German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Athens and was met by 50,000 protestors.
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A fragment of a meteorite landed in Peekskill, New York, US, and smashed a 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.
14-year-old girls-rights activist Malala Yousafzai was shot three times on her way to school.
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.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'Phantom of the Opera' was premiered in London with stars Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman.
British Parliament met at the University of Oxford rather than the Palace of Westminster during the Great Plague of London.
