Lee Kuan Yew Lee Kuan Yew, a founding father of Singapore as well as its first prime minister, dies at the age of 91 after a prolonged illness.
Utah The U.S. state of Utah reinstates the use of execution by firing squad for situations where lethal injection is not possible.
US Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court affirms Wisconsin's law requiring voters to present photo identification to cast a ballot.
NFL Former NFL player Darren Sharper pleads guilty in a Maricopa County, Arizona courtroom to raping two women after spiking their drinks at a Tempe apartment in November 2013, and the court sentences him to nine years in prison. Sharper has also been indicted on charges of sexually assaulting women in the U.S. states of California, Louisiana, and Nevada.
North Gauteng High Court The South Gauteng High Court sitting in Palm Ridge, Katlehong, finds former doubles tennis champion Bob Hewitt guilty of two counts of rape and one of sexual assault of three former students that he coached in South Africa.
National Assembly of Armenia The National Assembly of Armenia approves a declaration recognizing the Greek and Assyrian genocides by Ottoman Turkey between 1915 and 1923.
Huarmey A bus crashes into traffic near Huarmey in northern Peru, leaving at least thirty-seven people dead and dozens injured.
China China's biggest state-owned chemical company ChemChina acquires a 26% stake in Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli with an additional offer to buy the remaining outstanding shares.
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present) Multiple bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill at least nineteen people and wound another thirty-six.