Beethoven premiered Fidelio in Vienna, Austria, which was his only opera.
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Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London.
Oxford Dictionaries declared 'climate emergency' as the word of the year for 2019.
Zumbi, the last of the Quilombo dos Palmares kings, was killed.
DC Comics released Flash Comics Issue 1, featuring Flash Gordon.
The Georgia Dome in Atlanta was blown to smithereens in a controlled demolition.
