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1/8 - "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"

1/14 - "Stampede near Sabarimala in Kerala, India kills 104 devotees and injures 100 more"

1/14 - "Ben Ali, former Tunisian president, fled the country to Saudi Arabia after popular protests (dubbed as Jasmine Revolution) requesting his departure."

1/15 - Wikipedia the free internet encyclopedia turns 10 years old

1/24 - At least 35 died and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.

1/25 - "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."

1/28 - "Hundreds of thousands of protesters fill the Egyptian's streets against the Mubarak regime in demonstrations referred to as the ""Friday of Anger"""

1/30 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 55-41

2/3 - All available blocks of IPv4 internet addresses are officially distributed to regional authorities.

2/6 - "Super Bowl XLV: Green Bay Packers beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25 at the Cowboys Stadium MVP: Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay, QB"

2/9 - Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday album reached number one on the Billboard 200 in its eleventh week on the chart.

2/11 - Egyptian Revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.

2/13 - "53rd Grammy Awards: Need You Now, Esperanza Spalding wins"

2/14 - The 2011 Bahraini uprising commenced.

2/15 - Libyan protests begin opposing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule

2/22 - "An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people"

2/24 - Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103).

2/25 - "In the Irish general election, the Fianna Fﾃ｡il-led government suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government since the formation of the Irish state in 1921."

3/9 - Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.

3/12 - A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.

4/1 - "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."

4/9 - "A gunman murdered five people, injured eleven, and committed suicide in a mall in the Netherlands."

4/10 - "75th Golf Masters Championship: Charl Schwartzel wins, shooting a 274"

4/11 - Minsk Metro bombing

4/19 - Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years of holding the title.

4/23 - Zach Daniels defeated Rick Michaels to become the new TNT Heavyweight Champion.

4/25 - At least 300 people killed in deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since the 1974 Super Outbreak.

4/27 - "The deadliest day of the 2011 Super outbreak of tornadoes, the largest tornado outbreak, in United States history."

5/1 - "Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI."

5/2 - "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."

5/2 - "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."

5/7 - 137th Kentucky Derby: John Velazquez aboard Animal Kingdom wins in 2:02.04

5/16 - Space shuttle Endeavour launches for its final commission in space

5/22 - "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."

5/25 - "Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show."

5/25 - "46th Academy of Country Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Brad Paisley wins "

5/29 - Indianapolis 500: Dan Wheldon wins in 2:56:11.7267 (274.015 km/h)

6/8 - "45th CMT Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins"

6/11 - 143rd Belmont: Jose Valdivia Jr aboard Ruler On Ice wins in 2:30.88

6/12 - "65th NBA Championship: Dallas Mavericks beat Miami Heat, 4 games to 2"

6/13 - "Christchurch, New Zealand is hit by another strong earthquake measuring magnitude 6.3"

6/19 - 111th US Golf Open: Rory McIlroy shoots a 268 at Congressional GC MD

6/26 - 57th LPGA Championship won by Yani Tseng

7/3 - 118th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Petra Kvitovﾃ｡ beats Maria Sharapova (6-3 6-4)

7/3 - 125th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal (6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3)

7/7 - "Roof of a stand in De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede which was under construction collapsed, one killed and 14 injured."

7/8 - Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.

7/10 - British tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal.

7/11 - "Neptune completes its first orbit since its discovery on September 23, 1846."

7/12 - "82nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Chase Field, Phoenix"

7/13 - "Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130."

7/17 - 140th British Golf Open: Darren Clarke shoots a 275 at Royal St George's Golf Club

7/21 - NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.

7/22 - "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 Utﾃｸya."

8/5 - Svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011) - a rogue Polar Bear attacks and kills a British schoolboy.

8/6 - A helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38.

8/14 - 93rd PGA Championship: Keegan Bradley shoots a 272 at Atlanta Athletic Club

8/16 - Beginning of World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid

8/18 - The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment

8/23 - 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.

8/23 - "5.8 earthquake occurrs in Mineral, Virginia felt as far north as Ontario and as far south as Atlanta, Georgia"

8/26 - "The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA"

8/28 - "28th MTV Awards: Katy Perry, Lady Gaga & Justin Bieber wins"

9/7 - "Plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team"

9/17 - "Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zucotti Park, New York City."

9/20 - "The United States ends its ""Don't Ask, Don't Tell"" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time."

9/22 - CERN scientists announce their discovery of neutrinos breaking the speed of light

10/15 - "Legoland Florida (the world's largest Legoland theme park) opens in Winter Haven, Florida."

10/15 - Global protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries.

10/18 - Gilad Shalit is released.

10/20 - "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."

10/23 - "A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands."

10/27 - "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."

10/29 - Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours.

10/31 - The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations

11/8 - "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."

11/9 - "45th Country Music Association Award: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins"

11/12 - "Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis."

11/23 - "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."

11/25 - "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."

11/26 - "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."

11/27 - "99th CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 34-23"

12/4 - 100th Davis Cup: Spain beats Argentina in Seville (3-1)

2011-8-18

The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment