florida and claimed it for Spain.
The '2001: A Space Odyssey' sci-fi movie premiered in Washington, DC.
New York Times Newspaper officially declared that the Cold War was over.
Mafia boss John Gotti was convicted of thirteen murders and racketeering.
