Swedish music streaming service Spotify was launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.
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Willem II became King of the Netherlands.
The Sonderkommandos, prisoners who took care of the bodies at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, protested their pending mass murder.
British Newspaper 'The Independent' was first published.
Author Toni Morrison won the Nobel Peace Prize for literature for her work and essays about the Black American experience.
Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governor of California.
