Willem II became King of the Netherlands.
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British Newspaper 'The Independent' was first published.
Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governor of California.
Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovers Catalina Island off the coast of California.
A Spanish nurse became the first person to contract Ebola outside of West Africa.
A gay student, Matthew Shepard, was brutally beaten and left to die in Wyoming, US.
