Pope Leo XII renewed the prohibition of members of the Catholic Church from joining the Freemasons.
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Bill Gates left the Microsoft board after founding the company four decades prior.
Luciano Pavarotti's final opera took place at New York Metropolitan Opera.
Astronomer William Herschel first observed Uranus.
American baseball catcher Wilbert Robinson tried to claim a record by catching a ball dropped from a plane 525 feet above him.
Sixteen primary school children and one teacher were killed in a mass shooting in Dunblane, Scotland.
