The year marked the start of a series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, and in some cases sparking civil wars such as the Syrian civil war and the

first Libyan civil war The Libyan civil war, also known as the First Libyan Civil War and Libyan Revolution, was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya that was fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and rebel groups that were ...

, the former still ongoing while the latter gave way to the

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. U.S. Navy SEALs killed al-Qaeda leader and terrorist

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in his

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in Pakistan on May 2. The

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rover, which was to land on Mars in August of the following year, launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26. In December, North Korean leader

Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader of North Korea from Death and state funeral of Kim Il Sung, the de ...

, who had been the supreme leader of North Korea since the death of his father

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in 1994,

died Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose sho ...

while traveling by train to a place outside Pyongyang. He was succeeded by his son

Kim Jong Un Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician and dictator who has served as supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is the third son of Kim ...

. 2011 was designated as: *

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International Year of Chemistry The International Year of Chemistry 2011 (IYC 2011) was a year-long commemorative event for the achievements of chemistry and its contributions to humankind.International Year for People of African Descent In 2011, the nation of

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only had 364 days as it moved across the International Date Line skipping

December 30 Events Pre-1600 * 534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire. * 999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a cr ...

, 2011; it is now 24 hours ahead of American Samoa.

Events

January

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officially adopts the

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currency and becomes the 17th

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country. ** A bomb explodes as

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in Alexandria, Egypt leave a new year service, killing 23 people. ** Flight 348 with 134 occupants, operated by Kolavia, catches fire while taxiing out for take-off. Three people are killed and 43 are injured, four critically, from smoke inhalation or burns. *

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading (871), Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great, Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasi ...

–

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n street vendor

Mohamed Bouazizi Tarek El-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (; 29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, an act which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider A ...

dies after

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a month earlier, sparking anti-government protests in Tunisia and later other

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. These protests become known collectively as the

Arab Spring The Arab Spring () was a series of Nonviolent resistance, anti-government protests, Rebellion, uprisings, and Insurgency, armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began Tunisian revolution, in Tunisia ...

. *

January 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 * 1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French ...

–

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group

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launches DoS attacks on

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, Tunisian, Bahraini,

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, and Jordanian

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s in response to the Arab Spring protests. *

January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of the Roman Republic, Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna ...

– A

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teenage girl Felani Khatun, was shot dead by the

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Border Security Force (BSF) on the Anantapur

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under Phulbari upazila in Kurigram. Her body was hanging from the fence for four and half hours. Global

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, including the media, became protesters. *

January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. * 1038 – An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimate ...

– Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 78 people. *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. * 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in I ...

– The

n government falls after a month of increasingly violent protests;

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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Tunisian Arabic: , ; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician who served as the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. In that year, during the Tun ...

flees to

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after 23 years in power. *

January 15 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Roman emperor, Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to set ...

– The result of the

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is in favour of independence, paving the way for the creation of the new state in July. *

January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...

– 37 people are killed and more than 180 others are wounded in a bombing at

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in Moscow, Russia. *

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dyn ...

– The

2011 Egyptian revolution The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January Revolution (;), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police holiday" as a statement against ...

begins. *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...

– Within

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, a

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with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented. *

January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...

– Friday of anger (Egyptian revolution of 2011). Protestors clash with security forces which resulted in over 600 protestors estimated dead and several police stations were raided.

February

February 11 Events Pre-1600 * 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his comin ...

–

Egyptian President The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt () is the executive head of state of Egypt and the de facto appointer of the official head of government under the Egyptian Constitution of 2014. Under the various iterations of the Constitution of Eg ...

Hosni Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011 and the 41st Prime Minister of Egypt, prime minister from 1981 to ...

resigns after widespread protests calling for his departure, leaving control of Egypt in the hands of the

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, until a general election can be held. *

February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...

– The

First Libyan Civil War The Libyan civil war, also known as the First Libyan Civil War and Libyan Revolution, was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya that was fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and rebel groups that were ...

starts. *

February 19 Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats Roman usurper, usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the w ...

–

April 2 Events Pre-1600 * 1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St ...

– The

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is held in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka with India defeating Sri Lanka in the final. *

February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Fer ...

–

March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the H ...

– Uncertainty over Libyan oil output causes

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prices to rise 20% over a two-week period following the Arab Spring, causing the 2011 energy crisis. *

– A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes

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, in what becomes New Zealand's third-deadliest natural disaster. 185 people are killed, many ESL students within the

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, and the city centre and 10,000 homes are destroyed. Many foreign search and rescue workers respond to the event.

March

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Easte ...

– Egyptian protestors storm the State Security headquarters in the

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district of Cairo. *

March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. * 1204 &ndas ...

–

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is triggered when 15 youths in

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are arrested for scrawling graffiti on their school wall denouncing the regime of President

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. *

March 11 Events Pre-1600 * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire. * 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 13 ...

– A 9.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 19,759 people and leaving another 2,553 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories.

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are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake. As a result of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, multiple plants at the

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were damaged, several workers injured, and

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were released into the environment. *

March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman R ...

** Egypt’s

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dissolves the widely feared and hated State Security Investigations Service accused of human rights abuses and announced the establishment of the new National Security Agency (Egypt), National Security Agency will replace it and take over its internal security duties. ** Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, declares a three-month state of emergency as troops from the Gulf Co-operation Council are sent to quell the Bahraini uprising (2011–present), civil unrest. ** Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War, Protests breakout across Syria demanding democratic reforms, resignation of President

, and release of those imprisoned for the March 6 Daraa protest. The government responds by killing hundreds of protesters and laying siege to various cities, beginning the Syrian Civil War, which lasts until Assad’s overthrow in 2024. * March 17 – The United Nations Security Council votes 10–0 to create a Libyan no-fly zone, no-fly zone over Libya in response to allegations of government aggression against civilians. * March 19 – In light of continuing attacks on Libyan rebels by forces in support of leader Muammar Gaddafi, military intervention authorized under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, UNSCR 1973 begins as French fighter jets make reconnaissance flights over Libya.

April

* April 7 – The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza Strip, Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever. * April 11 – Former List of heads of state of Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is arrested in his home in Abidjan by supporters of elected President Alassane Ouattara, with support from French forces; this effectively ends the 2010–11 Ivorian crisis and Second Ivorian Civil War, civil war. * April 15 – The Mexico, Mexican town of Cherán is taken over by vigilantes in response to abuses from the local drug cartel. The new government is strongly focused on crime reduction and preserving the local environment. * April 17 – 2011 PlayStation Network outage, The 2011 PlayStation Network outage begins, becoming one of the largest data breaches ever recorded, and exposing personal data from 77 million accounts on the platform. The outage lasted 23 days. *April 24 – Guantanamo Bay files leak, The 2011 Guantanamo Bay files leak occurs, WikiLeaks and other organisations publishing The Guantanamo Files, 779 classified documents about Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Guantanamo Bay detainees, and it had been exposed 150 innocent citizens from Afghanistan and Pakistan were held in the camp without trial and detainees being as young as 14 years old. * April 25–April 28, 28 – The 2011 Super Outbreak forms in the Southern United States, Southern, Midwest United States, Midwest and Eastern United States with a tornado count of 362; killing 324 and injuring over 2,200. * April 29 – An estimated two billion people watch the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, wedding of William, Prince of Wales, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Princess of Wales, Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London.

May

* May 1 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces that

, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, was killed on May 2, 2011 (Pakistan Standard Time, PKT, UTC+05) during an American military operation in Pakistan. * May 5 – In Brazil, the Supreme Federal Court approves Same-sex marriage in Brazil, same-sex marriage. * May 10–May 14, 14 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 takes place in Düsseldorf, Germany, and is won by Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest, Azeri entrants Ell & Nikki with the song "Running Scared (Ell & Nikki song), Running Scared". * May 11 – A 2011 Lorca earthquake, 5.1 earthquake strikes southern Spain, killing 9 people and injuring over 400. * May 16 – The European Union agrees to a €78 billion rescue deal for Portugal. The bailout loan will be equally split between the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility, and the International Monetary Fund. * May 18 – FC Porto, Porto beats S.C. Braga, Braga 1–0 in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, 2011 UEFA Europa League 2011 UEFA Europa League final, final at the Aviva Stadium. * May 21 – Grímsvötn, Iceland's most active volcano, erupts and causes disruption to air travel in Northwestern Europe. * May 22 – The 2011 Joplin tornado, an EF5 tornado, strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and injuring 1,150. * May 24 – The 2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado, an EF5 tornado, strikes El Reno, Oklahoma, El Reno and Piedmont, Oklahoma, killing 9 people and injuring 181. * May 26 – Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia. * May 28 – FC Barcelona, Barcelona beats Manchester United F.C., Manchester United 3–1 in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, 2011 UEFA Champions League 2011 UEFA Champions League final, final at the Wembley Stadium.

June

* June 4 – Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, Puyehue volcano 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption, erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand and Australia, and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate. * June 6 – Twitch.tv, a video game-focused live streaming service, is launched as a spinoff from Justin.tv. * June 15 – A 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot, riot broke out in Vancouver, British Columbia in the aftermath of the Boston Bruins' win over the Vancouver Canucks in game seven of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals * June 22 – Former Winter Hill Gang leader Whitey Bulger, James "Whitey" Bulger is arrested in Santa Monica, California following an anonymous tip. * June 26–July 17 – The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup takes place in Germany, and is won by Japan women's national football team, Japan. * June 28 – The Food and Agriculture Organization announces the eradication of the cattle plague rinderpest from the world.

July

* July 6 – The International Olympic Committee awards Pyeongchang County, PyeongChang the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. * July 9 – South Sudan secedes from Sudan, per the result of the 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum, independence referendum held in January. * July 12 – The planet Neptune completes its first orbit since it was discovered in 1846. * July 14 – South Sudan joins the United Nations as the 193rd member. * July 14–July 23, 23 – Two frontal systems enter south-central Chile causing July 2011 Chilean winter storm, great snowfalls that leaves thousand of people isolated. * July 20 ** Goran Hadžić is detained in Serbia, becoming the last of 161 people indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. ** The United Nations declares a 2011 East Africa drought, famine in southern Somalia, the first in over 30 years. ** Mauno Koivisto becomes the oldest living President of Finland in the history of the nation, surpassing Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg. * July 21 – Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' lands successfully at Kennedy Space Center after completing STS-135, concluding NASA's Space Shuttle program. * July 22 – In Norway, Anders Behring Breivik kills 8 people in a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, then kills 69 at a massacre at a Workers' Youth League (Norway), Workers' Youth League camp on the island of Utøya. * July 23 – In London, singer Amy Winehouse dies at 27 Club, age 27 due to alcohol poisoning. ** Wenzhou train collision; 2 high speed trains in Wenzhou, China collided on a viaduct, sending multiple cars off the viaduct and crushing some. 40 people were killed and 192 people were injured. * July 31 – In Thailand over 12.8 million people are affected by 2011 Thailand floods, severe flooding. The World Bank estimates damages at 1,440 billion Thai baht, baht (US$45 billion). Some areas are still six feet under water, and many factory areas remain closed at the end of the year. 815 people are killed, with 58 of the country's 77 provinces affected.

August

* August – Stock exchanges worldwide August 2011 stock markets fall, suffer heavy losses due to the fears of contagion of the European sovereign debt crisis and the credit rating downgraded as a result of the United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2011, debt-ceiling crisis of the United States. * August 5 ** NASA announces that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes, photographic evidence of possible liquid water on Mars during warm seasons. ** Juno (spacecraft), Juno, the first Solar power, solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. * August 20 – First Air Flight 6560, a Boeing 737-210C, crashed on approach to Resolute Bay Airport, Nunavut, Canada, killing 12 out of the 15 occupants onboard. * August 20–August 28, 28 – Libyan rebels Battle of Tripoli (2011), take control of the capital Tripoli, effectively overthrowing the government of Muammar Gaddafi.

September

* September 2 – 2011 Chilean Air Force C-212 crash. A CASA C-212 Aviocar military transport of the Chilean Air Force on a flight from Santiago to Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, crashed into the sea while manoeuvring to land. All 21 passengers and crew on board were killed. * September 5 – India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year Bangladesh–India border, border demarcation dispute. * September 9–October 23 – The 2011 Rugby World Cup is held in and won by New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand who beat France national rugby union team, France in 2011 Rugby World Cup final, the final. * September 10 – The Sinking of the MV Spice Islander I, ''MV Spice Islander I'', carrying at least 800 people, sinks off the coast of Zanzibar, killing 240 people.197 bodies retrieved in Tanzania ferry accident: Minister
Xinhua September 11, 2011 * September 12 – Approximately 100 people die after 2011 Nairobi pipeline fire, a petrol pipeline explodes in Nairobi. * September 16 – Snapchat was launched. * September 17 – Occupy Wall Street protests begin in the United States. This develops into the Occupy movement which spreads to 82 countries by October. * September 19 – With 436 people dead, the United Nations launches a $357 million appeal for victims of the 2011 Sindh floods in Pakistan.

October

* October 4 – The death toll from the flooding of Cambodia's Mekong river and attendant flash floods reaches 207. * October 18 ** Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange: Israel and the Palestinian people, Palestinian militant organization Hamas begin a major prisoner exchange, in which the captured Israeli Army soldier Gilad Shalit is released by Hamas in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian and Israeli-Arab prisoners held in Israel, including 280 prisoners serving life sentences for planning and perpetrating terror attacks. ** Dozens of exotic animals were released from their enclosures at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in Zanesville, Ohio resulting in the need of local law enforcement to hunt and kill 48 animals including 18 tigers, 6 black bears, 2 grizzly bears, 2 wolves, 1 macaque monkey, 1 baboon, 3 mountain lions and 17 African lions. * October 20 ** Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is Death of Muammar Gaddafi, killed in Sirte, with National Liberation Army (Libya), National Transitional Council forces Battle of Sirte (2011), taking control of the city and ending the war. ** Basque people, Basque Basque separatism, separatist militant organisation Euskadi ta Askatasuna, ETA declares an end to its 43-year campaign of political violence, which has killed over 800 people since 1968. * October 23 – A magnitude 7.2 M_w 2011 Van earthquakes, earthquake jolts eastern Turkey near the city of Van, Turkey, Van, killing over 600 people and damaging about 2,200 buildings. * October 27 – After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announces an agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis which includes a Write-off, writedown of 50% of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial Stability Facility totaling to €1 trillion. * October 29 ** A large 2011 Halloween nor'easter, snowstorm produced unusual amounts of early snowfall across the northeastern United States and the Canadian Maritimes, leaving 1.7 million people without power and disrupting travel. ** Michael D. Higgins is 2011 Irish presidential election, elected President of Ireland. * October 31 ** Date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population Day of Seven Billion, reached seven billion. ** UNESCO admits Palestinian National Authority, Palestine as a member, following a vote which 107 member states support and 14 oppose.

November

* November 9 – The first nationwide Emergency Alert System test is conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the United States. * November 18 – Mojang Studios of Sweden release the blockbuster video game ''Minecraft'', which becomes the best-selling video game of all time. * November 26 – The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity (rover), ''Curiosity'', is launched from the Kennedy Space Center. It lands on Mars on August 6, 2012. * November 30 – The United Kingdom Iran–United Kingdom relations, severs diplomatic relations with Iran and expels diplomats, less than 24 hours after 2011 attack on the British Embassy in Iran, protesters attacked the British embassy in Tehran.

December

* December 15 – The United States formally declares an Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2007–2011), end to the Iraq War. While this ends the Iraqi insurgency (2003–11), insurgency, it begins Iraqi insurgency (2011–present), another. * December 16 – Tropical Storm Washi causes 1,268 flash flood fatalities in the Philippines, with 85 people officially listed as missing. * December 17 – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il Death and state funeral of Kim Jong-il, dies of either a heart attack or stroke on his way to a field guidance. * December 19 – Liechtenstein becomes the 26th member state of the Schengen Area. * December 29 –

and Tokelau move from east to west of the International Date Line, thereby skipping December 30, in order to align their time zones better with their main trading partners.

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* Kingdom of Bahrain, Bahrain-based Takaud Savings and Pensions B.S.C. provider is founded.

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Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Dan Shechtman * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Tomas Tranströmer * 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman * 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess, and Brian Schmidt * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Bruce Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann, and Ralph M. Steinman

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*''blockchain''

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