The simplest word the could be used to describe 2011 is eventful...
We've often gone through years and called them "bad years," we often say that when we feel things aren't going too well on the personal level. However, 2011 is really a bad year if you ask anyone... more like on a global level!
The first few days or months of the year were seriously stressing and surprising. Almost everyday a new mind blowing event took place.
So let's overlook what happened this year...
Jan. 1: First few minutes of the year witnessed a terrorist attack on a church in Alexandria, Egypt as people celebrated New Year
Jan. 9 to 15: Southern Sudan referendum took place
Jan 11: flood in Rio de Janeiro
Jan. 14: Tunisian government fell and ex-president Zine El Abdine Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia
Jan. 24: Moscow airport bombing
Jan 25: Egyptian Revolution starts
Feb 11: ex-President Hosni Mubarak resigns and Egypt goes under military rule
March 11: earthquake and tsunami in Japan killing more than 15 thousand and more than 4 thousand reported missing
March 15: uprising in Bahrain and state goes under emergency law for months
March 17: uprising in Libya starts asking for government withdrawal and lasts until today...
April 29: Price William and Catherine Middleton get married (finally some good news)!
May 1: Osama Bin Ladin announced dead
June 5: uprising in Yemen and president Ali Abdalla Saleh flees to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment after presidential palace has been under attack
June 12: uprising in Syria to bring down the government starts
July 9: Sudan separated into the North and South
July 20: UN declares famine in South Somalia
July 22: terrorist attack in Norway
July 31: Syrian uprising intensifies, death toll reaches over 3 thousand, still on until today
Aug. 9: first on air trial for ex-president Mubarak
Aug. 20: Libyan uprising intensifies
Sept. 10: Kenya petrol pipeline explodes
Sept. 24: Palestine applies for membership in UN
Sept. 24: a 20 year old 6.5 ton satellite falls into the Pacific Ocean
Oct. 4: car bomb in Somalia leaves 100 people dead
Oct. 4: 283 people dead in Thailand flood
Oct. 5: Steve Jobs passed away
Oct. 9: Maspero, Cairo massacre, leaving at least 28 dead
Oct. 20: Ex-president of Libya, Qaddafi is killed
Oct. 23: Massive earthquake in Turkey killing 603 person
Nov. 22: Egyptian Revolution Re-loaded
Dec. 15: US finally declares an end to the war on Iraq
Dec. 16: Tropical Storm Washi hits Philippines
I wouldn't be surprised if I missed anything major; I tried keeping track... If you wanna add anything please go ahead :)
I'm posting this hours before the end of 2011 and I got to say... I wont be surprised if something else happens before it strikes 12 am! But I'm seriously hoping for the best!
So again; least to say... eventful!
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