The first major revolt of the 1848-1849 German revolutions began in Vienna.
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American baseball catcher Wilbert Robinson tried to claim a record by catching a ball dropped from a plane 525 feet above him.
Bill Gates left the Microsoft board after founding the company four decades prior.
The US army enlisted its first female colonel, Julia Flikke.
Pope Leo XII renewed the prohibition of members of the Catholic Church from joining the Freemasons.
Sixteen primary school children and one teacher were killed in a mass shooting in Dunblane, Scotland.
