Dutch ecologists reported that wolves were living in the Netherlands again for the first time in 140 years.
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NASA publicly announced the names of the first 7 American astronauts.
The Republic of Georgia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest in Atlanta, Georgia.
Pope Constantine died.
US forces pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad to symbolize the end of the Iraqi president's brutal reign.
