California State Legislature The California State Legislature passes a 2011-12 budget containing significant increases in taxes.
Dáil Éireann Ireland's parliament is involved in controversy amid newspaper reports that thousands of phone calls were made from Dáil Éireann to help TD Michael Healy-Rae win a charity reality TV show four years ago. Taxpayers then picked up the bill.
Boycott Opposition parties boycott the swearing-in of the new parliament in Ankara after judges ban nine elected MPs.
Michael Somare Sir Michael Somare, veteran Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, resigns due to ill-health according to his family.
TechCrunch The TechCrunch web publication reports that the Anonymous computer hacking group has declared war on the U.S. city of Orlando, Florida, in supposed retaliation for the arrest of members of Food Not Bombs.
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia approves a law regulating marriages between Saudi citizens and citizens of other countries.
Ecuadorian President Six police officers are found guilty of crimes against the security of the state as a result of last September's attempted coup against President of Ecuador Rafael Correa who was tear gassed and imprisoned in a hospital.
Germany Germany and the People's Republic of China hold a joint cabinet meeting in Berlin with many lucrative contracts signed.
Sudanese President The President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir arrives in Beijing for talks with Hu Jintao, the President of the People's Republic of China to discuss the recent partition with Southern Sudan.
Haiti A ferry sinks off the coast of Haiti near Port-au-Prince resulting in at least five deaths and seven people missing.
Tropical storm Tropical storm Arlene, the first of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, forms in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
Surgut-1 Power Station At least 12 people are injured in a gas explosion and fire at the Surgut-1 Power Station in the Russian city of Surgut, Tyumen Oblast.
United Nations The United Nations reports the worst drought in six decades is affecting more than 10 million people and forced people in Somalia to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia as they starve to death.
Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory, a major U.S. nuclear weapons research facility, is shut down and is to remain closed as fire fighters battle a raging wildfire nearby.
International Space Station The crew of the International Space Station rush to a rescue shuttle amid concern of the need for a possible emergency evacuation back to Earth as a piece of space debris hurtles dangerously close.
New York Court of Appeals The New York Court of Appeals rules that insurance policyholders opposed to a restructuring plan undertaken by MBIA in 2009 with the approval of its primary regulator, New York's insurance authorities, may sue for fraudulent conveyance in a trial court in that state.
TEPCO The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) incurs wrath from shareholders at its first annual meeting since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, with a motion asking the company to abandon nuclear power being defeated.
Christine Lagarde Christine Lagarde, France's finance minister since 2007, is named the new head the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
BBC BBC reporter Urunboy Usmonov, imprisoned in a Tajikistan jail in Dushanbe, is reported to be "frail".
Ai Weiwei Chinese authorities order artist Ai Weiwei, released from his 80-day imprisonment last week, to pay more than 12 million yuan in unpaid taxes and fines thought by those who know him to be related to his activism.
Myanmar Myanmar deports and blacklists actress Michelle Yeoh who is due to depict Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie.
A Cairo court rules in favour of calls by anti-regime protesters and rules Egypt's local councils elected under the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak are to be dissolved.
Syria's ambassador to the United Kingdom is summoned to answer to allegations that a diplomat is intimidating U.K.-based Syrians.
People in Misrata celebrate on the streets as news reaches them that arrest warrants have been issued by the International Criminal Court for Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Senussi.
Freedom Flotilla II Freedom Flotilla II: The propeller house and propeller shaft of the pro-Palestinian flotilla's Swedish ship "Juliano" are damaged by "hostile divers" in the Greek port of Piraeus, with participants suggesting sabotage.
Engage The protesters include doctors, ambulance drivers, journalists and actors plying their trade at a state-funded theatre.
Police fire tear gas and stun grenades on the anti-austerity protest in Athens, causing injuries and breathing difficulties.
Greek trade unions go on a general strike with transport links including airline flights being cancelled.
Refugees International A report from Refugees International blames NATO's air strikes, its arming of militias, and home raids for the displacement of more than 250,000 people in Afghanistan, a problem which is increasing.
U.S. drone attacks on North Waziristan Tribal sources later indicate that the death toll from the U.S. strikes has increased to 26.
Two U.S. drone missile attacks are reported to have killed at least 15 people in North Waziristan in a late night attack by the U.S. on the region.