British Newspaper “The Independent” was first published.
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Willem II became King of the Netherlands.
Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governor of California.
The Sonderkommandos, prisoners who took care of the bodies at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, protested their pending mass murder.
The Netherlands' flag carrier airline was founded under the name KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
The Massachusetts Charter was signed, which established the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
