Willem II became King of the Netherlands.
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The Sonderkommandos, prisoners who took care of the bodies at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, protested their pending mass murder.
Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovers Catalina Island off the coast of California.
The Massachusetts Charter was signed, which established the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
British Newspaper 'The Independent' was first published.
The Netherlands' flag carrier airline was founded under the name KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
