Luciano Pavarotti’s final opera took place at New York Metropolitan Opera.
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Earmuffs were patented.
Bill Gates left the Microsoft board after founding the company four decades prior.
Astronomer William Herschel first observed Uranus.
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.
