WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2011
Find out what all happened January to September 2011

Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a. (27. January 2011)

The former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for freedom, rights and democracy, considered as the anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution and the birth of the Arab Spring. (14. January 2011)

Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage. (28. August 2011)

An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 185 people. (22. February 2011)

Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103). (24. February 2011)

Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sunk in Volga near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, leading to 122 deaths. (10. July 2011)

Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 77 people. (9. January 2011)

The United States ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time. (20. September 2011)

The Kallikratis plan becomes the new administrative system of Greece. (1. January 2011)

Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all time saves leader with 602. (19. September 2011)

Malta votes on the introduction of divorce. (28. May 2011)

South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan. (9. July 2011)

Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City. (17. September 2011)

As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising, a series of demonstrations, amounting to a sustained campaign of civil resistance, in the Persian Gulf country of Bahrain begins with a 'Day of Rage'. (14. February 2011)

Digital switchover is completed in 44 of the 47 prefectures of Japan, with Iwate, Miyagi[disambiguation needed ], and Fukushima television stations terminating analog broadcasting operations later as a result of the Tōhoku earthquake. (24. July 2011)

Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya. (22. July 2011)

A explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others. (11. April 2011)

A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people. (1. January 2011)

Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the end of the world would occur on this day, a prophecy that would prove incorrect. (21. May 2011)

An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak. (2. May 2011)