The world’s richest tennis player, Martina Navratilova, became the first to make $10 million.
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The Dutch East Indies colony surrendered the island of Java to Imperial Japanese forces.
Queen Anne became Queen of England after King William III died.
Volkswagen's iconic Type 2 Kombi first began production.
The hashtag #5secondsofsummer trended worldwide for the first time on Twitter.
Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people on board.
