Bill Gates left the Microsoft board after founding the company four decades prior.
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Itza, the last Mayan kingdom, was conquered by Spanish forces.
American baseball catcher Wilbert Robinson tried to claim a record by catching a ball dropped from a plane 525 feet above him.
Earmuffs were patented.
Pope Leo XII renewed the prohibition of members of the Catholic Church from joining the Freemasons.
Astronomer William Herschel first observed Uranus.
