- La Soufrière (pictured) erupts in Saint Vincent, forcing the evacuation of around 20,000 people.
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort of Queen Elizabeth II, dies at the age of 99.
- Rioting occurs in loyalist areas of Northern Ireland.
- In NCAA Division I basketball, the Stanford Cardinal win the Women's Championship and the Baylor Bears win the Men's Championship.
- Vjosa Osmani is elected as the fifth president of Kosovo.
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