2011#March

• January 1
• Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513 |title=Estonia becomes 17th member of the euro zone |work=BBC News |date=2010-12-31 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107004045/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513 |url-status=live }}
• A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
• Flight 348 with 134 occupants, operated by Kolavia, catches fire while taxiing out for take-off. Three people are killed and 43 are injured, four critically, from smoke inhalation or burns.
• January 4 – Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi dies after setting himself on fire a month earlier, sparking anti-government protests in Tunisia and later other Arab nations. These protests become known collectively as the Arab Spring.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16230190 |author=Gardner, Frank |title=Tunisia one year on: Where the Arab Spring started |date=2011-12-17 |work=BBC News |access-date=2012-01-15 |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120073148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16230190 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2011-12-17 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vegetable-seller-who-inspired-arab-spring-honoured-1.1105682 |title=Vegetable seller who inspired Arab Spring honoured |work=CBC News |access-date=2012-01-15 |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117125849/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/12/17/tunisia-anniversary-arabspring.html |url-status=live }}
• January 5 – Internet vigilante group Anonymous launches DoS attacks on Syrian, Tunisian, Bahraini, Egyptian, Libyan, and Jordanian government websites in response to the Arab Spring protests.{{Cite web|last=wconeybeer|date=2011-01-08|title=Anonymous Operation Tunisia rages, US Govt grows worried|url=https://www.myce.com/piracy/anonymous-operation-tunisia-rages-on-us-govt-grows-concerned-38617/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Myce.com|language=en-US|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129222805/https://www.myce.com/piracy/anonymous-operation-tunisia-rages-on-us-govt-grows-concerned-38617/|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|last=Olson|first=Parmy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncGVPtoZPHcC|title=We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency|date=2012-06-05|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-0-316-21353-0|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=March 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322060715/https://books.google.com/books?id=ncGVPtoZPHcC|url-status=live}}
• January 7 – A Bangladeshi teenage girl Felani Khatun, was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on the Anantapur border area under Phulbari upazila in Kurigram. Her body was hanging from the fence for four and half hours. Global human rights organizations, including the media, became protesters.{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=S Dilip |date=2022-01-07 |title=11 years of Felani killing: Family still waiting for justice |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/11-years-felani-killing-family-still-waiting-justice-2934311 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2013-09-15 |title=BSF authorities order revision trial in Felani murder case |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/bsf-authorities-order-revision-trial-in-felani-murder-case/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
• January 9 – Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 78 people.
• January 14 – The Tunisian government falls after a month of increasingly violent protests; President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia after 23 years in power.{{cite news|author=Wyre Davies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12195025 |title=BBC News – Tunisia: President Zine al-Abidine Ali forced out |work=BBC News |date=December 15, 2010 |access-date=2011-01-14| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110115053136/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12195025| archive-date=January 15, 2011| url-status= live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/16/18669320.php |title=Uprising in Tunisia: People Power topples Ben Ali regime |work=Indybay |date=January 16, 2011 |access-date=2011-01-26 |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726181556/http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/16/18669320.php |url-status=live }}
• January 15 – The result of the South Sudanese independence referendum, 2011 is in favour of independence, paving the way for the creation of the new state in July.{{cite web|url=http://www.almanar.com.lb/newssite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=170242&language=en |title=Al-ManarTV:: South Sudan Referendum Wraps up, Khartoum Vows to Recognize Results 15/01/2011 |publisher=Almanar.com.lb |date=2011-01-15 |access-date=2011-01-31 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/8246615/Sudan-referendum-whats-being-voted-on-and-what-will-happen.html Sudan referendum: what's being voted on and what will happen?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111044247/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/8246615/Sudan-referendum-whats-being-voted-on-and-what-will-happen.html |date=January 11, 2011 }} The Telegraph. January 8, 2011
• January 24 – 37 people are killed and more than 180 others are wounded in a bombing at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N2TQ20110124 |title=Suicide bomber kills 31 at Russia's biggest airport |author=Amie Ferris-Rotman |date=January 24, 2011 |work=Reuters |access-date=2011-06-21 |archive-date=January 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125181537/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N2TQ20110124 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://rian.ru/society/20110224/338222803.html|script-title=ru:Число жертв теракта в Домодедово возросло до 37|agency=RIA Novosti|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=February 24, 2011|language=ru|archive-date=February 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227093411/http://www.rian.ru/society/20110224/338222803.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12268662|title=Moscow bombing: Carnage at Russia's Domodedovo airport|work=BBC News|author=Steve Rosenberg|date=January 24, 2011|access-date=January 24, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110125024514/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12268662| archive-date=January 25, 2011| url-status= live}}
• January 25 – The 2011 Egyptian revolution begins.
• January 27 – Within Ursa Minor, H1504+65, a white dwarf with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented.{{cite journal|last=Werner|first=K.|author2=Rauch, T.|date=2011|title=UV Spectroscopy of the Hot Bare Stellar Core H1504+65 with the HST Cosmic Origins Spectrograph|journal=Astrophysics and Space Science|volume=335|issue=1|pages=121–24|doi=10.1007/s10509-011-0617-x|bibcode = 2011Ap&SS.335..121W |s2cid=116910726}}
• January 28 – Friday of anger (Egyptian revolution of 2011). Protestors clash with security forces which resulted in over 600 protestors estimated dead and several police stations were raided.

• February 11 – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns after widespread protests calling for his departure, leaving control of Egypt in the hands of the military, until a general election can be held.{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201121125158705862.html | title=Hosni Mubarak resigns as president | access-date=February 11, 2011 | date=February 11, 2011 | publisher=Al Jazeera | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110211082027/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201121125158705862.html| archive-date=February 11, 2011| url-status= live}}
• February 15 – The First Libyan Civil War starts.
• February 19–April 2 – The 2011 Cricket World Cup is held in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka with India defeating Sri Lanka in the final.
• February 22–March 14 – Uncertainty over Libyan oil output causes crude oil prices to rise 20% over a two-week period following the Arab Spring,{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703610604576158613735835374|title=The Stealth Return of $100 Oil|date=February 22, 2011|access-date=March 12, 2011|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|first1=Jerry A.|last1=Dicolo|first2=Brian|last2=Baskin| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110224063242/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703610604576158613735835374.html| archive-date=February 24, 2011| url-status= live}} causing the 2011 energy crisis.
• February 22 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Christchurch, in what becomes New Zealand's third-deadliest natural disaster. 185 people are killed, many ESL students within the CTV Building, and the city centre and 10,000 homes are destroyed. Many foreign search and rescue workers respond to the event.

• March 5 – Egyptian protestors storm the State Security headquarters in the Nasr City district of Cairo.
• March 6 – Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War is triggered when 15 youths in Daraa are arrested for scrawling graffiti on their school wall denouncing the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
• March 11 – A 9.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 19,759 people and leaving another 2,553 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake.{{cite news|title=Japan earthquake live blog: Death toll rises amid widespread destruction|url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-live-blog-death-toll-rises-amid-widespread-destruction/|date=March 12, 2011|work=CNN blog|publisher=Time Warner|access-date=March 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316132608/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-live-blog-death-toll-rises-amid-widespread-destruction/|archive-date=March 16, 2011|url-status=dead}} As a result of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, multiple plants at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant were damaged, several workers injured, and contaminants were released into the environment.
• March 15
• Egypt’s Ministry of Interior dissolves the widely feared and hated State Security Investigations Service accused of human rights abuses and announced the establishment of the new National Security Agency will replace it and take over its internal security duties.
• Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, declares a three-month state of emergency as troops from the Gulf Co-operation Council are sent to quell the civil unrest.{{cite news|title=Bahrain King Declares State of Emergency after Protests|author=Staff writer|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12745608|work=BBC News|date=March 15, 2011|access-date=April 15, 2011|author-link=Staff writer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405202821/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12745608|archive-date=April 5, 2011|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=Staff writer|title=Two Killed in Bahrain Violence Despite Martial Law|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12751464|date=March 15, 2011|access-date=April 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405202839/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12751464|archive-date=April 5, 2011|url-status=live}}
• Protests breakout across Syria demanding democratic reforms, resignation of President Bashar al-Assad, and release of those imprisoned for the March 6 Daraa protest.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12749674|title=Mid-East unrest: Syrian protests in Damascus and Aleppo|date=2011-03-15|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=2017-05-10|language=en-GB|archive-date=July 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721134738/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12749674|url-status=live}} The government responds by killing hundreds of protesters and laying siege to various cities, beginning the Syrian Civil War, which lasts until Assad’s overthrow in 2024.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/04/20114309234489989.html|title=Fresh violence hits Syrian town|date=2011-04-30|website=Al Jazeera|access-date=2017-05-10|archive-date=December 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218184815/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/04/20114309234489989.html|url-status=live}}
• March 17 – The United Nations Security Council votes 10–0 to create a no-fly zone over Libya in response to allegations of government aggression against civilians.{{cite web |url=http://www.libyafeb17.com/ |title=libyafeb17.com |publisher=libyafeb17.com |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=March 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317022355/http://www.libyafeb17.com/ |url-status=usurped }}
• March 19 – In light of continuing attacks on Libyan rebels by forces in support of leader Muammar Gaddafi,{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42164455|title=World leaders launch military action in Libya|date=March 19, 2011|access-date=March 19, 2011|work=NBC News|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923232056/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42164455|url-status=live}} military intervention authorized under UNSCR 1973 begins as French fighter jets make reconnaissance flights over Libya.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world/africa/20libya.html|title=France Sends Military Flights Over Libya|date=March 19, 2011|access-date=March 19, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|first1=David D.|last1=Kirkpatrick|first2=Elisabeth|last2=Bumiller| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110326012321/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world/africa/20libya.html| archive-date=March 26, 2011| url-status= live}}

• April 7 – The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever.{{cite magazine|author=Sholom Friedmann|date=Feb 14, 2018|title=Our Journey|magazine=Ami Magazine|issue=355|page=118}}
• April 11 – Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is arrested in his home in Abidjan by supporters of elected President Alassane Ouattara, with support from French forces; this effectively ends the 2010–11 Ivorian crisis and civil war.{{cite news|url=https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE73A0MX20110411 |title=Gbagbo, wife in Ouattara's custody in I.Coast: UN |work=Reuters |date=April 11, 2011|access-date=April 11, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110426045833/https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE73A0MX20110411| archive-date=April 26, 2011| url-status= dead}}
• April 15 – The Mexican town of Cherán is taken over by vigilantes in response to abuses from the local drug cartel. The new government is strongly focused on crime reduction and preserving the local environment.
• April 17 – The 2011 PlayStation Network outage begins, becoming one of the largest data breaches ever recorded, and exposing personal data from 77 million accounts on the platform. The outage lasted 23 days.{{Cite web |date=2011-05-21 |title=Welcome Back PSN: The Winners |url=https://kotaku.com/welcome-back-psn-the-winners-5804318 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Kotaku |language=en |archive-date=February 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214221410/https://kotaku.com/welcome-back-psn-the-winners-5804318 |url-status=live }}
• April 24 – The 2011 Guantanamo Bay files leak occurs, WikiLeaks and other organisations publishing 779 classified documents about Guantanamo Bay detainees, and it had been exposed 150 innocent citizens from Afghanistan and Pakistan were held in the camp without trial and detainees being as young as 14 years old.{{Cite web|last1=Leigh|first1=David|last2=Ball|first2=James|last3=Cobain|first3=Ian|last4=Burke|first4=Jason|title=Guantánamo leaks lift lid on world's most controversial prison|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-lift-lid-prison|date=April 25, 2011|access-date=December 3, 2021|work=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=August 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823013641/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-lift-lid-prison|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Military Documents Detail Life At Guantanamo|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135690218/military-documents-detail-life-at-guantanamo|access-date=2021-03-12|website=NPR.org|language=en|archive-date=April 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426222325/https://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135690218/military-documents-detail-life-at-guantanamo|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=WikiLeaks: Guantanamo Bay terrorist secrets revealed|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Telegraph|date=April 25, 2011 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|date=2011-10-23|title=Wikileaks: Leak reveals new Guantanamo secrets|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wikileaks-leak-reveals-new-guantanamo-secrets-2274616.html|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=November 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112123641/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wikileaks-leak-reveals-new-guantanamo-secrets-2274616.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=WikiLeaks Documents Reveal U.S. Knowingly Imprisoned 150 Innocent Men at Guantánamo|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/25/wikileaks_documents_reveal_us_knowingly_imprisoned|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Democracy Now!|language=en|archive-date=April 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425235925/http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/25/wikileaks_documents_reveal_us_knowingly_imprisoned|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2011-04-25|title=Guantánamo Bay files: Children and senile old men among detainees|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-children-old-men|access-date=2021-03-12|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=September 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911090116/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-children-old-men|url-status=live}}
• April 25–28 – The 2011 Super Outbreak forms in the Southern, Midwest and Eastern United States with a tornado count of 362; killing 324 and injuring over 2,200.
• April 29 – An estimated two billion people{{cite news |last=Grimley |first=Naomi |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13245069 |title=Royal wedding: The world watches William and Kate |work=BBC News |date=April 29, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517125038/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13245069 |url-status=live }} watch the wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London.{{cite web |title=Prince William of Wales & Catherine |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/prince-william-of-wales-catherine |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804125342/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/prince-william-of-wales-catherine |url-status=live }}

• May 1 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, was killed on May 2, 2011 (PKT, UTC+05) during an American military operation in Pakistan.{{cite news |last1=Goldman |first1=Adam |last2=Brummitt |first2=Chris |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110502/ap_on_re_us/us_bin_laden |title=Bin Laden's demise: Long pursuit, burst of gunfire |agency=Associated Press |date=May 2, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513040530/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110502/ap_on_re_us/us_bin_laden |archive-date=May 13, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• May 5 – In Brazil, the Supreme Federal Court approves same-sex marriage.
• May 10–14 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 takes place in Düsseldorf, Germany, and is won by Azeri entrants Ell & Nikki with the song "Running Scared".
• May 11 – A 5.1 earthquake strikes southern Spain, killing 9 people and injuring over 400.
• May 16 – The European Union agrees to a €78 billion rescue deal for Portugal. The bailout loan will be equally split between the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility, and the International Monetary Fund.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13408497 | title=Portugal's 78bn euro bail-out is formally approved | work=BBC Business News | date=May 16, 2011 | access-date=November 13, 2011 | archive-date=May 18, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518135513/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13408497 | url-status=live }}
• May 18 – Porto beats Braga 1–0 in the 2011 UEFA Europa League final at the Aviva Stadium.
• May 21 – Grímsvötn, Iceland's most active volcano, erupts and causes disruption to air travel in Northwestern Europe.{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/05/26/357246/european-proceedures-cope-with-new-ash-cloud.html|title=European proceedures (sic) cope with new ash cloud|date=May 26, 2011|work=Flightglobal|author=David Learmount|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703022217/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/european-proceedures-cope-with-new-ash-cloud-357246/|archive-date=July 3, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=September 28, 2015}}
• May 22 – The 2011 Joplin tornado, an EF5 tornado, strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and injuring 1,150.
• May 26 – Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia.{{cite web|author=Interpol |url=http://www.interpol.int/public/Data/Wanted/Notices/Data/1995/54/1995_47754.asp |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090704041327/http://www.interpol.int/Public/Data/Wanted/Notices/Data/1995/54/1995_47754.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-07-04 |title=Interpol: Wanted MLADIC, Ratko |publisher=Interpol.int |access-date=2011-05-26}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8537878/Ratko-Mladic-war-crimes-fugitive-arrested-in-Serbia.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8537878/Ratko-Mladic-war-crimes-fugitive-arrested-in-Serbia.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Ratko Mladic: war crimes fugitive 'arrested in Serbia'|last=Wardrop|first=Murray|date=May 26, 2011|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=May 26, 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}}
• May 28 – Barcelona beats Manchester United 3–1 in the 2011 UEFA Champions League final at the Wembley Stadium.

• 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.
• June 6 – Twitch.tv, a video game-focused live streaming service, is launched as a spinoff from Justin.tv.{{cite web |url=https://thenextweb.com/media/2011/06/06/twitchtv-justin-tvs-killer-new-esports-project/ |title=TwitchTV: Justin.tv's killer new esports project |author=Alex Wilhelm |date=June 6, 2011 |website=The Next Web |access-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614221301/https://thenextweb.com/media/2011/06/06/twitchtv-justin-tvs-killer-new-esports-project/ |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |url-status=live}}
• June 15 – A riot broke out in Vancouver, British Columbia in the aftermath of the Boston Bruins' win over the Vancouver Canucks in game seven of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals
• June 22 – Former Winter Hill Gang leader James "Whitey" Bulger is arrested in Santa Monica, California following an anonymous tip.
• June 26–July 17 – The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup takes place in Germany, and is won by Japan.
• June 28 – The Food and Agriculture Organization announces the eradication of the cattle plague rinderpest from the world.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/health/28rinderpest.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|first=Donald G.|last=McNeil Jr|title=Rinderpest, a Centuries-Old Animal Disease, Is Eradicated|date=2011-06-27|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-date=August 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812021913/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/health/28rinderpest.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}

• July 6 – The International Olympic Committee awards PyeongChang the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.
• July 9 – South Sudan secedes from Sudan, per the result of the independence referendum held in January.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082|title=South Sudan: New nation|date=July 24, 2013|work=BBC|access-date=October 23, 2013|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912211654/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082|url-status=live}}
• July 12 – The planet Neptune completes its first orbit since it was discovered in 1846.{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html|title=Neptune Completes First Orbit Since Its Discovery in 1846|work=Space.com|date=July 12, 2011|access-date=October 30, 2015|archive-date=October 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029065245/http://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html|url-status=live}}
• July 14 – South Sudan joins the United Nations as the 193rd member.{{cite news|last1=Worsnip|first1=Patrick|last2=Davies|first2=Megan|title=South Sudan admitted to U.N. as 193rd member|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-un-membership-idUSTRE76D6F920110715#ULtdLzo0E4gtVS8b.97|access-date=November 29, 2015|work=Reuters|date=July 14, 2011|archive-date=October 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002121503/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/15/us-sudan-un-membership-idUSTRE76D6F920110715#ULtdLzo0E4gtVS8b.97|url-status=live}}
• July 14–23 – Two frontal systems enter south-central Chile causing great snowfalls that leaves thousand of people isolated.{{Citation

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• July 20
• Goran Hadžić is detained in Serbia, becoming the last of 161 people indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gN0BSyDw5sirbLulQXqgi4DslMtQ?docId=9188fbcd8b194ff79407247b3df94840|title=The Associated Press: Serbia arrests last Balkan war crimes fugitive|access-date=2011-07-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110720111844/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gN0BSyDw5sirbLulQXqgi4DslMtQ?docId=9188fbcd8b194ff79407247b3df94840| archive-date=July 20, 2011| url-status= dead}}
• The United Nations declares a famine in southern Somalia, the first in over 30 years.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/somalia-on-verge-of-famine-1.1065398|title=Somalia on verge of famine|date=July 18, 2011|work=CBC News|access-date=July 18, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110720035002/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/07/18/un-famine-east-africa.html| archive-date=July 20, 2011| url-status= live}}
• Mauno Koivisto becomes the oldest living President of Finland in the history of the nation, surpassing Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg.
• July 21 – Space Shuttle Atlantis lands successfully at Kennedy Space Center after completing STS-135, concluding NASA's Space Shuttle program.{{cite web|title=Atlantis Completes Final Space Shuttle Program Landing at 5:57 a.m. EDT|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html|publisher=NASA|access-date=July 21, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110726190430/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html| archive-date=July 26, 2011| url-status= live|date=July 21, 2011}}
• July 22 – In Norway, Anders Behring Breivik kills 8 people in a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, then kills 69 at a massacre at a Workers' Youth League camp on the island of Utøya.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010| title=Norway massacre: 'We could hear the gunshots getting closer'| work=BBC News| date=October 19, 2017| access-date=October 13, 2018| archive-date=November 3, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103011607/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010| url-status=live}}
• July 23 – In London, singer Amy Winehouse dies at age 27 due to alcohol poisoning.
• Wenzhou train collision; 2 high speed trains in Wenzhou, China collided on a viaduct, sending multiple cars off the viaduct and crushing some. 40 people were killed and 192 people were injured.{{cite web | title=China bullet train crash 'caused by design flaws' | website=BBC News | date=2011-12-28 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-16345592 | access-date=2024-11-20}}
• 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).{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2101273,00.html |title=Thailand cleans up; Areas remain flooded |agency=Associated Press |magazine=Time |date=December 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108085747/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2101273,00.html |archive-date=January 8, 2012 }} Some areas are still six feet under water, and many factory areas remain closed at the end of the year. 815{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/12/30/death-toll-thai-floods-rises-790.html |title=Death toll of Thai floods rises to 790 |work=The Jakarta Post |date=2011-12-30 |access-date=2012-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217204007/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/12/30/death-toll-thai-floods-rises-790.html |archive-date=February 17, 2012 }} people are killed, with 58 of the country's 77 provinces affected.{{cite news |last=Daniel |first=Zoe |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-05/27worst27-thai-floods-kill-2242c-threaten-bangkok/3221304/?site=sydney |title=Hundreds killed in flood-hit Thailand |newspaper=ABC News Australia |date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006150901/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-05/27worst27-thai-floods-kill-2242c-threaten-bangkok/3221304/?site=sydney |url-status=live }}

• August – Stock exchanges worldwide suffer heavy losses due to the fears of contagion of the European sovereign debt crisis and the credit rating downgraded as a result of the debt-ceiling crisis of the United States.{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-06/u-s-credit-rating-cut-by-s-p-for-first-time-on-deficit-reduction-accord.html | work=Bloomberg | first=John | last=Detrixhe | title=U.S. Loses AAA Credit Rating as S&P Slams Debt Levels, Political Process | date=August 6, 2011 | access-date=March 4, 2017 | archive-date=January 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114003314/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-06/u-s-credit-rating-cut-by-s-p-for-first-time-on-deficit-reduction-accord.html | url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=Analysis: France, Britain AAA-ratings under scrutiny|date=August 8, 2011|first1=Catherine|last1=Bremer|first2=Olesya|last2=Dmitracova|work=Reuters|location=Paris/London|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crisis-ratings-idUSTRE7773KG20110808|access-date=August 10, 2011|archive-date=August 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809173224/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/08/us-crisis-ratings-idUSTRE7773KG20110808|url-status=live}}
• August 5
• NASA announces that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured photographic evidence of possible liquid water on Mars during warm seasons.
• Juno, the first solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0805/nasa.html|title=NASA launches mission to Jupiter|date=August 5, 2011|work=RTÉ|access-date=August 5, 2011|archive-date=November 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114054028/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0805/nasa.html|url-status=live}}
• August 20 – First Air Flight 6560, a Boeing 737-210C, crashed on approach to Resolute Bay Airport, Nunavut, Canada, killing 12 out of the 15 occupants onboard.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Boeing 737-210C C-GNWN, Saturday 20 August 2011 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/321073 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}
• August 20–28 – Libyan rebels take control of the capital Tripoli, effectively overthrowing the government of Muammar Gaddafi.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-31-2011-1131 |title=Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – 09:31 GMT+3 – Libya |publisher=Blogs.aljazeera.net |date=2011-08-31 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016041029/http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-31-2011-1131 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=Gadhafi Family Members in Algeria, Ambassador Says|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/29/libya.algeria.gadhafi/index.html?hpt=hp_c1|date=August 29, 2011|access-date=August 29, 2011|author=Staff|publisher=CNN|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110133439/http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/29/libya.algeria.gadhafi/index.html?hpt=hp_c1|url-status=live}}{{cite news | author = Staff | date = August 23, 2011 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14630702 | title = Libya Unrest: Rebels Overrun Gadhafi Tripoli Compound | work = BBC News | access-date = August 24, 2011 | archive-date = May 13, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190513082953/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14630702 | url-status = live }}

• September 5 – India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute.{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiabangladesh-sign-pact-on-border-demarcation/181937-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622024224/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiabangladesh-sign-pact-on-border-demarcation/181937-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-06-22 |title=India-Bangladesh sign pact on border demarcation |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=2012-05-06}}
• September 9–October 23 – The 2011 Rugby World Cup is held in and won by New Zealand who beat France in the final.
• September 10 – The MV Spice Islander I, carrying at least 800 people, sinks off the coast of Zanzibar, killing 240 people.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120425132847/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-09/11/c_131133070.htm 197 bodies retrieved in Tanzania ferry accident: Minister] Xinhua September 11, 2011
• September 12 – Approximately 100 people die after a petrol pipeline explodes in Nairobi.{{cite web |author=Hassan Lali |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14879401 |title=Kenya fire: Nairobi pipeline blaze 'kills at least 75' |work=BBC News |date=2011-09-12 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206095305/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14879401 |url-status=live }}
• September 16 – Snapchat was launched.
• September 17 – Occupy Wall Street protests begin in the United States. This develops into the Occupy movement which spreads to 82 countries by October.{{Cite news|work=CNN tech|last=Saba|first=Michael|title=Twitter #occupywallstreet movement aims to mimic Iran|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/tech/social-media/twitter-occupy-wall-street/index.html|date=September 17, 2011|access-date=September 17, 2011|archive-date=October 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031022715/http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/tech/social-media/twitter-occupy-wall-street/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreet |title=Occupy Wall Street {{pipe}} September 17th |publisher=Adbusters.org |access-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104044956/http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreet |archive-date=November 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/25/egyptian-protesters-occupy-wall-street?newsfeed=true|title=Tahrir Square protesters send message of solidarity to Occupy Wall Street|access-date=November 15, 2011|work=The Guardian|date=October 25, 2011|location=London|first1=Jack|last1=Shenker|first2=Adam|last2=Gabbatt|archive-date=February 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226090356/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/25/egyptian-protesters-occupy-wall-street?newsfeed=true|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url = http://aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F39F8293-C172-4018-9725-1E1184EED075.htm?GoogleStatID=9|title = احتجاجات بـ82 دولة للمطالبة بالعدالة|publisher = AlJazeera.net|access-date = January 3, 2012|archive-date = December 19, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111219061013/http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F39F8293-C172-4018-9725-1E1184EED075.htm?GoogleStatID=9|url-status = dead}}{{cite news|title=Occupy America: protests against Wall Street and inequality hit 70 cities|author=Joanna Walters|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/08/occupy-america-protests-financial-crisis|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 8, 2011|access-date=October 14, 2011|location=London|archive-date=October 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001041116/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/08/occupy-america-protests-financial-crisis|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Occupy the World: The '99 Percent' Movement Goes Global |author=Derek Thompson |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/10/occupy-the-world-the-99-percent-movement-goes-global/246757/ |newspaper=The Atlantic |date=October 15, 2011 |access-date=October 15, 2011 |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518181828/http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/10/occupy-the-world-the-99-percent-movement-goes-global/246757/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Occupy Wall Street protests go global |author=Karla Adam |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/occupy-wall-street-protests-go-global/2011/10/15/gIQAp7kimL_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 15, 2011 |access-date=November 8, 2011 |archive-date=November 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118043720/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/occupy-wall-street-protests-go-global/2011/10/15/gIQAp7kimL_story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Occupy Wall Street protests continue worldwide |author=Karla Adam |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 16, 2011}}{{cite news |author=Joanna Walters in Seattle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/08/occupy-america-protests-financial-crisis |title=Occupy America: protests against Wall Street and inequality hit 70 cities {{pipe}} World news |work=The Observer |location=UK |access-date=October 13, 2011 |date=October 8, 2011 |archive-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001041116/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/08/occupy-america-protests-financial-crisis |url-status=live }}
• September 19 – With 436 people dead, the United Nations launches a $357 million appeal for victims of the 2011 Sindh floods in Pakistan.{{cite web |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/un_appeals_for_millions_to_help_pakistan_flood_victims/24332575.html |title=UN Appeals For $357 Million To Help Pakistan Flood Victims Radio Free Europe |publisher=Rferl.org |date=2011-09-19 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919085706/http://www.rferl.org/content/un_appeals_for_millions_to_help_pakistan_flood_victims/24332575.html |url-status=live }}

• October 4 – The death toll from the flooding of Cambodia's Mekong river and attendant flash floods reaches 207.{{cite web |url=http://www.wfp.org/content/floods-claim-207-lives-cambodia |title=Floods claim 207 lives in Cambodia |publisher=Wfp.org |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227045950/http://www.wfp.org/content/floods-claim-207-lives-cambodia |archive-date=December 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• October 18
• Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange: Israel and the Palestinian militant organization Hamas begin a major prisoner exchange, in which the captured Israeli Army soldier Gilad Shalit is released by Hamas in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian and Israeli-Arab prisoners held in Israel, including 280 prisoners serving life sentences for planning and perpetrating terror attacks.{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/world/meast/israel-prisoner-swap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 | work=CNN | title=After 5 years in captivity, Shalit is back home - CNN.com | date=October 19, 2011 | access-date=October 20, 2011 | archive-date=April 16, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416121728/https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/world/meast/israel-prisoner-swap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 | url-status=live }}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Gilad Shalit release: Palestinian prisoner exchange getting under way | date=October 18, 2011 | access-date=December 16, 2016 | archive-date=February 12, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212034810/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange | url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=242250 |title=Schalit reunites with parents, PM... JPost – Diplomacy & Politics |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=2011-10-18 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222063009/http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=242250 |archive-date=December 22, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• Dozens of exotic animals were released from their enclosures at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in Zanesville, Ohio resulting in the need of local law enforcement to hunt and kill 48 animals including 18 tigers, 6 black bears, 2 grizzly bears, 2 wolves, 1 macaque monkey, 1 baboon, 3 mountain lions and 17 African lions.
• October 20
• Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is killed in Sirte, with National Transitional Council forces taking control of the city and ending the war.{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |title=NTC claims capture of Gaddafi – Africa |work=Al Jazeera English |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109103953/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15387872 |title=BBC News – Col Gaddafi killed |work=BBC |date=October 22, 2011 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109185148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15387872 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-gaddafi-death-idUKTRE79J2S320111020|title=Gaddafi dies of wounds – NTC official|work=Reuters UK|agency=Reuters|date=October 20, 2011|access-date=2011-10-20|first=Samia|last=Nakhoul|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033525/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-gaddafi-death-idUKTRE79J2S320111020|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |title=Muammar Gaddafi 'killed' in gun battle – Africa |work=Al Jazeera English |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109103953/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |url-status=live }}
• Basque separatist militant organisation ETA declares an end to its 43-year campaign of political violence, which has killed over 800 people since 1968.{{cite news|url=http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/10/19/actualidad/1319056094_153776.html|title=ETA pone fin a 43 años de terror {{pipe}} Política ||newspaper=El País|date=October 20, 2011|publisher=Politica.elpais.com|access-date=2012-05-06|last1=Aizpeolea|first1=Luis R.|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620024236/https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/10/19/actualidad/1319056094_153776.html|url-status=live}}
• October 23 – A magnitude 7.2 M_w earthquake jolts eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing over 600 people and damaging about 2,200 buildings.{{cite web |url=http://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/23/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/ |title=2011 Van earthquake |publisher=Earthquake Report |date=2011-10-23 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122183632/https://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/23/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/ |url-status=usurped }}
• October 27 – After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announces an agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis which includes a writedown of 50% of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial Stability Facility totaling to €1 trillion.{{cite news|title=Leaders agree eurozone debt deal after late-night talks|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15472547|access-date=October 27, 2011|newspaper=BBC News|date=October 27, 2011|archive-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109215455/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15472547|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Bhatti|first=Jabeen|title=EU leaders reach a deal to tackle debt crisis|url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-10-25/euro-summit/50919216/1?csp=34news|access-date=October 27, 2011|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 27, 2011|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070743/http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-10-25/euro-summit/50919216/1?csp=34news|url-status=dead}}
• October 29
• A large snowstorm produced unusual amounts of early snowfall across the northeastern United States and the Canadian Maritimes, leaving 1.7 million people without power and disrupting travel.{{cite web|title=CT resumes digging out from 'Alfred'|url=http://hbweb.sx2.atl.publicus.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/310319989|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131235351/http://hbweb.sx2.atl.publicus.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/310319989|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|date=October 31, 2011}}
• Michael D. Higgins is elected President of Ireland.{{Cite web |last=Taggart |first=Peter |date=2011-10-29 |title=Higgins wins Irish presidential election |url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/29/world/europe/ireland-presidential-election/index.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=CNN |language=en}}
• October 31
• Date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population reached seven billion.{{cite news|title=Population seven billion: UN sets out challenges|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15459643|work=BBC News|date=2011-10-26|access-date=2011-10-30|archive-date=August 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815233211/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15459643|url-status=live}}
• UNESCO admits Palestine as a member, following a vote which 107 member states support and 14 oppose.{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/general_conference_admits_palestine_as_unesco_member_state/|title=General Conference admits Palestine as UNESCO Member|date=2011-10-31|access-date=2011-12-11|archive-date=December 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214135140/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/general_conference_admits_palestine_as_unesco_member_state/|url-status=live}}

• November 9 – The first nationwide Emergency Alert System test is conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-on-nationwide-alert-its-just-a-test|title=

White House on Nationwide Alert: "It's Just a Test"|publisher=Fox News|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=November 11, 2011}}

• November 18 – Mojang Studios of Sweden release the blockbuster video game Minecraft, which becomes the best-selling video game of all time.{{Cite news |last=Gerken |first=Tom |date=2023-10-16 |title=Minecraft becomes first video game to hit 300m sales |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67105983 |access-date=2024-07-15 |language=en-GB}}
• November 26 – The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center. It lands on Mars on August 6, 2012.{{cite news | first=Marcia | last=Dunn | title=NASA launches world's largest rover to Mars | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-launches-worlds-largest-rover-to-mars/article2250839/ | location=Cape Canaveral, Florida | agency=The Associated Press | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=November 26, 2011 | access-date=August 23, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107080758/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-launches-worlds-largest-rover-to-mars/article2250839/ | archive-date=January 7, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}{{cite news | first=Irene | last=Klotz | title=NASA rover launched to seek out life clues on Mars | url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-space-mars-idUKTRE7AP0EV20111126 | location=Cape Canaveral, Florida | date=November 27, 2011 | work=Reuters | access-date=July 6, 2021 | archive-date=July 29, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729221833/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-space-mars-idUKTRE7AP0EV20111126 | url-status=dead }}{{cite news | title=NASA launches new Mars rover | url=http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2011/11/2011112682011425406.html | date=November 26, 2011 | agency=Al Jazeera | access-date=December 7, 2011 | archive-date=September 21, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921133410/https://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2011/11/2011112682011425406.html | url-status=live }}
• November 30 – The United Kingdom severs diplomatic relations with Iran and expels diplomats, less than 24 hours after protesters attacked the British embassy in Tehran.{{cite news |author=James Reynolds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15966628 |title=UK to expel all Iranian diplomats over embassy attack |publisher=BBC |date=November 9, 2011 |access-date=December 1, 2011 |archive-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130174105/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15966628 |url-status=live }}

• December 15 – The United States formally declares an end to the Iraq War. While this ends the insurgency, it begins another.{{cite news|title=US flag ceremony ends Iraq operation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105|work=BBC News|access-date=December 15, 2011|date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=December 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215075442/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/100468-panetta-marks-iraq-wars-end-in-baghdad/|title=Panetta marks Iraq war's end in Baghdad|date=December 15, 2011|work=DEFCON Hill – The HILL'S Defense Blog|first=Jonathan|last=Easley|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=January 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113033828/http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/operations/199581-panetta-marks-end-of-iraq-war-|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-lowers-flag-to-end-iraq-war-6277340.html|title=US lowers flag to end Iraq war|date=December 15, 2011|agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=February 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201041914/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-lowers-flag-to-end-iraq-war-6277340.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/u-s-formally-ends-iraq-war-with-little-fanfare-1.740612|title=U.S. formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare|date=December 15, 2011|agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=June 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628185948/http://www.ctvnews.ca/u-s-formally-ends-iraq-war-with-little-fanfare-1.740612|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70480.html|title=Leon Panetta marks end of Iraq war|date=December 15, 2011|work=POLITICO.com|first=Tim|last=Mak|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=January 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108235909/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70480.html|url-status=live}}
• December 16 – Tropical Storm Washi causes 1,268 flash flood fatalities in the Philippines, with 85 people officially listed as missing.{{cite web|url=http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/358/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20No%2023%20re%20TS%20SENDONG.pdf |title=Effects of Tropical Storm "Sendong" (Washi) and Emergency Operations |date=December 30, 2011 |publisher=National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council |access-date=January 1, 2012 |location=Philippines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502002130/http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/358/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20No%2023%20re%20TS%20SENDONG.pdf |archive-date=May 2, 2012 }}
• December 17 – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies of either a heart attack or stroke on his way to a field guidance.
• December 19 – Liechtenstein becomes the 26th member state of the Schengen Area.
• December 29 – Samoa and Tokelau move from east to west of the International Date Line, thereby skipping December 30, in order to align their time zones better with their main trading partners.{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-samoa-dateline,0,2803590.story|title=Back to the future: Samoa and Tokelau to cross international date line, jump forward a day|date=December 21, 2011|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=December 29, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

• Bahrain-based Takaud Savings and Pensions B.S.C. provider is founded.{{cite news|title=KIPCO Takaud announcement|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/news-release-kprokw-idUSLDE78P00Q20110926|newspaper=Reuters|date=25 September 2011|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=November 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115002011/https://www.reuters.com/article/news-release-kprokw-idUSLDE78P00Q20110926|url-status=live}}

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• Chemistry – Dan Shechtman{{cite news |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2011/press.html |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 |date=2011-10-05 |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=2011-10-05 |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006103006/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2011/press.html |url-status=live }}
• Economics – Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent{{cite news|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2011/|title=The Nobel Prize in Economics 2011|publisher=Nobel Foundation|access-date=2011-10-20|archive-date=October 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019180246/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2011/|url-status=live}}
• Literature – Tomas Tranströmer{{cite news |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2011/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011 |date=2011-10-06 |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=2011-10-06 |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007061342/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2011/ |url-status=live }}
• Peace – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman{{cite news |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2011/ |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 |date=2011-10-07 |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=2011-10-07 |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227204259/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2011/ |url-status=live }}
• Physics – Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess, and Brian Schmidt{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2011/press.html |title=The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics – Press Release |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004182642/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2011/press.html |url-status=live }}
• Physiology or Medicine – Bruce Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann, and Ralph M. Steinman{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2011/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 |publisher=Nobelprize.org |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924211928/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2011/ |url-status=live }}

• blockchain{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2011|title=Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2011|website=merriam-webster.com|access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-date=May 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070731/https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2011|url-status=live}}

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