Bill Gates left the Microsoft board after founding the company four decades prior.
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The first major revolt of the 1848-1849 German revolutions began in Vienna.
American baseball catcher Wilbert Robinson tried to claim a record by catching a ball dropped from a plane 525 feet above him.
Marvel's 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' premiered in Los Angeles.
Pope Leo XII renewed the prohibition of members of the Catholic Church from joining the Freemasons.
Itza, the last Mayan kingdom, was conquered by Spanish forces.
