Beethoven performed his first concert “for his benefit” at Austria’s Royal Imperial Court Theatre.
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The Falklands War broke out between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands and lasted ten weeks.
The '2001: A Space Odyssey' sci-fi movie premiered in Washington, DC.
Mafia boss John Gotti was convicted of thirteen murders and racketeering.
The Coinage Act was enacted in the US.
New York Times Newspaper officially declared that the Cold War was over.
