The National Trust (UK) was founded as an independent charity to conserve England’s environment and heritage.
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The Charleston Museum was founded, making it the first public museum in the United States.
Obama surprised Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a White House ceremony.
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti claimed 316,000 lives.
NASA's Deep Impact space probe launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Nineteen European nations forbade human cloning; however, the UK and Germany refused to sign the agreement.
