Historical Events
Academy Awards
91st Academy Awards: Best Picture "Green Book", Best Director Alfonso Cuarón, Best Actor Rami Malek, Best Actress Olivia Colman
- At least 133 people have died and 200 treated in hospital after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in Golaghat district, north-eastern India
Summit of Interest
Roman Catholic Church summit on paedophilia ends with Pope Francis promising more action and calling those guilty "tools of Satan"
Pope Francis
Famous Deaths
- Li Xueqin, Chinese eminent historian, archaeologist, and palaeographer, dies at 85
- Malcolm "Mac" Wiseman, American bluegrass singer, dies at 93
- Margaret Scott, South-African ballet dancer and founder (Australian Ballet School), dies at 96