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John T. Walton (right), heir to the Wal-Mart fortune and 11th-richest person in the world, dies when his experimental ultralight aircraft crashes after takeoff.
John T. Walton John T. Walton - The Canadian House of Commons passes Bill C-38 which, if approved by the Senate, will make Canada the third nation to fully recognize same-sex marriage.
- Pakistan's Supreme Court suspends the acquittal of five men accused of raping Mukhtaran Bibi.
- Cadarache, France, is chosen as the site for the €10-billion International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.
- The Socialist Party wins a plurality in the Bulgarian parliamentary elections, defeating the incumbent government of Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
