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.
Astronomer William Herschel first observed Uranus.
Marvel's 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' premiered in Los Angeles.
Sixteen primary school children and one teacher were killed in a mass shooting in Dunblane, Scotland.