WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 2011
Find out what all happened September to December 2011

NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the moon. (31. December 2011)

Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity. (23. November 2011)

Michael D. Higgins was chosen in the Irish presidential election as the ninth President of Ireland by the biggest vote in Irish history. (27. October 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)

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

Owing to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau. (30. December 2011)

The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 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. (8. November 2011)

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

2011 NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others. (26. 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)

The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as Seven Billion Day. (31. October 2011)

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

A murder-suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market. (13. December 2011)

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

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

Uludere airstrike: Turkish warplanes bomb 34 Kurds of Turkish nationality in the district of Uludere. (28. December 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)

Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis. (12. November 2011)