WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 2011
Find out what all happened February to October 2011

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA (26. August 2011)

Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights. (9. March 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)

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)

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

Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. (1. May 2011)

22 people are killed when Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 crashes in southern Argentina. (18. May 2011)

The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City opens to the public. (12. September 2011)

In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered in the lawless Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia. (5. October 2011)

Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks is killed by United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Due to the time difference between the United States and Pakistan, bin Laden was actually killed on May 2. (1. May 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)

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

For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855. (13. February 2011)

The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as Seven Billion Day. (31. October 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)

Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130. (13. July 2011)

A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands. (23. October 2011)

After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers. (1. April 2011)

An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 162 people and wreaking $2.8 billion worth in damage—the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history. (22. May 2011)

The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests. (11. February 2011)