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- The referendum on the proposed Iraqi constitution passes with 78% approval and only two provinces "vetoing".
- Ben Bernanke is nominated to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve by President George W. Bush.
- Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in southwest Florida, United States, as a category 3 hurricane, bringing damaging winds and torrential rain days after pounding Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
- Lech Kaczyński wins the Polish presidential election.
- Bellview Airlines Flight 210, carrying over 100 passengers, crashes shortly after taking off from Lagos, Nigeria.