Historical Events
- A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines worst terrorist attack kills 116
- Former BPMC general secretary Ordrick Samuel launches a new party in Barbuda, Barbudans for a Better Barbuda
Famous Weddings
- Singer-actress Solange Knowles (18) weds Texas Southern University football player Daniel Smith at Old Bahama Bay Resort in Grand Bahama Island
Famous Deaths
- Paul Sweezy, American Marxist economist and editor (Monthly Review), dies at 93
- Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historians (b. 1928)