British Parliament met at the University of Oxford rather than the Palace of Westminster during the Great Plague of London.
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The South Korean alphabet, called 'Hangul,' was published.
Google announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion.
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American singer Selena Gomez released her second full-length studio album 'Revival.'