Famous Weddings
- Dresden Dolls singer Amanda Palmer (34) weds author Neil Gaiman (50) in Berkley, California
Famous Deaths
- Anne Francis, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, Pancho Villa), dies at 80
- Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)
- Richard D. Winters, American Army officer (b.1918)
- Szeto Wah, Hong Kong politician and educationalist (b. 1931)