Luciano Pavarotti’s final opera took place at New York Metropolitan Opera.
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Itza, the last Mayan kingdom, was conquered by Spanish forces.
Astronomer William Herschel first observed Uranus.
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.
Earmuffs were patented.
