The online auction website eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar.
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The United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary war.
The Sun newspaper was published for the first time in New York City.
Microsoft purchased Nokia for $7.2 billion.
Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was transported to Auschwitz, along with over a thousand other Jewish prisoners.
John Brallier became the first openly paid professional American Football player when he was paid $10 to play a match.