Historical Events
- 300 prisoners are freed after a Taliban attack in Dera Ismal Khan, Pakistan
- 44 people are killed in a wave of car bombings in Iraq
Golf Tournament
British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: American Mark Wiebe wins in a playoff with Bernhard Langer of Germany
Bernhard Langer
- €103 million of diamonds is stolen from the Carton Intercontinental Hotel, Cannes, France
Famous Deaths
- Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian soccer striker (Ecuador 58 caps), dies from heart failure at 27