The US army enlisted its first female colonel, Julia Flikke.
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Sixteen primary school children and one teacher were killed in a mass shooting in Dunblane, Scotland.
Apollo 9 and its crew returned to Earth after a 10-day mission orbiting Earth.
The first major revolt of the 1848-1849 German revolutions began in Vienna.
American baseball catcher Wilbert Robinson tried to claim a record by catching a ball dropped from a plane 525 feet above him.
Prolific killer John Wayne Gacy was given the death sentence for the murder of 33 young men and boys.
