The village of Shawmut in Massachusetts adopted the name Boston.
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Personal information of Ecuador's entire population (16.6 million) became available online on an unsecured cloud server in Miami.
Rolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The General Motors Corporation was founded.
The movie 'Drive,' based on James Sallis's novel, was released in the US.
Owain Glyndŵr was declared Prince of Wales by his followers.