First The first lunar eclipse of the year occurs with it being the first central lunar eclipse since 1990.
Public and Commercial Services Union Members of the United Kingdom's Public and Commercial Services Union agree to join teachers and lecturers in strike action planned for 30 June.
State legislature The General Assembly of the U.S. state of North Carolina votes on a motion to veto override by the Governor Bev Perdue of the state budget.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that the son of the acting Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Sam Abal has been arrested on murder charges.
Liberia Liberia suspends diplomatic ties with Libya, after United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on countries to sever ties with Libya.
Yonhap The Yonhap news agency reports that nine North Koreans have defected to South Korea across the Yellow Sea.
Australian airlines QANTAS and Virgin Australia suspends flights to Perth, Western Australia, due to ash from the eruption in Chile, with flights to Tasmania and New Zealand also cancelled.
Mid North Coast Thousands of people living on the Mid North Coast of the Australian state of New South Wales face a flooding risk, with the town of Kempsey under particular threat and with ten thousand people isolated.
Northern Rock British public-owned bank Northern Rock is to be privatised by the coalition government.
TerreStar Networks TerreStar Networks, a mobile-communications company that has been in bankruptcy since October 2010, picks Dish Network as the stalking horse bidder for an upcoming auction.
Canada Post Canada Post closes down operations after a campaign of rolling strikes by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
Rapper Dexter Isaac, a convicted killer, claims responsibility for an attempted assassination of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1994.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences changes the rules regarding the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards, allowing anywhere from five to ten nominees, provided that each receives a minimum of 5% of the nominating votes.
Mario Vargas Llosa Mario Vargas Llosa, last year's recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, speaks out against authoritarian governments and calls on all citizens to participate in political life while addressing students at Shanghai International Studies University.
Colum McCann Colum McCann wins the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the world's richest literary award, for his novel "Let the Great World Spin".
Kim Sung-chan Admiral Kim Sung-chan, the head of the Republic of Korea Navy, vows a stronger response to aggression from North Korea.
2011 Yemeni uprising Islamic militants seize parts of the southern city of Houta in Lahij province in a surprise dawn raid.
The Associated Press claims that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is building an airbase in the Persian Gulf to target terrorists in the event of a terrorist element taking control of Yemen.
Civil war A group of U.S. lawmakers files a lawsuit against President Barack Obama over U.S. military operations in Libya.
Bank of Ireland Bank of Ireland chairman Pat Molloy and chief executive Richie Boucher, gathered for a meeting at University College Dublin (UCD), are attacked with eggs amid calls to have them all "taken out and bloody shot".
2011 Spanish protests 2011 Spanish protests: Protesters blockade parliament buildings in Barcelona, in a protest simultaneous with events in Greece, to express their annoyance with government cuts after camping outside overnight. The Presidents of Catalan Government and Parliament avoid the protesters by flying in on helicopters.
2011 Greek uprising Some Greek journalists' unions cancel their strike in order to provide coverage of the protests.
Police detain 10 protesters to prevent them disrupting lawmakers as they slip into parliament by car.
Police fire tear gas on Greek people protesting against cuts being implemented by their government in co-operation with the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
Police descend in droves on the parliament building, blocking the protesters from forming a human ring around it, firing water cannon at the protesters and barricading their path.
The protesters call themselves the "indignants" in solidarity with their Spanish counterparts who camped against cuts in Madrid and Barcelona until the Spanish police forced them out.
Greek and Spanish flags fill parliament square alongside banners reading "Resist" and "¡no pasarán!" (they shall not pass), dating from the Spanish Civil War.
Greek unions initiate a general strike, with protesters vowing to surround the Hellenic Parliament as it prepares to discuss its plans for financial cuts.