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*a protester partaking in [[Occupy Wall Street]] heralds the beginning of the [[Occupy movement]];
*A protester at [[Occupy Wall Street]], which begins the [[Occupy movement]];
*protests against Libyan dictator [[Muammar Gaddafi]], who [[Assassination of Muammar Gaddafi|was killed]] that October;  
*Protests against Libyan dictator [[Muammar Gaddafi]], [[Assassination of Muammar Gaddafi|killed]] in October;  
*a young man celebrates the [[2011 South Sudanese independence referendum|independence]] of [[South Sudan]], the world's newest country;
*Celebrating the [[2011 South Sudanese independence referendum|independence]] of [[South Sudan]], the world's newest country;
*the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]] devastates Eastern Japan and kills nearly 20,000 people, becoming the most expensive natural disaster on record;  
*The [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]] devastates Eastern Japan and kills nearly 20,000 people, becoming the most expensive natural disaster on record;  
*''[[Minecraft]]'' is released, which would go on to become the [[List of best-selling video games|best-selling video game]] of all time;
*[[2011 Norway attacks|Attacks in Oslo]] kill 77 and mark the rise of [[Right-wing terrorism|white supremacist terrorism]] across the west;
*the [[2011 Norway attacks|Norway attacks]] mark the rise of [[Right-wing terrorism|white supremacist terrorism]] across the west;
*U.S. national security team gathered in the [[White House Situation Room]] to monitor progress of [[Operation Neptune Spear]], resulting in the death of [[Al-Qaeda]] leader [[Osama bin Laden]], who was the mastermind behind [[9/11]];
*the U.S. national security team gathered in the [[White House Situation Room]] to monitor the progress of [[Operation Neptune Spear]] which resulted in the death of [[Al-Qaeda]] leader [[Osama bin Laden]];
*A block from ''[[Minecraft]]'', released this year, which later becomes the world's [[List of best-selling video games|best-selling video game]].
*anti-government protests called the [[Arab Spring]] arose in early 2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown in the [[Middle East]] and [[Northern Africa]], which lead to the [[Arab Winter]].
*Anti-government protests ("[[Arab Spring]]") in the [[Middle East]] and [[Northern Africa]].
*The [[wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton]] is held.
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The year marked the start of a [[Arab Spring|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 [[Libyan civil war (2011)|first Libyan civil war]], the former still ongoing while the latter gave way to the [[Libyan civil war (2014–2020)|second Libyan civil war]].  
The year marked the start of [[Arab Spring|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 [[Libyan civil war (2011)|first Libyan civil war]], the latter gave way to the [[Libyan civil war (2014–2020)|second Libyan civil war]].  


U.S. Navy SEALs [[Killing of Osama bin Laden|killed]] al-Qaeda leader and terrorist [[Osama bin Laden]] in his [[Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad|compound]] in Pakistan on May 2. The [[Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity]] 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]], who had been the supreme leader of North Korea since the death of his father [[Kim Il Sung]] in 1994, [[Death and state funeral of Kim Jong Il|died]] while traveling by train to a place outside Pyongyang. He was succeeded by his son [[Kim Jong Un]].
U.S. Navy SEALs [[Killing of Osama bin Laden|killed]] al-Qaeda leader and terrorist [[Osama bin Laden]] in his [[Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad|compound]] in Pakistan on May 2. The [[Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity]] 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]], who had been the supreme leader of North Korea since the death of his father [[Kim Il Sung]] in 1994, [[Death and state funeral of Kim Jong Il|died]] while traveling by train to a place outside Pyongyang. He was succeeded by his son [[Kim Jong Un]].
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** [[Estonia]] officially adopts the [[Euro]] currency and becomes the 17th [[Eurozone]] country.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513 |title=Estonia becomes 17th member of the euro zone |work=BBC News |date=2010-12-31 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107004045/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Estonia]] officially adopts the [[Euro]] currency and becomes the 17th [[Eurozone]] country.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513 |title=Estonia becomes 17th member of the euro zone |work=BBC News |date=2010-12-31 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107004045/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2011 Alexandria bombing|A bomb explodes]] as [[Coptic Christians]] in Alexandria, Egypt leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
** [[2011 Alexandria bombing|A bomb explodes]] as [[Coptic Christians]] in Alexandria, Egypt leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
** [[Kolavia Flight 348|Flight 348]] with 134 occupants, operated by [[Metrojet (Russian airline)|Kolavia]], catches fire while taxiing out for take-off. Three people are killed and 43 are injured, four critically, from smoke inhalation or burns.
** [[Kolavia Flight 348|Flight 348]] with 134 occupants, operated by [[Metrojet (Russian airline)|Metrojet]], 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]] &ndash; [[Tunisia]]n street vendor [[Mohamed Bouazizi]] dies after [[Self-immolation|setting himself on fire]] a month earlier, sparking anti-government protests in Tunisia and later other [[Arab world|Arab nations]]. These protests become known collectively as the [[Arab Spring]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16230190 |author=Gardner, Frank |title=Tunisia one year on: Where the Arab Spring started |date=2011-12-17 |work=BBC News |access-date=2012-01-15 |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120073148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16230190 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2011-12-17 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vegetable-seller-who-inspired-arab-spring-honoured-1.1105682 |title=Vegetable seller who inspired Arab Spring honoured |work=CBC News |access-date=2012-01-15 |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117125849/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/12/17/tunisia-anniversary-arabspring.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Tunisia]]n street vendor [[Mohamed Bouazizi]] dies after [[Self-immolation|setting himself on fire]] a month earlier, sparking anti-government protests in Tunisia and later other [[Arab world|Arab nations]]. These protests become known collectively as the [[Arab Spring]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16230190 |author=Gardner, Frank |title=Tunisia one year on: Where the Arab Spring started |date=2011-12-17 |work=BBC News |access-date=2012-01-15 |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120073148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16230190 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2011-12-17 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vegetable-seller-who-inspired-arab-spring-honoured-1.1105682 |title=Vegetable seller who inspired Arab Spring honoured |work=CBC News |access-date=2012-01-15 |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117125849/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/12/17/tunisia-anniversary-arabspring.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[January 5]] &ndash; [[Cyber vigilante|Internet vigilante]] group [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] launches [[DoS attacks]] on [[Syrian Revolution|Syrian]], [[Tunisian Revolution|Tunisian]], [[Bahraini uprising of 2011|Bahraini]], [[Egyptian protests, 2011|Egyptian]], [[Libyan crisis|Libyan]], and [[Jordanian protests (2011-12)|Jordanian]] [[government website]]s in response to the [[Arab Spring|Arab Spring protests]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=wconeybeer|date=2011-01-08|title=Anonymous Operation Tunisia rages, US Govt grows worried|url=https://www.myce.com/piracy/anonymous-operation-tunisia-rages-on-us-govt-grows-concerned-38617/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Myce.com|language=en-US|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129222805/https://www.myce.com/piracy/anonymous-operation-tunisia-rages-on-us-govt-grows-concerned-38617/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Olson|first=Parmy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncGVPtoZPHcC|title=We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency|date=2012-06-05|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-0-316-21353-0|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=March 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322060715/https://books.google.com/books?id=ncGVPtoZPHcC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[January 5]] &ndash; [[Cyber vigilante|Internet vigilante]] group [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] launches [[DoS attacks]] on [[Syrian Revolution|Syrian]], [[Tunisian Revolution|Tunisian]], [[Bahraini uprising of 2011|Bahraini]], [[Egyptian protests, 2011|Egyptian]], [[Libyan crisis|Libyan]], and [[Jordanian protests (2011-12)|Jordanian]] [[government website]]s in response to the [[Arab Spring|Arab Spring protests]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=wconeybeer|date=2011-01-08|title=Anonymous Operation Tunisia rages, US Govt grows worried|url=https://www.myce.com/piracy/anonymous-operation-tunisia-rages-on-us-govt-grows-concerned-38617/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Myce.com|language=en-US|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129222805/https://www.myce.com/piracy/anonymous-operation-tunisia-rages-on-us-govt-grows-concerned-38617/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Olson|first=Parmy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncGVPtoZPHcC|title=We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency|date=2012-06-05|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-0-316-21353-0|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=March 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322060715/https://books.google.com/books?id=ncGVPtoZPHcC|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Iran Air Flight 277]] crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 78 people.
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Iran Air Flight 277]] crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 78 people.
* [[January 14]] &ndash; The [[Tunisia]]n government falls after a month of increasingly violent protests; [[President of Tunisia|President]] [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] flees to [[Saudi Arabia]] after 23 years in power.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|author=Wyre Davies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12195025 |title=BBC News – Tunisia: President Zine al-Abidine Ali forced out |work=BBC News |date=December 15, 2010 |access-date=2011-01-14| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110115053136/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12195025| archive-date=January 15, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/16/18669320.php |title=Uprising in Tunisia: People Power topples Ben Ali regime |work=Indybay |date=January 16, 2011 |access-date=2011-01-26 |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726181556/http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/16/18669320.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 14]] &ndash; The [[Tunisia]]n government falls after a month of increasingly violent protests; [[President of Tunisia|President]] [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] flees to [[Saudi Arabia]] after 23 years in power.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|author=Wyre Davies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12195025 |title=BBC News – Tunisia: President Zine al-Abidine Ali forced out |work=BBC News |date=December 15, 2010 |access-date=2011-01-14| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110115053136/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12195025| archive-date=January 15, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/16/18669320.php |title=Uprising in Tunisia: People Power topples Ben Ali regime |work=Indybay |date=January 16, 2011 |access-date=2011-01-26 |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726181556/http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/16/18669320.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 15]] &ndash; The result of the [[South Sudanese independence referendum, 2011]] is in favour of independence, paving the way for the creation of the new state in July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almanar.com.lb/newssite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=170242&language=en |title=Al-ManarTV:: South Sudan Referendum Wraps up, Khartoum Vows to Recognize Results 15/01/2011 |publisher=Almanar.com.lb |date=2011-01-15 |access-date=2011-01-31 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/8246615/Sudan-referendum-whats-being-voted-on-and-what-will-happen.html ''Sudan referendum: what's being voted on and what will happen?''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111044247/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/8246615/Sudan-referendum-whats-being-voted-on-and-what-will-happen.html |date=January 11, 2011 }} The Telegraph. January 8, 2011</ref>
* [[January 15]] &ndash; The result of the [[South Sudanese independence referendum, 2011]] is in favour of independence, paving the way for the creation of the new state in July.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/8246615/Sudan-referendum-whats-being-voted-on-and-what-will-happen.html ''Sudan referendum: what's being voted on and what will happen?''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111044247/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/8246615/Sudan-referendum-whats-being-voted-on-and-what-will-happen.html |date=January 11, 2011 }} The Telegraph. January 8, 2011</ref>
* [[January 24]] &ndash; 37 people are killed and more than 180 others are wounded in [[Domodedovo International Airport bombing|a bombing]] at [[Domodedovo International Airport]] in Moscow, Russia.<ref name="Ferris-Rotman">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N2TQ20110124 |title=Suicide bomber kills 31 at Russia's biggest airport |author=Amie Ferris-Rotman |date=January 24, 2011 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=2011-06-21 |archive-date=January 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125181537/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N2TQ20110124 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="37deaths">{{cite news|url=http://rian.ru/society/20110224/338222803.html|script-title=ru:Число жертв теракта в Домодедово возросло до 37|agency=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=February 24, 2011|language=ru|archive-date=February 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227093411/http://www.rian.ru/society/20110224/338222803.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12268662|title=Moscow bombing: Carnage at Russia's Domodedovo airport|work=BBC News|author=Steve Rosenberg|date=January 24, 2011|access-date=January 24, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110125024514/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12268662| archive-date=January 25, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] &ndash; 37 people are killed and more than 180 others are wounded in [[Domodedovo International Airport bombing|a bombing]] at [[Domodedovo International Airport]] in Moscow, Russia.<ref name="Ferris-Rotman">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N2TQ20110124 |title=Suicide bomber kills 31 at Russia's biggest airport |author=Amie Ferris-Rotman |date=January 24, 2011 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=2011-06-21 |archive-date=January 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125181537/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N2TQ20110124 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="37deaths">{{cite news|url=http://rian.ru/society/20110224/338222803.html|script-title=ru:Число жертв теракта в Домодедово возросло до 37|agency=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=February 24, 2011|language=ru|archive-date=February 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227093411/http://www.rian.ru/society/20110224/338222803.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12268662|title=Moscow bombing: Carnage at Russia's Domodedovo airport|work=BBC News|author=Steve Rosenberg|date=January 24, 2011|access-date=January 24, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110125024514/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12268662| archive-date=January 25, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] &ndash; The [[2011 Egyptian revolution]] begins.
* [[January 25]] &ndash; The [[2011 Egyptian revolution]] begins.
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*[[April 24]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Leigh|first1=David|last2=Ball|first2=James|last3=Cobain|first3=Ian|last4=Burke|first4=Jason|title=Guantánamo leaks lift lid on world's most controversial prison|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-lift-lid-prison|date=April 25, 2011|access-date=December 3, 2021|work=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=August 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823013641/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-lift-lid-prison|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Military Documents Detail Life At Guantanamo|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135690218/military-documents-detail-life-at-guantanamo|access-date=2021-03-12|website=NPR.org|language=en|archive-date=April 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426222325/https://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135690218/military-documents-detail-life-at-guantanamo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WikiLeaks: Guantanamo Bay terrorist secrets revealed|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Telegraph|date=April 25, 2011 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-10-23|title=Wikileaks: Leak reveals new Guantanamo secrets|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wikileaks-leak-reveals-new-guantanamo-secrets-2274616.html|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=November 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112123641/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wikileaks-leak-reveals-new-guantanamo-secrets-2274616.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WikiLeaks Documents Reveal U.S. Knowingly Imprisoned 150 Innocent Men at Guantánamo|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/25/wikileaks_documents_reveal_us_knowingly_imprisoned|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Democracy Now!|language=en|archive-date=April 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425235925/http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/25/wikileaks_documents_reveal_us_knowingly_imprisoned|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-25|title=Guantánamo Bay files: Children and senile old men among detainees|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-children-old-men|access-date=2021-03-12|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=September 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911090116/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-children-old-men|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[April 24]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Leigh|first1=David|last2=Ball|first2=James|last3=Cobain|first3=Ian|last4=Burke|first4=Jason|title=Guantánamo leaks lift lid on world's most controversial prison|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-lift-lid-prison|date=April 25, 2011|access-date=December 3, 2021|work=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=August 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823013641/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-lift-lid-prison|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Military Documents Detail Life At Guantanamo|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135690218/military-documents-detail-life-at-guantanamo|access-date=2021-03-12|website=NPR.org|language=en|archive-date=April 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426222325/https://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135690218/military-documents-detail-life-at-guantanamo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WikiLeaks: Guantanamo Bay terrorist secrets revealed|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Telegraph|date=April 25, 2011 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-10-23|title=Wikileaks: Leak reveals new Guantanamo secrets|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wikileaks-leak-reveals-new-guantanamo-secrets-2274616.html|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=November 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112123641/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wikileaks-leak-reveals-new-guantanamo-secrets-2274616.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WikiLeaks Documents Reveal U.S. Knowingly Imprisoned 150 Innocent Men at Guantánamo|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/25/wikileaks_documents_reveal_us_knowingly_imprisoned|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Democracy Now!|language=en|archive-date=April 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425235925/http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/25/wikileaks_documents_reveal_us_knowingly_imprisoned|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-25|title=Guantánamo Bay files: Children and senile old men among detainees|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-children-old-men|access-date=2021-03-12|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=September 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911090116/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-children-old-men|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 25]]&ndash;[[April 28|28]] &ndash; 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 25]]&ndash;[[April 28|28]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; An estimated two billion people<ref>{{cite news |last=Grimley |first=Naomi |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13245069 |title=Royal wedding: The world watches William and Kate |work=BBC News |date=April 29, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517125038/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13245069 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prince William of Wales & Catherine |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/prince-william-of-wales-catherine |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804125342/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/prince-william-of-wales-catherine |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 29]] &ndash; An estimated two billion people<ref>{{cite news |last=Grimley |first=Naomi |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-13245069 |title=Royal wedding: The world watches William and Kate |work=BBC News |date=April 29, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517125038/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13245069 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prince William of Wales & Catherine |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/prince-william-of-wales-catherine |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804125342/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/prince-william-of-wales-catherine |url-status=live }}</ref>


===May===
===May===
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* [[May 1]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] announces that [[Osama bin Laden]], the founder and leader of the militant group [[Al-Qaeda]], was [[Killing of Osama bin Laden|killed]] on May 2, 2011 ([[Pakistan Standard Time|PKT]], [[UTC+05]]) during an American military operation in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldman |first1=Adam |last2=Brummitt |first2=Chris |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110502/ap_on_re_us/us_bin_laden |title=Bin Laden's demise: Long pursuit, burst of gunfire |agency=Associated Press |date=May 2, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513040530/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110502/ap_on_re_us/us_bin_laden |archive-date=May 13, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] announces that [[Osama bin Laden]], the founder and leader of the militant group [[Al-Qaeda]], was [[Killing of Osama bin Laden|killed]] on May 2, 2011 ([[Pakistan Standard Time|PKT]], [[UTC+05]]) during an American military operation in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldman |first1=Adam |last2=Brummitt |first2=Chris |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110502/ap_on_re_us/us_bin_laden |title=Bin Laden's demise: Long pursuit, burst of gunfire |agency=Associated Press |date=May 2, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513040530/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110502/ap_on_re_us/us_bin_laden |archive-date=May 13, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[May 5]] &ndash; 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 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 11]] – A [[2011 Lorca earthquake|5.1 earthquake]] strikes southern [[Spain]], killing 9 people and injuring over 400.
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* [[May 22]] &ndash; The [[2011 Joplin tornado]], an EF5 [[tornado]], strikes [[Joplin, Missouri]], killing 158 people and injuring 1,150.
* [[May 22]] &ndash; The [[2011 Joplin tornado]], an EF5 [[tornado]], strikes [[Joplin, Missouri]], killing 158 people and injuring 1,150.
* [[May 24]] &ndash; 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 24]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; Former [[Bosnia]]n [[Serb]] Army commander [[Ratko Mladić]], wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in [[Serbia]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Interpol |url=http://www.interpol.int/public/Data/Wanted/Notices/Data/1995/54/1995_47754.asp |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090704041327/http://www.interpol.int/Public/Data/Wanted/Notices/Data/1995/54/1995_47754.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-07-04 |title=Interpol: Wanted MLADIC, Ratko |publisher=Interpol.int |access-date=2011-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8537878/Ratko-Mladic-war-crimes-fugitive-arrested-in-Serbia.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8537878/Ratko-Mladic-war-crimes-fugitive-arrested-in-Serbia.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Ratko Mladic: war crimes fugitive 'arrested in Serbia'|last=Wardrop|first=Murray|date=May 26, 2011|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=May 26, 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[May 26]] &ndash; Former [[Bosnia]]n [[Serb]] Army commander [[Ratko Mladić]], wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in [[Serbia]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Interpol |url=http://www.interpol.int/public/Data/Wanted/Notices/Data/1995/54/1995_47754.asp |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090704041327/http://www.interpol.int/Public/Data/Wanted/Notices/Data/1995/54/1995_47754.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 4, 2009 |title=Interpol: Wanted MLADIC, Ratko |publisher=Interpol.int |access-date=2011-05-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8537878/Ratko-Mladic-war-crimes-fugitive-arrested-in-Serbia.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8537878/Ratko-Mladic-war-crimes-fugitive-arrested-in-Serbia.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Ratko Mladic: war crimes fugitive 'arrested in Serbia'|last=Wardrop|first=Murray|date=May 26, 2011|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=May 26, 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[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]].
* [[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===
* [[June 4]] &ndash; 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 4]] &ndash; 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.
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===July===
===July===
* [[July 6]] &ndash; The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Pyeongchang County|PyeongChang]] the right to host the [[2018 Winter Olympics]].
* [[July 6]] &ndash; The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]] the right to host the [[2018 Winter Olympics]].
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[South Sudan]] secedes from [[Sudan]], per the result of the [[2011 South Sudanese independence referendum|independence referendum]] held in January.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082|title=South Sudan: New nation|date=July 24, 2013|work=[[BBC]]|access-date=October 23, 2013|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912211654/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[South Sudan]] secedes from [[Sudan]], per the result of the [[2011 South Sudanese independence referendum|independence referendum]] held in January.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082|title=South Sudan: New nation|date=July 24, 2013|work=[[BBC]]|access-date=October 23, 2013|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912211654/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] &ndash; The planet [[Neptune]] completes its first orbit since it was discovered in 1846.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html|title=Neptune Completes First Orbit Since Its Discovery in 1846|work=Space.com|date=July 12, 2011|access-date=October 30, 2015|archive-date=October 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029065245/http://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html|url-status=live}}</ref>  
* [[July 12]] &ndash; The planet [[Neptune]] completes its first orbit since it was discovered in 1846.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html|title=Neptune Completes First Orbit Since Its Discovery in 1846|work=Space.com|date=July 12, 2011|access-date=October 30, 2015|archive-date=October 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029065245/http://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html|url-status=live}}</ref>  
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** [[Mauno Koivisto]] becomes the oldest living [[President of Finland]] in the history of the nation, surpassing [[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]].
** [[Mauno Koivisto]] becomes the oldest living [[President of Finland]] in the history of the nation, surpassing [[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]].
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] lands successfully at [[Kennedy Space Center]] after completing [[STS-135]], concluding NASA's [[Space Shuttle]] program.<ref name="landing times">{{cite web|title=Atlantis Completes Final Space Shuttle Program Landing at 5:57 a.m. EDT|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html|publisher=NASA|access-date=July 21, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110726190430/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html| archive-date=July 26, 2011| url-status= live|date=July 21, 2011}}</ref>
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] lands successfully at [[Kennedy Space Center]] after completing [[STS-135]], concluding NASA's [[Space Shuttle]] program.<ref name="landing times">{{cite web|title=Atlantis Completes Final Space Shuttle Program Landing at 5:57 a.m. EDT|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html|publisher=NASA|access-date=July 21, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110726190430/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html| archive-date=July 26, 2011| url-status= live|date=July 21, 2011}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] &ndash; 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]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010| title=Norway massacre: 'We could hear the gunshots getting closer'| work=BBC News| date=October 19, 2017| access-date=October 13, 2018| archive-date=November 3, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103011607/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010| url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] &ndash; In [[Norway]], [[Anders Behring Breivik]] [[2011 Norway attacks|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]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010| title=Norway massacre: 'We could hear the gunshots getting closer'| work=BBC News| date=October 19, 2017| access-date=October 13, 2018| archive-date=November 3, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103011607/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010| url-status=live}}</ref>
*  [[July 23]] &ndash; In [[London]], singer [[Amy Winehouse]] dies at [[27 Club|age 27]] due to alcohol poisoning.
*  [[July 23]] &ndash; 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.<ref name="q762">{{cite web | title=China bullet train crash 'caused by design flaws' | website=BBC News | date=2011-12-28 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-16345592 | access-date=2024-11-20}}</ref>
** [[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.<ref name="q762">{{cite web | title=China bullet train crash 'caused by design flaws' | website=BBC News | date=2011-12-28 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-16345592 | access-date=2024-11-20}}</ref>
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===September===
===September===
* [[September 2]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/321061 | title=Accident CASA C-212 Aviocar 300DF 966, Friday 2 September 2011 }}</ref>
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] sign a pact to end their 40-year [[Bangladesh–India border|border demarcation dispute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiabangladesh-sign-pact-on-border-demarcation/181937-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622024224/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiabangladesh-sign-pact-on-border-demarcation/181937-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-06-22 |title=India-Bangladesh sign pact on border demarcation |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=2012-05-06}}</ref>
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] sign a pact to end their 40-year [[Bangladesh–India border|border demarcation dispute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiabangladesh-sign-pact-on-border-demarcation/181937-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622024224/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiabangladesh-sign-pact-on-border-demarcation/181937-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-06-22 |title=India-Bangladesh sign pact on border demarcation |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=2012-05-06}}</ref>
* [[September 9]]&ndash;[[October 23]] &ndash; 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 9]]&ndash;[[October 23]] &ndash; 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]].
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* [[October 4]] &ndash; The death toll from the flooding of [[Cambodia]]'s [[Mekong]] river and attendant flash floods reaches 207.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wfp.org/content/floods-claim-207-lives-cambodia |title=Floods claim 207 lives in Cambodia |publisher=Wfp.org |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227045950/http://www.wfp.org/content/floods-claim-207-lives-cambodia |archive-date=December 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[October 4]] &ndash; The death toll from the flooding of [[Cambodia]]'s [[Mekong]] river and attendant flash floods reaches 207.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wfp.org/content/floods-claim-207-lives-cambodia |title=Floods claim 207 lives in Cambodia |publisher=Wfp.org |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227045950/http://www.wfp.org/content/floods-claim-207-lives-cambodia |archive-date=December 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[October 18]]
* [[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.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/world/meast/israel-prisoner-swap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 | work=CNN | title=After 5 years in captivity, Shalit is back home - CNN.com | date=October 19, 2011 | access-date=October 20, 2011 | archive-date=April 16, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416121728/https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/world/meast/israel-prisoner-swap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Gilad Shalit release: Palestinian prisoner exchange getting under way | date=October 18, 2011 | access-date=December 16, 2016 | archive-date=February 12, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212034810/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=242250 |title=Schalit reunites with parents, PM... JPost – Diplomacy & Politics |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=2011-10-18 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222063009/http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=242250 |archive-date=December 22, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
** [[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.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/world/meast/israel-prisoner-swap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 | work=CNN | title=After 5 years in captivity, Shalit is back home - CNN.com | date=October 19, 2011 | access-date=October 20, 2011 | archive-date=April 16, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416121728/https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/world/meast/israel-prisoner-swap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Gilad Shalit release: Palestinian prisoner exchange getting under way | date=October 18, 2011 | access-date=December 16, 2016 | archive-date=February 12, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212034810/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=242250 |title=Schalit reunites with parents, PM... JPost – Diplomacy & Politics |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=2011-10-18 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222063009/http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=242250 |archive-date=December 22, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
** 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.
** 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]]
* [[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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |title=NTC claims capture of Gaddafi – Africa |work=Al Jazeera English |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109103953/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15387872 |title=BBC News – Col Gaddafi killed |work=BBC |date=October 22, 2011 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109185148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15387872 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-gaddafi-death-idUKTRE79J2S320111020|title=Gaddafi dies of wounds – NTC official|work=Reuters UK|agency=Reuters|date=October 20, 2011|access-date=2011-10-20|first=Samia|last=Nakhoul|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033525/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-gaddafi-death-idUKTRE79J2S320111020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |title=Muammar Gaddafi 'killed' in gun battle – Africa |work=Al Jazeera English |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109103953/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |title=NTC claims capture of Gaddafi – Africa |work=Al Jazeera English |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109103953/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15387872 |title=BBC News – Col Gaddafi killed |work=BBC |date=October 22, 2011 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109185148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15387872 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-gaddafi-death-idUKTRE79J2S320111020|title=Gaddafi dies of wounds – NTC official|work=Reuters UK|agency=Reuters|date=October 20, 2011|access-date=2011-10-20|first=Samia|last=Nakhoul|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033525/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-gaddafi-death-idUKTRE79J2S320111020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |title=Muammar Gaddafi 'killed' in gun battle – Africa |work=Al Jazeera English |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109103953/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/10/19/actualidad/1319056094_153776.html|title=ETA pone fin a 43 años de terror {{pipe}} Política &#124|newspaper=El País|date=October 20, 2011|publisher=Politica.elpais.com|access-date=2012-05-06|last1=Aizpeolea|first1=Luis R.|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620024236/https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/10/19/actualidad/1319056094_153776.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/10/19/actualidad/1319056094_153776.html|title=ETA pone fin a 43 años de terror {{pipe}} Política &#124|newspaper=El País|date=October 20, 2011|publisher=Politica.elpais.com|access-date=2012-05-06|last1=Aizpeolea|first1=Luis R.|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620024236/https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/10/19/actualidad/1319056094_153776.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] &ndash; A magnitude 7.2 M<sub>w</sub> [[2011 Van earthquakes|earthquake]] jolts eastern Turkey near the city of [[Van, Turkey|Van]], killing over 600 people and damaging about 2,200 buildings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/23/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/ |title=2011 Van earthquake |publisher=Earthquake Report |date=2011-10-23 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122183632/https://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/23/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
* [[October 23]] &ndash; A magnitude 7.2 M<sub>w</sub> [[2011 Van earthquakes|earthquake]] jolts eastern Turkey near the city of [[Van, Turkey|Van]], killing over 600 people and damaging about 2,200 buildings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/23/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/ |title=2011 Van earthquake |publisher=Earthquake Report |date=2011-10-23 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122183632/https://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/23/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
* [[October 27]] &ndash; 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&nbsp;trillion.<ref name=BBCleaders>{{cite news|title=Leaders agree eurozone debt deal after late-night talks|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15472547|access-date=October 27, 2011|newspaper=BBC News|date=October 27, 2011|archive-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109215455/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15472547|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bhatti|first=Jabeen|title=EU leaders reach a deal to tackle debt crisis|url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-10-25/euro-summit/50919216/1?csp=34news|access-date=October 27, 2011|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 27, 2011|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070743/http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-10-25/euro-summit/50919216/1?csp=34news|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[October 27]] &ndash; 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&nbsp;trillion.<ref name=BBCleaders>{{cite news|title=Leaders agree eurozone debt deal after late-night talks|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15472547|access-date=October 27, 2011|newspaper=BBC News|date=October 27, 2011|archive-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109215455/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15472547|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bhatti|first=Jabeen|title=EU leaders reach a deal to tackle debt crisis|url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-10-25/euro-summit/50919216/1?csp=34news|access-date=October 27, 2011|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 27, 2011|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070743/http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-10-25/euro-summit/50919216/1?csp=34news|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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White House on Nationwide Alert: "It's Just a Test"|publisher=Fox News|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref>
White House on Nationwide Alert: "It's Just a Test"|publisher=Fox News|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref>
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Mojang Studios]] of Sweden release the blockbuster [[video game]] ''[[Minecraft]]'', which becomes the [[best-selling video game of all time]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gerken |first=Tom |date=2023-10-16 |title=''Minecraft'' becomes first video game to hit 300m sales |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67105983 |access-date=2024-07-15 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Mojang Studios]] of Sweden release the blockbuster [[video game]] ''[[Minecraft]]'', which becomes the [[best-selling video game of all time]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gerken |first=Tom |date=2023-10-16 |title=''Minecraft'' becomes first video game to hit 300m sales |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67105983 |access-date=2024-07-15 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[November 26]] &ndash; The [[Mars Science Laboratory]] rover [[Curiosity (rover)|''Curiosity'']], is launched from the [[Kennedy Space Center]]. It lands on [[Mars]] on [[August 6]], [[2012]].<ref>{{cite news | first=Marcia | last=Dunn | title=NASA launches world's largest rover to Mars | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-launches-worlds-largest-rover-to-mars/article2250839/ | location=Cape Canaveral, Florida | agency=The Associated Press | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=November 26, 2011 | access-date=August 23, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107080758/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-launches-worlds-largest-rover-to-mars/article2250839/ | archive-date=January 7, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Irene | last=Klotz | title=NASA rover launched to seek out life clues on Mars | url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-space-mars-idUKTRE7AP0EV20111126 | location=Cape Canaveral, Florida | date=November 27, 2011 | work=Reuters | access-date=July 6, 2021 | archive-date=July 29, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729221833/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-space-mars-idUKTRE7AP0EV20111126 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=NASA launches new Mars rover | url=http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2011/11/2011112682011425406.html | date=November 26, 2011 | agency=Al Jazeera | access-date=December 7, 2011 | archive-date=September 21, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921133410/https://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2011/11/2011112682011425406.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 26]] &ndash; The [[Mars Science Laboratory]] rover [[Curiosity (rover)|''Curiosity'']], is launched from the [[Kennedy Space Center]]. It lands on [[Mars]] on [[August 6]], [[2012]].<ref>{{cite news | first=Marcia | last=Dunn | title=NASA launches world's largest rover to Mars | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-launches-worlds-largest-rover-to-mars/article2250839/ | location=Cape Canaveral, Florida | agency=The Associated Press | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=November 26, 2011 | access-date=August 23, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107080758/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-launches-worlds-largest-rover-to-mars/article2250839/ | archive-date=January 7, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Irene | last=Klotz | title=NASA rover launched to seek out life clues on Mars | url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-space-mars-idUKTRE7AP0EV20111126 | location=Cape Canaveral, Florida | date=November 27, 2011 | work=Reuters | access-date=July 6, 2021 | archive-date=July 29, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729221833/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-space-mars-idUKTRE7AP0EV20111126 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=NASA launches new Mars rover | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2011/11/2011112682011425406.html | date=November 26, 2011 | agency=Al Jazeera | access-date=December 7, 2011 | archive-date=September 21, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921133410/https://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2011/11/2011112682011425406.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 30]] &ndash; 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]].<ref>{{cite news |author=James Reynolds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15966628 |title=UK to expel all Iranian diplomats over embassy attack |publisher=BBC |date=November 9, 2011 |access-date=December 1, 2011 |archive-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130174105/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15966628 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 30]] &ndash; 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]].<ref>{{cite news |author=James Reynolds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15966628 |title=UK to expel all Iranian diplomats over embassy attack |publisher=BBC |date=November 9, 2011 |access-date=December 1, 2011 |archive-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130174105/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15966628 |url-status=live }}</ref>


===December===
===December===
* [[December 15]] &ndash; 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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=US flag ceremony ends Iraq operation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105|work=BBC News|access-date=December 15, 2011|date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=December 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215075442/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/100468-panetta-marks-iraq-wars-end-in-baghdad/|title=Panetta marks Iraq war's end in Baghdad|date=December 15, 2011|work=DEFCON Hill – The HILL'S Defense Blog|first=Jonathan|last=Easley|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=January 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113033828/http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/operations/199581-panetta-marks-end-of-iraq-war-|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-lowers-flag-to-end-iraq-war-6277340.html|title=US lowers flag to end Iraq war|date=December 15, 2011|agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=February 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201041914/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-lowers-flag-to-end-iraq-war-6277340.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/u-s-formally-ends-iraq-war-with-little-fanfare-1.740612|title=U.S. formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare|date=December 15, 2011|agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=June 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628185948/http://www.ctvnews.ca/u-s-formally-ends-iraq-war-with-little-fanfare-1.740612|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70480.html|title=Leon Panetta marks end of Iraq war|date=December 15, 2011|work=POLITICO.com|first=Tim|last=Mak|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=January 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108235909/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70480.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 15]] &ndash; 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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=US flag ceremony ends Iraq operation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105|work=BBC News|access-date=December 15, 2011|date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=December 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215075442/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/100468-panetta-marks-iraq-wars-end-in-baghdad/|title=Panetta marks Iraq war's end in Baghdad|date=December 15, 2011|work=DEFCON Hill – The HILL'S Defense Blog|first=Jonathan|last=Easley|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=January 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113033828/http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/operations/199581-panetta-marks-end-of-iraq-war-|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-lowers-flag-to-end-iraq-war-6277340.html|title=US lowers flag to end Iraq war|date=December 15, 2011|agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=February 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201041914/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-lowers-flag-to-end-iraq-war-6277340.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/u-s-formally-ends-iraq-war-with-little-fanfare-1.740612|title=U.S. formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare|date=December 15, 2011|agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=June 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628185948/http://www.ctvnews.ca/u-s-formally-ends-iraq-war-with-little-fanfare-1.740612|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/12/panetta-marks-end-of-iraq-war-070480|title=Leon Panetta marks end of Iraq war|date=December 15, 2011|work=POLITICO.com|first=Tim|last=Mak|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=January 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108235909/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70480.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Tropical Storm Washi]] causes 1,268 [[flash flood]] fatalities in the [[Philippines]], with 85 people officially listed as missing.<ref name="washi official">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/358/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20No%2023%20re%20TS%20SENDONG.pdf |title=Effects of Tropical Storm "Sendong" (Washi) and Emergency Operations |date=December 30, 2011 |publisher=National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council |access-date=January 1, 2012 |location=Philippines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502002130/http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/358/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20No%2023%20re%20TS%20SENDONG.pdf |archive-date=May 2, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Tropical Storm Washi]] causes 1,268 [[flash flood]] fatalities in the [[Philippines]], with 85 people officially listed as missing.<ref name="washi official">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/358/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20No%2023%20re%20TS%20SENDONG.pdf |title=Effects of Tropical Storm "Sendong" (Washi) and Emergency Operations |date=December 30, 2011 |publisher=National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council |access-date=January 1, 2012 |location=Philippines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502002130/http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/358/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20No%2023%20re%20TS%20SENDONG.pdf |archive-date=May 2, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[December 17]] &ndash; 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 17]] &ndash; 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 19]] – Liechtenstein becomes the 26th member state of the [[Schengen Area]].
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Samoa]] 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.<ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-samoa-dateline,0,2803590.story|title=Back to the future: Samoa and Tokelau to cross international date line, jump forward a day|date=December 21, 2011|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=December 29, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Samoa]] 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.<ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-samoa-dateline,0,2803590.story|title=Back to the future: Samoa and Tokelau to cross international date line, jump forward a day|date=December 21, 2011|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=December 29, 2011|archive-date=January 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107235918/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-samoa-dateline,0,2803590.story|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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Template:Year article header 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 latter gave way to the second Libyan civil war.

U.S. Navy SEALs killed al-Qaeda leader and terrorist Osama bin Laden in his compound in Pakistan on May 2. The Curiosity 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, who had been the supreme leader of North Korea since the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994, died while traveling by train to a place outside Pyongyang. He was succeeded by his son Kim Jong Un.

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In 2011, the nation of Samoa only had 364 days as it moved across the International Date Line skipping December 30, 2011; it is now 24 hours ahead of American Samoa.[2][3]

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