Luciano Pavarotti’s final opera took place at New York Metropolitan Opera.
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The US army enlisted its first female colonel, Julia Flikke.
The first major revolt of the 1848-1849 German revolutions began in Vienna.
Earmuffs were patented.
Astronomer William Herschel first observed Uranus.
Prolific killer John Wayne Gacy was given the death sentence for the murder of 33 young men and boys.
