Historical Events
- 29 people are killed and 12 are injured after a bus veers off a mountain road in Doti, Nepal
- 46 people are killed and 12 are missing after a landslide buries a village in the Yunnan province, China
Famous Deaths
- Aaron H. Swartz, American computer programmer, dies from an apparent suicide at 26
- Lars Werner, Swedish communist leader, dies at 77
- Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (Flash Gordon, Summer Night), dies at 71