The Republic of Georgia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
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The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, died at age 99.
President John F. Kennedy granted Winston Churchill the first-ever honorary US citizenship.
Dutch ecologists reported that wolves were living in the Netherlands again for the first time in 140 years.
Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest in Atlanta, Georgia.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee ended his campaign at The Battle of Appomattox Court House.