German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Athens and was met by 50,000 protestors.
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A 2,000-strong student protest against police brutality broke out in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Google announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion.
14-year-old girls-rights activist Malala Yousafzai was shot three times on her way to school.
British Parliament met at the University of Oxford rather than the Palace of Westminster during the Great Plague of London.
Peter the Great of Russia defeated Sweden at the battle of Lesnaya.