WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 2011
Find out what all happened February to November 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)

A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people. (1. June 2011)

Global protests break out in 120 cities in 48 countries. (15. October 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)

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)

The Libyan National Transition Council deems the Libyan civil war over. (23. October 2011)

A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team. (7. September 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)

Libyan civil war: National Transitional Council rebel forces capture ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte and kill him shortly thereafter. (20. October 2011)

The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang Dynasty artefacts found in one location, begins in Singapore. (19. February 2011)

The Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton. (29. April 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)

Beginning of the Syrian civil war. (15. March 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 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) 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. (11. March 2011)

Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights. (9. March 2011)

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

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

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

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