Rugby union In rugby union, the British and Irish Lions rout Australia 41–16 in Sydney to win their three-Test series 2–1. It is the Lions' first series win since 1997, when they defeated South Africa.
Boeing 777 A Boeing 777 flown by Asiana Airlines crash-lands at San Francisco International Airport with 3 dead and 181 injured.
Derails and explodes A runaway train carrying crude oil derails and explodes in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Québec, Canada. Early reports say that five are dead, a hundred are missing and 2000 are evacuated.
Pakistan Railways At least fourteen people are killed as Pakistan Railways Karakoram Express runs over a rickshaw near the city of Sheikhupura.
Kill 42 people Islamic extremists kill 42 people, mainly students, in an attack on the Government Secondary School boarding school in the Nigerian town of Mamudo in Yobe state.