The vice president of Google, Susan Wojcicki, became the CEO of YouTube.
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The general interest family magazine Reader's Digest was first published.
The House of Commons voted in favor of same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom.
The Comic Relief charity created ''Red Nose Day" in the United Kingdom, and raised £15 million ($19 million).
The world's largest golden nugget was discovered.
Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, arrived from England in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to become a minister in a Boston church.