By
Alamgir khan
Jan 8th - Attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store kills 6 and wounds 13, including Giffords
Jan 14th - Stampede near Sabarimala in Kerala, India kills 104 devotees and injures 100 more
Jan 14th - Ben Ali, former Tunisian president, fled the country to Saudi Arabia after popular protests (dubbed as Jasmine Revolution) requesting his departure.
Jan 15th - Wikipedia the free internet encyclopedia turns 10 years old
Jan 24th - At least 35 died and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.
Jan 25th - Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins in Egypt, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and throughout other cities in Egypt.
Jan 28th - Hundreds of thousands of protesters fill the Egyptian's streets against the Mubarak regime in demonstrations referred to as the "Friday of Anger"
Feb 3rd - All available blocks of IPv4 internet addresses are officially distributed to regional authorities.
Feb 11th - Egyptian Revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
Feb 14th - The 2011 Bahraini uprising commenced.
Feb 15th - Libyan protests begin opposing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule
Feb 22nd - An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people
Feb 24th - Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103).
Feb 25th - In the Irish general election, the Fianna Fáil-led government suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government since the formation of the Irish state in 1921.
Mar 9th - Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
Mar 11th - An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
Mar 12th - A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.
Apr 1st - After protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob attacked a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and killed thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
Apr 9th - A gunman murdered five people, injured eleven, and committed suicide in a mall in the Netherlands.
Apr 11th - Minsk Metro bombing
Apr 19th - Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years of holding the title.
Apr 23rd - Zach Daniels defeated Rick Michaels to become the new TNT Heavyweight Champion.
Apr 25th - At least 300 people killed in deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since the 1974 Super Outbreak.
Apr 27th - The deadliest day of the 2011 Super outbreak of tornadoes, the largest tornado outbreak, in United States history.
Apr 29th - Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton.
May 1st - Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
May 2nd - Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
May 2nd - The 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
May 22nd - An EF5 Tornado strikes the US city of Joplin, Missouri killing at least 158 people, the single deadliest US tornado since modern record keeping began in 1950.
May 25th - Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Jun 13th - Christchurch, New Zealand is hit by another strong earthquake measuring magnitude 6.3
Jul 7th - Roof of a stand in De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede which was under construction collapsed, one killed and 14 injured.
Jul 8th - Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
Jul 9th - South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
Jul 10th - British tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal.
Jul 11th - Neptune completes its first orbit since its discovery on September 23, 1846.
Jul 13th - Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.
Jul 21st - NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.
Jul 22nd - Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
Aug 5th - Svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011) - a rogue Polar Bear attacks and kills a British schoolboy.
Aug 6th - A helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38.
Aug 16th - Beginning of World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid
Aug 18th - The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment
Aug 23rd - Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the 2011 Libyan Civil War.
Aug 23rd - 5.8 earthquake occurrs in Mineral, Virginia felt as far north as Ontario and as far south as Atlanta, Georgia
Aug 26th - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA
Sep 7th - Plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team
Sep 17th - Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zucotti Park, New York City.
Sep 20th - The United States ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
Sep 22nd - CERN scientists announce their discovery of neutrinos breaking the speed of light
Oct 15th - Global protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries.
Oct 15th - Legoland Florida in Winter Haven, Florida Opens. This is the world's largest Legoland theme park
Oct 16th - 2011 Nikki Reed weds Paul McDonald in Malibu
Oct 18th - Gilad Shalit is released.
Oct 20th - The former leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, and his son Moatassem Gaddafi are killed shortly after the battle of Sirte (2011) while in the custody of NTC fighters.
Oct 23rd - A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
Oct 27th - The Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation RENDER SAFE - it is likely to be Japanese.
Oct 29th - Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours.
Oct 31st - The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations
Nov 8th - The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passed 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
Nov 12th - Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis.
Nov 23rd - Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, The Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh Signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
Nov 25th - Sudden violent storms strike southern Sri Lanka, killing 27 people and drowning many fishermen caught by surprise. Thousands of homes lose their roofs and several more sustain damage. Landslides along with flooding was reported on the mainland.
Nov 26th - 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
Jan. 5
Republicans assume control of the House of Representatives.
Jan. 8
Six people are killed and 16 injured when Jared Loughner, 22, starts shooting at a political event outside a shopping centre near Tucson, Arizona. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the intended target, is shot through the head but survived. A U.S. district court judge and 9-year-old girl born on 9/11 are both killed. Loughner is charged with murder and attempted assassination.
Jan. 10
Flash flooding in Queensland state in Australia kills at least 10 and left 70 missing. Rain since November caused sporadic flooding in the state in December and January.; affected more than 250,000 people.
Jan. 11
Heavy rainfall in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janerio triggers floods and mudslides killing at least 665 and displacing 14,000 people.
Jan. 14
After weeks of protest over unemployment, food prices and overall poor living conditions, the 23-year rule of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia collapses. He flees the country with members of his family and a large quantity of gold.
Jan. 24
A suicide bombing in Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport kills 37 and injured another 180. A Chechen warlord claims responsibility.
Jan. 25
Egyptians start protesting against President Hosni Mubarak's government. On Jan. 28, thousands demonstrate in several cities after Friday prayers. Access to the Internet and mobile phone networks are cut. Mubarak dismisses his government and appoints a new cabinet.
Feb. 2
After weeks of protests, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns. A military council takes power and promises elections.
Feb.14
American President Obama releases his budget plan that includes a U.S.$1.6 trillion dollar deficit for 2012.
Feb. 17
A popular uprising begins in Libya but leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi refuses to resign and fights back against rebels.
Feb. 22
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand. 155 people were killed and thousands of buildings were destroyed.
March 7
After a public spat with the creator of Two and a Half Men, lead actor Charlie Sheen is fired from the hit show. Sheen had been in and out of rehab, been arrested for domestic assault and in trouble for destroying a New York City hotel room during a party. Sheen takes to Twitter and reaches one million followers within hours. His erratic behaviour continues for weeks.
March 11
A massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Japan, triggering an even more devastating tsunami. More than 10,000 people are killed or missing and the Fukushima nuclear reactors are damaged causing radiation leaks and long-term evacuations.
March 17
The United Nations votes to impose a no-fly zone over Libya after weeks of violent government attacks on protesters.
March 18
Libya announces a ceasefire, but fighting continues and the UN mission launches the first air strikes the next day.
April 8
After months of escalating protests, security forces kill a few dozen anti-government protesters in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Daraa. Tens of thousands of Syrians protest the violence.
April 14
Deadly tornadoes rip through the southern United States, killing 18 people. By the end of the month, tornadoes will have killed about 300 people.
April 19
Syria lifts the 48-year-old state of emergency laws in an effort to defuse protests. Reports suggest more than 600 were killed and 1,000 arrested.
April 24
Nearly 500 insurgents escape from a Kandahar prison through a tunnel built by the Taliban.
April 29
Britain celebrates the fairytale-like royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
May 1
After a nine-and-a-half year manhunt, American commandos find and kill Osama Bin Laden in a compound north of Islamabad, Pakistan.
May 14
International Monetary Fund chief Dominic Strauss-Kahn is arrested minutes before he was to leave for France, after being accused of a sexual attack on a hotel maid in New York. He will resign from the IMF five days later.
May 19
U.S. President Barack Obama signals a shift in his Middle East policy by publicly calling for the creation of a Palestinian state along 1967 borders — bluntly telling Israel the "status quo is unsustainable" if it wants to achieve lasting peace, angering Israeli leaders.
May 24
Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak is ordered to stand trial, facing the death penalty, for the killing of democracy protesters.
June 19
Drug violence spreads across Mexico as at least 17 people are killed in a string of attacks, including a shooting at a bar in Monterrey.
June 24
Conrad Black's wife Barbara Amiel faints after a U.S. judge orders the former media baron back to prison.
June 29
Greek police fire tear gas at masked demonstrators attacking the finance ministry after lawmakers pass the first of two austerity bills demanded by international lenders to stave off default and avert a deepening of the global financial crisis.
July 7
Media baron Rupert Murdoch announces the closure of the embattled News of the World tabloid in the wake of an ever-growing phone-hacking scandal. The paper dies after 168 years of publishing.
July 21
The space shuttle Atlantis touches down just before 6 a.m. for the last time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ending the American space shuttle program.
July 22
In what is being described as the worst violence Norway has faced since the Second World War, a gunman opens fire on a youth camp and a detonates a bomb in the country's capital, killing 77 and injuring 151 people.
July 29
The United Nations warns that the whole of southern Somalia is heading into famine as the Horn of Africa food crisis deepens, leaving millions at risk of starvation.
Aug. 3
American officials release details of indictments in what's being billed as the largest online child porn bust of its kind. Two Canadians are caught in the global sweep.
Aug. 5
The United States' credit rating is cut for the first time when Standard & Poor's lowers it from triple-A to AA+, citing the country's looming deficit burden and weak policy-making process.
Aug. 10
British Prime Minister David Cameron British authorizes the use of water cannon for the first time outside Northern Ireland to deal with the worst riots in a generation in London and surrounding cities.
Aug. 24
Steve Jobs, the co-founder and CEO of tech giant Apple Inc., announces he is resigning immediately from his post after years of health problems.
Sept. 2
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks releases online its entire cache of American diplomatic cables, drawing a furious response from its media partners and foreign governments for releasing unredacted information that could endanger the lives of sources.
Sept. 7
A Russian plane carrying one of the country's top hockey teams — Lokomotiv of the Kontinental Hockey League — crashes during takeoff, killing 43 members of the team and leaving two survivors in grave condition.
Sept. 11
Family members of 9/11's approximately 3,000 victims, including 24 Canadians, finally see the official memorial — two reflecting pools set in the footprints of the original Twin Towers — in New York City on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Sept. 16
Winnipeg-born and raised pilot George Hewitt is killed along with nine others when a plane crashes into the grandstands at a Reno, Nevada, air race.
Sept. 17
Protesting corporate greed and economic disparity, a group of protesters march through the heart of New York's financial district and give birth to Occupy Wall Street.
Sept. 24
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asks the United Nations to recognize a state for his people, despite opposition from the United States and Israel.
Sept. 29
German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives an overwhelming show of support from her government for a beefed-up EU bailout, sending a strong signal to the five remaining EU countries that have to ratify the deal.
Oct. 3
American student Amanda Knox is released from an Italian prison after being acquitted of the murder and sexual assault of British student Meredith Kercher, ending her four-year legal battle to prove her innocence.
Oct. 5
Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc., and its long-time CEO, dies at age 56.
Oct. 18
Gilad Shalit salutes his prime minister and hugs his parents after a landmark prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel brings the captured soldier home after five years. His freedom was exchanged for that of more than 1,000 Palestinians.
Oct. 20
Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year reign over Libya ends when he is killed during an assault by opposition forces on his hometown of Sirte.
Oct. 21
President Barack Obama announces all remaining U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of 2011, ending a war that deeply divided the nation, left almost 4,500 American soldiers dead and cost more than $800 billion.
Oct. 27
Marathon talks among European Union leaders ends with agreement over a complex plan to help solve Greece's debt problem and strengthen EU banks.
Nov. 6
Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou announces he will resign his post over his botched decision to put the EU bailout agreement to a referendum.
Nov. 9
An earthquake in eastern Turkey kills at least five people and traps scores more under the rubble of two hotels and a dozen other buildings, less than three weeks after another killed 600 in the same area.
Nov. 10
The Obama administration says it is delaying a final ruling on the Keystone XL oilsands pipeline until after the November 2012 presidential election while the government looks to reroute it.
Nov. 12
The EU economic crisis claims its second leader in less than a week when Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi bows to pressure and resigns.
Nov. 15
An early morning operation by New York City police clears Zuccotti Park in Manhattan of Occupy Wall Street protesters, eliminating the movement's symbolic home.
Nov. 21
After almost a year away from the game of hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby makes a triumphant return to the ice, scoring four points in his first game back from concussion.
Dec. 5
King Albert II names Elio Rupo as the prime minister of Belgium after 541 days of negotiations following an indecisive election in June 2010.
NHL star Sidney Crosby's post concussion return is aborted after just a few weeks. He suffers concussion symptoms again after two collisions in a game against Boston, the second one with his own teammate Chris Kunitz.
Dec. 6
Two explosions at religious shrines on the Shiite holy day of Ashura kills at least 59 people in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan.
Dec. 11
After two weeks and two days of negotiation, the international community signs a new agreement to tackle global warming in Durban, South Africa.
Dec. 13
A man armed with a gun and grenades kills five people and himself in a public square in the Belgian city of Liege.
Dec. 15
The nine-year mission American military mission in Iraq comes to a formal end with a ceremony at the Baghdad Airport.
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Alamgir khan