The US army enlisted its first female colonel, Julia Flikke.
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Marvel's 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' premiered in Los Angeles.
Prolific killer John Wayne Gacy was given the death sentence for the murder of 33 young men and boys.
Pope Leo XII renewed the prohibition of members of the Catholic Church from joining the Freemasons.
Luciano Pavarotti's final opera took place at New York Metropolitan Opera.
Earmuffs were patented.
