United States Senate The United States Senate approves Vivek Murthy's nomination as Surgeon General by a 51–43 vote.
Umbrella Revolution Authorities remove the last remaining protest camp, the one at Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Nguyen Duc Kien An appellate court in Vietnam upholds a 30-year prison sentence and convictions for Nguyen Duc Kien, a former businessman.
US Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States rules by an 8–1 vote that evidence collected based on a reasonable misinterpretation of the law can be used at trial and is not deemed an unreasonable search or seizure.
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania shootings A shooting spree kills six people throughout Montgomery County in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suburbs. The suspect, Bradley William Stone, remains at large.
2014 Sydney hostage crisis A gunman, Man Haron Monis, takes 17 people hostage at Lindt Chocolate Café in Martin Place, Sydney.
Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the Occident About ten thousand people, including those of Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the Occident (PEGIDA), protest in Germany against the presence of Muslims.
Law of the Sea Convention Authorized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Denmark becomes the first country to officially submit a claim on the North Pole.
Philippines Philippine prosecutors charge a United States Marine with murder over the death of Jennifer Laude, a Filipino transgender woman.