Monday, December 5, 2011

Important & Remarkable Events in 2011

2011 has been a big year and it's going to over Soon. Following are some of the remarkable events which took place this year. The events are in order of date, not importance. For more information click on the link provided with each event.

15) Attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store kills 6 and wounds 13, including Giffords
(January 8th)

14) The Tunisian government falls after a month of increasingly violent protests; President Zine El Abidined Ben Ali flees to Saudi Araba after 23 years in power.
(Januay 14th)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12195025





13) All available blocks of IPv4 internet addresses are officially distributed to regional authorities
(February 3rd)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4_address_exhaustion




12) Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103).
(February 24th)

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/discovery-info.html






11) Egyptian Revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
(February 11th)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_revolution


10) Libyan protests (February/March)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/23/eveningnews/main20035639.shtml


9)  An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.(March 11th)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/world/asia/12japan.html?_r=1


8) A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.
(Marach 12th)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42044156/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/t/second-nuclear-meltdown-likely-under-way-japan-official-says/






7) Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton.
(Apil 29th)

http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-504963_162-10007591.html?tag=mncol;lst;6



6) Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
 (May 2nd)




5) South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
(July 9th)

http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-07-09/news/29754328_1_south-sudan-salva-kiir-gains-independence






4)  NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.
(July 21st)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44364567/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/tribute-officially-ends-space-shuttle-program/





3) Beginning of World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid
(August 23rd)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Youth_Day_2011






2) After 434 dead, the United Nations launches a $357 million appeal for victims of the 2011 Sindh Floods in Pakistan.
(Setember 19th)

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/18/un-launches-357-million-appeal-for-flood-hit-pakistan.html





1) Israel and the Palestinian militant organization Hamas begin a major prisoner swap, 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
(October 18th)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/world/middleeast/israel-and-palestinians-begin-prisoner-exchange.html?pagewanted=all