Google announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Athens and was met by 50,000 protestors.
The Dublin and Kingstown Railway officially opened.
British Parliament met at the University of Oxford rather than the Palace of Westminster during the Great Plague of London.
Bruce Springsteen released his album 'Tunnel of Love.'
A fragment of a meteorite landed in Peekskill, New York, US, and smashed a 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.
