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.
The Charleston Museum was founded, making it the first public museum in the United States.
Nineteen European nations forbade human cloning; however, the UK and Germany refused to sign the agreement.
College students illegally produced America's first X-ray photo.
Obama surprised Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a White House ceremony.