George W. Bush Presidential Center The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas, is dedicated in the presence of President of the United States Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush and all living former presidents. The complex will be opened to the public on May 1.
Sunil Tripathi After being missing for over a week, the body of Sunil Tripathi is found in the Providence River.
Mexican Mexican photojournalist Daniel Alejandro Martínez Bazaldúa is found dead in Saltillo, Coahuila, an area where Los Zetas drug cartel operates. With his death, Mexico consolidates itself as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, where more than 80 have been killed since 2000.
United Kingdom The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia 22 years after it closed as a result of the chaos after the fall of Mohamed Siad Barre's government and subsequent Somali Civil War.
United States Secretary of Defence The United States Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel claims that US intelligence has concluded "with some degree of varying confidence" that the Government of Syria has used sarin gas during the past two years in the civil war. The Israeli and British governments made similar statements.
United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council votes to send a peacekeeping force to Mali to replace French and African forces battling Islamist guerrillas.
Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force shoots down a Hezbollah drone from Lebanon off the coast of Haifa.
Michael Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York City, claims that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation briefed him that suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said that the bombers intended to attack New York City next.