SpaceX SpaceX launches a weather observation satellite, Deep Space Climate Observatory, at 6:03 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral, Florida (for the US Air Force-NASA-NOAA), but postpones making of a second attempt to land a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket on a floating platform called the autonomous spaceport drone ship, following the January 10 failure during the SpaceX CRS-5 mission. SpaceX instead, attempts a "mock" soft-landing into the Atlantic ocean
Newtownbutler A shooting at a wedding in Newtownbutler, Northern Ireland kills one and injuries one while another victim was injured by a knife.
Killing a Muslim family of three Police arrest a suspected shooter Craig Stephen Hicks for killing a Muslim family of three in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Police state that the shooting was motivated by a long-standing neighbor dispute over parking.
War in Donbass Leaders from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine meet in the Belarusian capital Minsk for peace talks.
CCP General Secretary General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to the United States next September.
Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) The United States, United Kingdom, and France close their Yemeni embassies and evacuate their staff due to terrorist activities and continued unrest.
''Costa Concordia'' disaster A court in the city of Grosseto convicts the former captain of the "Costa Concordia", Francesco Schettino, of manslaughter for his part in the ship's January 2012 sinking, and sentences him to 16 years in jail.
Yeongjong Bridge A 106-car pileup occurs on Yeongjong Bridge in Incheon, South Korea, leaving two men dead and more than 65 people injured.
Cyprus The Greek Coast Guard rescues all 22 crewmen from a Cyprus-flagged vessel "Good Faith" that ran aground on the Greek island of Andros during a storm in the Aegean Sea.
Rite Aid Rite Aid, one of the largest chains of pharmacies in the United States, announces that it is purchasing EnvisionRx, a pharmacy benefits manager, from TPG Capital, for $2 billion.