International Day for Biological Diversity A range of activities occur across the United Kingdom to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity.
Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus is disinterred from an unmarked grave and reburied by Poland.
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland defender Shane Duffy undergoes life-saving surgery in Dublin after lacerating his liver.
Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club beat Cardiff City Football Club 3-2 in the 2010 Final of the Football League Championship play-offs to be guaranteed "the biggest windfall in global sport from the outcome of a single event".
Jordan Romero Thirteen-year-old American Jordan Romero becomes the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Soccer City More than 74,000 South African football fans attend the first match at Soccer City—venue for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final—less than three weeks before the tournament begins.
2010 UEFA Champions League Final In the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Inter Milan defeats Bayern Munich 2–0, for their first major European title since 1965.
Ariane 5 "Ariane 5" launch vehicle carries out its 50th mission, putting two large telecommunications satellites in orbit.
British Airways British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh is surrounded by demonstrators who storm the headquarters of the Acas building in London.
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Five people are shot dead by 100 armed Maoists who storm and burn market buildings in Sheohar, Bihar.
Abbott Laboratories Abbott Laboratories buys a Piramal Healthcare unit in India to become the country's largest drug-maker.
Ethiopian general election, 2010 Campaigning closes ahead of the Ethiopian general election, 2010 to be held tomorrow.
Have died in a clash At least 13 people have died in a clash between a Somali militia and Ethiopian forces who had crossed the border in Somaliland.
Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency adopts controversial changes to the Texas public school curriculum, including dropping coverage of enlightenment thinker Thomas Jefferson and suggesting United Nations is a "threat to freedom". The proposal to refer to the slave trade as the "Atlantic triangular trade" is not implemented.
Cyclone Laila The death toll of Cyclone Laila in Andhra Pradesh, the worst storm to hit the Indian state in 14 years, reaches 36.
Apa Apa, a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber who already held the world record for summiting Mount Everest more than any other person, reaches the summit for the 20th time.
Air India Express Flight 812, with 166 people on board, crashes near Mangalore International Airport.