Historical Events In 2011

Sep 05   India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute on this day in history.   

Sep 07   On this day in history plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team   

Sep 10   In the year 2011 zanzibar ferry sinking: The MV Spice Islander I, carrying at least 800 people, sinks off the coast of Zanzibar, killing 240 people.   

Sep 12   Approximately 100 people die after a petrol pipeline explodes in Nairobi in the year 2011.   

Sep 17   Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zucotti Park, New York City on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history occupy Wall Street protests begin in the United States. This develops into the Occupy movement which spreads to 82 countries by October.   

Sep 19   On this day in history with 434 dead, the United Nations launches a $357 million appeal for victims of the 2011 Sindh floods in Pakistan.   

Sep 20   On this day in history the United States ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.   

Oct 04   2011 Mogadishu bombing: 100 people are killed in a car bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu on this day in history.   

Oct 04   The death toll from the flooding of Cambodia's Mekong River and attendant flash floods reaches 207 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Global protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries in the year 2011.   

Oct 16   2011 Nikki Reed weds Paul McDonald in Malibu on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 2011 gilad Shalit is released.   

Oct 18   On this day in history 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.   

Oct 20   On this day in history arab Spring and the Libyan civil war: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is killed in Sirte, with National Transitional Council forces taking control of the city, and ending the war.   

Oct 20   Basque separatist militant organisation ETA declares an end to its 43-year campaign of political violence, which has killed over 800 people since 1968 on this day in history.   

Oct 20   The former leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, and his son Moatassem Gaddafi are killed shortly after the battle of Sirte (2011) while in the custody of NTC fighters on this day in history.   

Oct 23   A magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake jolted eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing 604 people, and damaging about 2,200 buildings on this day in history.   

Oct 23   On this day in history a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.   

Oct 27   After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announced an agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis which includes a 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 27   The Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation RENDER SAFE on this day in history.   

Oct 29   Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours on this day in history.   

Oct 31   Date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population reaches seven billion on this day in history.   

Oct 31   On this day in history uNESCO admitted Palestine as a member, following a vote in which 107 member states supported and 14 opposed.   

Nov 08   In the year 2011 the potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passed 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.   

Nov 12   Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis on this day in history.   

Nov 23   Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, The Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh Signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Sudden violent storms strike southern Sri Lanka, killing 27 people and drowning many fishermen caught by surprise. Thousands of homes lose their roofs and several more sustain damage. Landslides along with flooding was reported on the mainland on this day in history.   

Nov 26   The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, the most elaborate Martian exploration vehicle to date, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center. It is slated to land on Mars on aug 5, 2012 in the year 2011.   

Dec 15   The United States formally declares an end to the Iraq War on this day in history.   

Dec 16   Tropical Storm Washi causes 1,257 flash flood fatalities in the Philippines with 85 people officially listed as missing on this day in history.   

Dec 29   Samoa and Tokelau move from east to west of the International Date Line, thereby skipping dec 30, in order to align their time zones better with their main trading partners in the year 2011.   

Dec 30   On this day in history eva Zeisel, Hungarian-born ceramic designer, dies at 105   

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Jan 01   Marin Constantin, Romanian composer and conductor (b. 1925) died in the year 2011.   

Jan 02   In the year 2011 death of anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930)   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of mick Karn, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan) (b. 1958)   

Jan 08   Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1924) died in the year 2011.   

Jan 21   On this day in history death of e V V Satyanarayana, Indian Film Director, Producer. (b. 1958)   

Jan 24   Bernd Eichinger, German film producer and director (b. 1949) died on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Charlie Louvin, American musician (b. 1927) died on this day in history.   

Feb 02   On this day in history death of defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress, presenter and VJ. (b. 1975)