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The House of Commons is suspended after a protest in which members of pressure group Fathers 4 Justice hit Prime Minister Tony Blair with a flour bomb.
Manmohan Singh has been invited to become Prime Minister of India after Sonia Gandhi declined 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.

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 [[Image:Blair-powder-hit.jpg|120px|right|Tony Blair being hit by flour]]
 *The [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] is suspended after a '''[[Fathers 4 Justice House of Commons protest|protest]]''' in which members of pressure group [[Fathers 4 Justice]] hit Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] with a flour bomb.
-*[[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] leader '''[[Sonia Gandhi]]'''  declines to become the next [[Prime Minister of India]] after being elected leader of her party in [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] and getting letters of support from allies.
+*'''[[Manmohan Singh]]''' has been invited to become [[Prime Minister of India]] after [[Sonia Gandhi]] declined the post.
 *'''[[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.]]
 *'''[[Ezzedine Salim]]''', president of the [[Iraqi Governing Council]], is killed by a car bomb in [[Baghdad]].