Arab League The head of the Arab League Amr Moussa announces that he will run as a candidate in the Egyptian presidential election.
Hacker group Anonymous Anonymous targets Koch Brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity to demonstrate against its support of anti-union legislation in Wisconsin and the influence of money in US politics.
Wisconsin The Wisconsin AFL–CIO warns that hundreds of unionists will risk arrest in trying to prevent police clearing the Wisconsin State Capitol in the US city of Madison.
Croatia For a second day, Croatian war veterans gather in the thousands to protest, this time in Split.
Arab Spring Large numbers of police and security forces are deployed in Chinese cities after calls for protests inspired by events in North Africa and the Middle East.
Recently claimed back Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny receives international congratulations from Angela Merkel, David Cameron and José Manuel Barroso, with Cameron inviting him to 10 Downing Street.
PBPA candidate Richard Boyd Barrett of the United Left Alliance, and son of actress Sinéad Cusack, defeats former minister and deputy Fianna Fáil leader Mary Hanafin in the Dún Laoghaire constituency. This leaves Fianna Fáil with one representative in the capital city (Brian Lenihan Jnr) and no Fianna Fáil women at all in the 31st Dáil.
Yemen Yemen: President Ali Abdullah Saleh says that protests against his rule are an attempt to split the nation.
Tunisia Clashes take place at a demonstration calling for the resignation of former members of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's regime in the interim government.
The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 1970, imposing sanctions on Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
Lebanon Lebanon: Hundreds of protesters demonstrate in the capital Beirut against the country's sectarian political system.
Bahrain Bahrain: Thousands of anti-government protesters demonstrate in the capital Manama, as 18 opposition MPs submit their resignations.
United Nations Secretary-General The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon claims that Belarus has broken an international arms embargo on the Ivory Coast by delivering three attack helicopters to military forces supporting the President of the Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo.
North Korea North Korea warns it will take military action against South Korea if it continues to distribute information regarding the unrest in the Middle East to its citizens.
83rd Academy Awards The 83rd Academy Awards are held to honor the best films in 2010 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport in the US city of Birmingham, Alabama is evacuated following the discovery of a suspicious package.
Al-Qaeda At least 115 people are killed in a government offensive against Al-Qaeda linked militants in Somalia.
Abidjan State television is taken off air in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, during clashes between forces loyal to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and rival groups.
Military coup Six people are killed in a failed coup attempt on the presidential palace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.