Explorer Juan Ponce de León found Florida and claimed it for Spain.
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Beethoven performed his first concert 'for his benefit' at Austria's Royal Imperial Court Theatre.
The armies of Sultan Mehmed II arrived at Constantinople's outer walls and prepared to lay siege to the city.
The Coinage Act was enacted in the US.
New York Times Newspaper officially declared that the Cold War was over.
Mafia boss John Gotti was convicted of thirteen murders and racketeering.
