Tuesday 27 December 2011

What Happen in The Year 2011 (Part 4)

Dear Readers,

More events coming up as we moved further into the year 2011...

July 2011

7th July 2011
- Roof of a stand in De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede which was under construction collapsed, one killed and 14 injured.

8th July 2011
- Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.

9th July 2011
- South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.

10th July 2011
- British tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal.

11th July 2011
- Neptune completes its first orbit since its discovery on September 23, 1846.

13th July 2011
 - Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.

21st July 2011
- NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.

22nd July 2011
- Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.

AUGUST 2011

5th August 2011
- Svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011) - a rogue Polar Bear attacks and kills a Bristish schoolboy.

6th August 2011
- A helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38.

16th August 2011
- Beginning of World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid

18th August 2011
 - The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment

23rd August 2011
- Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the 2011 Libyan Civil War.

- 5.8 earthquake occurrs in Mineral, Virginia felt as far north as Ontario and as far south as Atlanta, Georgia

26th August 2011
- The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA

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