World Events 2011

2011 Year review. Top events of year 2011.
January 9--15 -- Southern Sudan holds a referendum on independence. The Sudanese electorate votes in favour of independence, paving the way for the creation of the new state in July.
January 11 -- Flooding and mudslides in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro kills 903
January 24 -- 37 people are killed and more than 180 others wounded in a bombing at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia.
February 11 -- Arab Spring: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns after widespread protests calling for his departure, leaving control of Egypt in the hands of the military until a general election can be held.
March 11 -- Potential Nuclear Meltdown. Nightmare in Japan: Earthquake, Tsunami 3/11/2011 An 8.9 earthquake rocks Japan followed by a massive tsunami. A 9.1-magnitude[13] earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 15,822 and leaving another 3,926 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake.
April 29 -- An estimated two billion people watch the wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London.
May 1 -- U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, has been killed during an American military operation in Pakistan.
June 4 -- Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.
July 7 -- The world's first artificial organ transplant is achieved, using an artificial windpipe coated with stem cells.
July 9 -- South Sudan secedes from Sudan, per the result of the independence referendum held in January.
July 22 -- 76 people are killed in twin terrorist attacks in Norway after a bombing in the Regjeringskvartalet (the government center in Oslo) and a shooting at a political youth camp in the island of Utøya.
October 20 - Arab Spring and the Libyan civil war: Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is killed in Sirte, with National Transitional Council forces taking control of the city, and ending the war.
October 31 -- Date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population reaches seven billion.

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