2011

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Template:Year article header The year marked the start of a series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, and in some cases sparking civil wars such as the Syrian civil war and the first Libyan civil war, the former still ongoing while the latter gave way to the second Libyan civil war.

U.S. Navy SEALs killed al-Qaeda leader and terrorist Osama bin Laden in his compound in Pakistan on May 2. The Curiosity rover, which was to land on Mars in August of the following year, launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26. In December, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who had been the supreme leader of North Korea since the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994, died while traveling by train to a place outside Pyongyang. He was succeeded by his son Kim Jong Un.

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JanuaryEdit

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JuneEdit

  • June 4 – Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand and Australia, and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.
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JulyEdit

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  • July 31 – In Thailand over 12.8 million people are affected by severe flooding. The World Bank estimates damages at 1,440 billion baht (US$45 billion).<ref name="time">Template:Cite news</ref> Some areas are still six feet under water, and many factory areas remain closed at the end of the year. 815<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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AugustEdit

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SeptemberEdit

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OctoberEdit

  • October 4 – The death toll from the flooding of Cambodia's Mekong river and attendant flash floods reaches 207.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • October 23 – A magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake jolts eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing over 600 people and damaging about 2,200 buildings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Nobel PrizesEdit

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See alsoEdit

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