The Italian government asked for advice on how to stop the Leaning Tower of Pisa from leaning too far and collapsing.
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Beethoven Symphony No. 8 premiered in Vienna, Austria.
In Sweden, a job interview invitation was accidentally mailed to 61,000 people and caused chaos in their offices.
The world's smallest baby was finally released from the hospital months after being born.
The first Dutch abortion clinic began to perform artificially-induced abortions.
Henry IV took to the throne as he was crowned the King of France.