A thousand vessels parade down the River Thames in London as part of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
A passenger plane crashes into a building in Lagos, Nigeria, killing all 153 people on board.Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak(pictured) is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry approves the names flerovium and livermorium for two recently discovered synthetic elements.
Viswanathan Anand defeats Boris Gelfand to win a fourth consecutive World Chess Championship.