Enlightenment Project- A Year in Pictures

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January 4- Mohamed Bouazizi dies after setting himself on fire in protest of Tunisian government, launching the Arab Spring.
January 11-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is stricken by mudslides and flooding, which kill 903 people.
January 14- The Tunisian government falls.
January 24- Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport is suicide-bombed, killing 37 and injuring almost 200.
February 11- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns
March 11- A 9.1 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, killing 15,840.
Mid-March- I learned how to make normal-looking pancakes.
March 17- A no-fly zone is implemented on Libya by the UN.
March 23- Elizabeth Taylor dies at age 79 in Los Angeles, California.
April 29- Prince William of England is married to Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey. Over two billion people watch the televised event.
May 1- President Barack Obama declares Osama bin Laden dead.
June 3- Euthanasia advocate Jack Kevorkian died from thrombosis at age 83.
June 4- The Puyehue volcano in Chile erupts, forcing thousands to evacuate.
July 7- The world's first artificial organ transplantation is performed.
July 8- Former first lady Betty Ford dies at age 93.
July 9- South Sudan secedes from Sudan.
July 15- The last Harry Potter film comes out.
July 20- A famine is declared in southern Somalia by the UN.
July 21- The Atlantis Space Shuttle lands at Kennedy Space Center, ending NASA's shuttle program.
July 22- The 2011 Norway attacks occur in Oslo, leaving 76 dead, many of them children.
July 23- Amy Winehouse dies at age 29 in London.
July 31- Severe flooding occurs in Thailand, affecting nearly 13 million people.
August 5- NASA announces the possibility of liquid water on Mars.
August 20- The Battle of Tripoli begins in Libya, which eventually causes the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.
September 5- India and Bangladesh end their 40-year border dispute.
September 10- A ferry traveling to Pemba Island, Tanzania carrying over 800 people capsizes off the coast of Zanzibar. An estimated 24o people are killed.
September 12- A petrol pipeline explodes in Nairobi, claiming the lives of 100 people.
September 17- The Occupy Wall Street protests begin.
October 4- A car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia kills 100 people.
October 5- Steve Jobs dies.
October 20- Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is killed in Sirte, ending the Libyan civil war.
October 23- A powerful earthquake hits turkey, killing 604 people.
October 27- The European Union develops a plan to end the European debt crisis.
October 31- UNESCO agrees to make Palestine a member.
November 26- The Curiosity rover is launched from Kennedy Space Center.
December 15- The U.S. declares an end to the war in Iraq.
December 16- A tropical storm causes flash floods in the Philippines. 1,257 lives are claimed.
December 17- Kim Jong-il dies.

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