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[[Image:Blair-powder-hit.jpg|120px|right|Tony Blair being hit by flour]] |
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*The [[British House of Commons|Commons]] is temporarily suspended after a '''[[Fathers 4 Justice House of Commons protest|protest]]''' in which a member of pressure group [[Fathers 4 Justice]] hits Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] with a flour-filled [[condom]]. |
*The UK [[British House of Commons|Commons]] is temporarily suspended after a '''[[Fathers 4 Justice House of Commons protest|protest]]''' in which a member of pressure group [[Fathers 4 Justice]] hits Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] with a flour-filled [[condom]]. |
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*'''[[Manmohan Singh]]''' is invited to become [[Prime Minister of India]] after [[Sonia Gandhi]] declines the post. |
*'''[[Manmohan Singh]]''' is invited to become [[Prime Minister of India]] after [[Sonia Gandhi]] declines the post. |
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*'''[[Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]''' becomes the first [[U.S. state|state]] to permit [[same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage in the U.S.]] |
*'''[[Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]''' becomes the first [[U.S. state|state]] to permit [[same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage in the U.S.]] |
Revision as of 19:09, 19 May 2004
- The UK Commons is temporarily suspended after a protest in which a member of pressure group Fathers 4 Justice hits Prime Minister Tony Blair with a flour-filled condom.
- Manmohan Singh is invited to become Prime Minister of India after Sonia Gandhi declines the post.
- Massachusetts becomes the first state to permit same-sex marriage in the U.S.
- Ezzedine Salim, president of the Iraqi Governing Council, is killed by a car bomb in Baghdad.