Beethoven performed his first concert “for his benefit” at Austria’s Royal Imperial Court Theatre.
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The International Criminal Court opened its first office in Venezuela following allegations of torture and killings by the country's security forces.
Sixty-six people died in Sverdlovsk, USSR, when a bio-warfare lab accidentally released airborne anthrax.
Mafia boss John Gotti was convicted of thirteen murders and racketeering.
The Falklands War broke out between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands and lasted ten weeks.
The Coinage Act was enacted in the US.
