Snooker Snooker's "first television superstar" and two-times world champion Alex Higgins dies at the age of 61.
Prime Minister Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin meets the Russian intelligence agents who were swapped with the United States.
U.S. House of Representatives In the United States House of Representatives, Republicans introduce Resolution 1553, which expresses United States support for Israeli use of any necessary military force to eliminate any threat it believes Iran poses.
U.S. Defense Department An investigation reveals that several dozen staff and contractors of the United States Department of Defense, some with high-level security clearances, allegedly downloaded child pornography; an undisclosed number did so on government-owned computers.
Spain Two Spanish activists and a journalist arrested in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla file charges against Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Academy Award Thousands of people across the globe film their daily lives for Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald and producer Ridley Scott's YouTube-based documentary "Life in a Day".
Berlin Rallies occur in Berlin, London, New York City, Paris, Ottawa and elsewhere, calling for the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman facing execution for adultery in Iran.
Love Parade stampede A massive stampede at the 2010 Love Parade in Duisburg kills 21 people and injures dozens more people.
Mauritania France states its joint effort with Mauritania to free a French hostage is over, but no word is released on the whereabouts of the hostage or if he is even still alive.
Monterrey A mass grave containing at least 50 tortured and burned corpses is unearthed east of Monterrey, Nuevo León, in Mexico.
Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force tests fighter jets with which it intends to use to shoot down any rogue passenger planes.
United States The United States and South Korea begin showing off their navy and air force by maneuvering dozens of ships and planes and thousands of troops in the Sea of Japan with intent to "rattle" North Korea.