Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The Republic of Georgia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
US forces pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad to symbolize the end of the Iraqi president's brutal reign.
President John F. Kennedy granted Winston Churchill the first-ever honorary US citizenship.
The Hudson Bay Company gave up its territory to the Commonwealth of Canada.
The American sitcom 'Parks and Recreation' debuted on NBC.
