Right-to-die American right-to-die activist Jack Kevorkian dies in Royal Oak, Michigan of pneumonia and kidney problems.
U.S. House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives votes in favour of a non-binding resolution asking the Obama administration to seek Congressional authorization for the intervention in Libya.
John Edwards John Edwards, former United States presidential candidate and Senator representing North Carolina, is indicted on charges of conspiracy and violating campaign finance laws in connection to his affair with Rielle Hunter; Edwards denies he broke any laws.
Ratko Mladić Bosnian Serb genocide suspect Ratko Mladić makes his first appearance at the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, and dismisses charges against him as "obnoxious."
United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council expresses "grave concern about the ongoing violence and rapidly deteriorating situation in Abyei in southern Sudan.
Agent Orange A South Korean report claims that South Korea and the United States sprayed Agent Orange on the Demilitarized Zone in 1968-69 in order to prevent infiltrations from North Korea.
North Dakota Residents in North Dakota and South Dakota evacuate due to flooding of the Missouri River.
Chevron Corporation Four people are killed and one seriously injured in an explosion at a Chevron Corporation storage tank at a refinery in western Wales; it is not immediately clear what caused the explosion.
Munitions 57 people are injured, and 28,000 people have been forced to evacuate, following an explosion at an army munitions depot in Russia's western Ural Mountains region.
Qantas Australian airline Qantas announces plans to offer 350 flight attendants voluntary redundancies.
Barack Obama Barack Obama, the President of the United States, announces the sale of the US government's stake in Chrysler to Italian automaker Fiat at a visit to a plant at Toledo, Ohio.
Greek Prime Minister Greek prime minister, George Papandreou presents a plan for further austerity-measure privatizations in return for more international aid to avoid defaulting on its debt following a 110 billion Euro bailout last year that has so far failed to resolve the Greek economic crisis; Greece's main labor unions have called for a general strike on June 15.
James Arness American actor James Arness, best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke", dies in Brentwood, California, aged 88.
2011 Egyptian revolution 2011 Egyptian revolution: A female journalist is attacked in Cairo's Tahrir Square while covering a demonstration demanding an immediate trial for former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak.
Iraq In two bombing attacks in Iraq, 17 people are killed and 50 others wounded in a blast outside of the Presidential Palaces Mosque in central Tikrit, Iraq; and later by a suicide bomber in a Tikrit hospital treating the wounded from the first attack, killing six people and injuring ten at the hospital.
Somalia Somali government forces and African Union troops expel al Qaeda-linked militants from their last outpost in the western part of Mogadishu, opening up a main road in the city.
Afghanistan More than 200 Afghan militants cross over into Pakistan and attack a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, sparking a clash in which 28 Pakistani security forces and six civilians die, along with 45 Afghans.
Sudanese Army Sudanese government troops and Sudan Liberation Army rebels clash in the western Darfur region; two SLA rebels are reported killed.
Libya At least 150 people drown when an overcrowded boat carrying about 850 refugees fleeing Libya capsized off the Tunisian coast; scores more are still missing as a search for survivors by Tunisian authorities continues.
Syrian uprising U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that more than 1,000 people have now died in Syria since the conflict began.
At least 34 more protesters are killed by Syrian security forces in protest marches dedicated to children who have died during the demonstrations.
Sana'a A rocket attack on the presidential palace in Sana'a during the Battle of Sana'a leaves president Ali Abdullah Saleh lightly injured and seven other top government officials wounded, including Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawar. Four presidential guards and Sheikh Ali Mohsen al-Matari, an imam at the mosque, were killed.