A bomb blast kills at least 69 people and injures more than 150 others in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraq.
Iran and the United Kingdom (flags pictured) expel some of each other's diplomats, in the fallout of the disputed 2009 Iranian presidential election and the protests that followed.
A derailment and collision occurs between two trains on the Red Line of the Washington Metrorail, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100 others.
American Lucas Glover wins the 2009 U.S. Open Golf Championship.
Yunus-bek Yevkurov, the President of the Russian Republic of Ingushetia, is critically wounded in an assassination attempt.
In cricket, Pakistan wins the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 world cup after beating Sri Lanka at Lord's Cricket Ground in London.