Queen Anne became Queen of England after King William III died.
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The world's richest tennis player, Martina Navratilova, became the first to make $10 million.
Philips demonstrated the compact disc publicly for the first time.
The New York Stock Exchange was founded.
Volkswagen's iconic Type 2 Kombi first began production.
The Dutch East Indies colony surrendered the island of Java to Imperial Japanese forces.
