Over 50,000 people greeted Queen Elizabeth II as she opened New Zealand Parliament.
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NASA's Deep Impact space probe launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Obama surprised Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a White House ceremony.
US Congress gave George H. W. Bush the authority to declare war on Iraq.
Malcolm X's daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, was arrested for making arrangements to kill Louis Farrakhan, who she believed killed her father in 1965.
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti claimed 316,000 lives.
