Mozart’s last opera, “The Magic Flute,” premiered in Vienna.
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NASA launched the Endeavour space shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-68.
The NBC broadcasted the first live American football game.
The US Navy commissioned USS Nautilus, which became the world’s first nuclear submarine.
A super-massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica.
Anesthetic was used for the first time on a dental patient by Dr. William Morton.