Google announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion.
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One thousand radio stations from over 100 countries around the world simultaneously broadcast John Lennon's 'Imagine' in honor of what would have been his 50th birthday.
The South Korean alphabet, called 'Hangul,' was published.
British Parliament met at the University of Oxford rather than the Palace of Westminster during the Great Plague of London.
A 2,000-strong student protest against police brutality broke out in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Bruce Springsteen released his album 'Tunnel of Love.'
