Joanna Yeates The trial of Vincent Tabak, who is accused of murdering British landscape architect Joanna Yeates, begins at Bristol Crown Court.
South Africa The trial of two South African farm workers for the murder of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging white supremacist Eugène Terre'Blanche begins.
Bank of Greece The Bank of Greece announces the bail-out and takeover of Proton Bank via that country's Financial Stability Fund.
American American economists Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims win the 2011 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Iran Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr is sentenced to 90 lashes of the cane and a year's jail in Tehran for appearing in the film "My Tehran For Sale" which criticises the Government of Iran's harsh policies on the arts.