Senate The Senate of the US state of North Carolina pardons former Governor William Woods Holden who was impeached in 1871 because of his suspension of habeas corpus in the process of battling the Ku Klux Klan terror campaign.
Canada Leaders of Canada's major political parties hold an English language debate for the Canadian federal election.
Minnesota Governor Former Governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty announces that he will be seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for President of the United States.
Egyptian President Former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak is taken to hospital after suffering heart problems while being interrogated about alleged corruption and violence against protestors.
Swaziland Police in Swaziland arrest any person in a group ahead of planned pro-democracy protests in the country.
Los Angeles County Los Angeles County prosecuters lodge four felony charges against a man suspected of bombing a Chabad house in the US suburb of Santa Monica, California.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mulls withdrawing IDF forces from parts of the West Bank and handing over full security control to the Palestinian Authority to demonstrate an Israeli diplomatic initiative that would block a possible "diplomatic tsunami" that could follow international recognition of a Palestinian state.
State of emergency The state of emergency in New Zealand following the 2011 Canterbury earthquake is extended for another week.
Fukushima I nuclear accidents Workers at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant fight a fire following another aftershock.
The Government of Japan raises the crisis level of the accidents to level 7, the highest level on the international scale and equivalent to the Chernobyl disaster.
People's Republic of China Almost all of 169 Chinese Christians detained on Sunday, after they tried to hold an outdoor prayer session, are released; the unofficial Chinese church vows to hold more services.
Civil war 2011 Libyan civil war: Muammar Gaddafi's forces attack the eastern front line and shell the city of Misrata.