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.
Pope Leo XII renewed the prohibition of members of the Catholic Church from joining the Freemasons.
Sixteen primary school children and one teacher were killed in a mass shooting in Dunblane, Scotland.
Astronomer William Herschel first observed Uranus.
Luciano Pavarotti's final opera took place at New York Metropolitan Opera.
