Template:In the news
- In Gaelic football, Dublin defeat Kerry to win the All-Ireland Senior Championship Final for the first time since 1995.
- The United Nations General Assembly accepts the credentials of the National Transitional Council to represent Libya in the assembly's current session.
- A race plane (pictured) crashes into a crowd of spectators at the Reno Air Races in the U.S. state of Nevada, killing nine people and injuring 69 others.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt is designated to become the first female Prime Minister of Denmark after a parliamentary election.
- In a court case concerning the theft of Kevlar-related trade secrets, DuPont is awarded US$920 million in damages.
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