Space Shuttle Atlantis The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off for the final mission of the US Space Shuttle program.
Arab Spring A large protest with as many as a million people participating is planned for the Egyptian capital Cairo over perceived lack of progress since the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
News of the World Former editor of the "News of the World", Andy Coulson, is arrested for questioning due to alleged involvement in a phone hacking affair.
United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council discusses sending a peacekeeping force to the Republic of South Sudan when it becomes an independent nation tomorrow.
Hewa Bora A Hewa Bora Boeing 727 airliner crashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo killing 74 people.
France A court in France announces a delay of an investigation into whether Christine Lagarde abused her authority as Finance Minister of that country. Lagarde is the new Director of the International Monetary Fund.
U.S. First Lady Former First Lady Betty Ford, wife of former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, dies at 93.