Yamal-402 Yamal-402, the Russian communications satellite, is taken to its planned geostationary orbit following a series of four adjustment operations.
Russia Russian police arrest prominent opposition leaders at a rally against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
U.S Secretary of State United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sustained a concussion after fainting from dehydration at her home.
Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, successfully undergoes surgery to remove gallstones from his gallbladder.
Egypt Voters in Egypt go to the polls for a highly charged referendum on a new constitution with violent clashes reported in Alexandria the evening before.
Fashion Island A man stood in the parking lot of the Fashion Island mall in Newport Beach, California, and fired 50 gunshots in the air, inducing a mass of panic from the shoppers and employees. No one was hit by the bullets, but one person was injured while trying to flee. A 42-year-old man was arrested for the shooting, and additional ammunition was found in his car.
Alabama Two incidents of shootings happened in the U.S. state of Alabama. A 38-year-old man opens fire at a hospital in Birmingham, wounding a police officer and two employees before he is fatally shot by police. In another unrelated incident, a man suspected of the fatal shooting of three people in a mobile home in Cleburne County, is shot to death near Birmingham by police after brandishing an AK-47.
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, the Governor of Nigeria's Kaduna state dies in a helicopter crash in Bayelsa state, together with former national security adviser General Owoye Andrew Azazi and other senior officials.
Asylum seeker At least 18 asylum seekers drown in the Aegean Sea while trying to reach Greece from Turkey.
Cyclone Evan Cyclone Evan is expected to hit northern parts of Tonga before turning south towards Fiji.