A gunman fatally shoots six people, including himself, and wounds four others in a shooting in Grand Prairie, Texas. (The Guardian)
Daryoush Rezaei, an Iranian scientist, is shot dead outside his home in Tehran. It was reported that the scientist had links to the country's nuclear programme. (BBC)
General John M. Shalikashvili, a Polish-American former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Bill Clinton during the Post-Cold War years and the Bosnian conflicts who had suffered a major stroke several years ago, dies.
South Vietnamese premier and general Nguyễn Cao Kỳ dies at age 80 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.