Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a member of the House of Saud and the governor of the Riyadh Province, dies at the age of 72 in Riyadh.
British government The UK government's back-to-work programme suffers a setback when judges at the Court of Appeal of England and Wales rule in favour of a university graduate's claim that unpaid schemes are legally flawed.
Midvale Three people are killed in a drug-related shooting in a house in Midvale, Utah, United States.
Stabbing Three people are dead and 11 are wounded in a stabbing attack on the U.S. territory island of Guam.
2013 Southern California shootings 2013 Southern California shootings: Christopher Dorner kills a sheriff's deputy and injures another in the Big Bear Lake, California, United States. He then barricades himself in a cabin, which catches on fire during a police assault. The suspect was killed in the fire.
Manchester Crown Court At Manchester Crown Court Dale Cregan pleads guilty to the murders of Police officers Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone, but denies two other accounts of murder.
Killing herself Two people are dead, including the perpetrator and one of his two victims, in a murder-suicide, in a home in College Park, Maryland, United States. The three were student roommates at the University of Maryland, College Park.
2013 North Korea confirms that it has successfully tested a nuclear device, claiming that it is small enough to be weaponized.
The South Korean officials report that an "artificial earthquake" has occurred in North Korea suggesting that a nuclear test has occurred.