A 2,000-strong student protest against police brutality broke out in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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The Dublin and Kingstown Railway officially opened.
British Parliament met at the University of Oxford rather than the Palace of Westminster during the Great Plague of London.
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.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Athens and was met by 50,000 protestors.
A fragment of a meteorite landed in Peekskill, New York, US, and smashed a 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.
