Historical Events
- Floods and landslides in North East Japan, centered on Joso force 90,000 to evacuate their homes
- New human-like species - Homo Naledi announced by Scientists and a team of female archaeologists, found deep in caves in South Africa
- Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson resigns in wake of IRA supposed killing of Kevin McGuigan
Famous Deaths
- Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor (I Vitelloni, Ulysses, Sciuscià), dies at 83