Sybrand van Haersma Buma Sybrand van Haersma Buma is elected as the new party leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and becomes the "lijsttrekker" (top candidate) for the Dutch general election of 2012.
Group The Group of Eight meets in the United States at Camp David with the Greek debt crisis and associated Eurozone problems on the agenda.
Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 close at their lowest levels of 2012.
Social network The social network Facebook holds an initial public offering and closes nearly flat at $38.23 a share.
Mexico Masked gunmen kidnap and kill Marcos Antonio Avila Garcia, a journalist who often wrote about organized crime. His corpse was found inside a plastic bag in the Mexican city of Empalme.