Barack Obama President of the United States Barack Obama delivers a speech to a joint session of both houses of Congress, putting forward a new job-creation plan entailing major spending initiatives and tax cuts.
Public sector Up to 40,000 public sector workers gather in the Australian city of Sydney to protest a wages cap and job cuts in the 2011-12 budget proposed by the Government of the State of New South Wales.
Tuiloma Neroni Slade Secretary General Tuiloma Neroni Slade is reappointed to a second, three-year term as head of the Pacific Islands Forum.
Power outage A blackout in southern California, Arizona and Baja California in Mexico caused by the loss of the entire San Diego Gas & Electric system leads to the closure of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and the loss of power to more than two million people.
National Weather Service The National Weather Service issues flash flooding warnings for the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland and Virginia.
Counterterrorism United States counterterrorism officials investigate reports of a potential terrorist threat against either New York City or Washington D.C., linked to the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Sunday.
Six people are killed and at least three injured in a series of raids by Russian forces on suspected militants in the North Caucasus.