Hong Kong began to slaughter the city’s 1.6 million chickens to stop the spread of an influenza strain.
Source
Iowa became the 29th state to join the United States of America.
Vladimir Putin signed a law banning the US adoption of Russian children.
Scarlett Johansson made her debut on Broadway.
LinkedIn was founded by Reid Hoffman and the founding team members from PayPal and Socialnet.com.
The Westminster Abbey in London was consecrated.