Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” premiered in Los Angeles.
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Itza, the last Mayan kingdom, was conquered by Spanish forces.
Earmuffs were patented.
Luciano Pavarotti's final opera took place at New York Metropolitan Opera.
American baseball catcher Wilbert Robinson tried to claim a record by catching a ball dropped from a plane 525 feet above him.
The US army enlisted its first female colonel, Julia Flikke.