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Estonia adopts the
euro as currency, ending the use of the
kroon.
[1]
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Colombia,
Germany,
India,
Portugal, and
South Africa
begin two-year terms as non-permanent members of the
United Nations Security Council.
[2]
- Five new lines are simultaneously opened for operation in the
Beijing Subway, adding 108 km of new tracks to the system.
[3]
- A bomb
explodes outside a
Coptic church in
Alexandria,
Egypt, killing at least 21 people and wounding 70 others.
[4]
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Demonstrations over unemployment and poor living conditions are held in various cities in
Tunisia.
[5]
- More than 200,000 people are affected by
a series of floods in north-eastern
Australia.
[6]
-
Salmaan Taseer, the
Governor of the
Pakistani province of
Punjab, is assassinated.
[7]
- The
U.S. government oil spill commission releases a report accusing
BP,
Halliburton and
Transocean of managerial failure in the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
[8]
-
Andrew Wakefield's study
linking autism to the MMR vaccine has been declared a fraud by a leading British
medical journal,
BMJ.
[9]
- More than 450,000 people are affected by
a series of floods in the
Philippines.
[10]
- Nineteen people, including
United States Representative
Gabrielle Giffords,
are shot in
Tucson, Arizona.
[11]
-
Iran Air
Flight 277 crashes near
Urmia Airport,
West Azarbaijan,
Iran, killing at least 70 people.
[12]
- Voting continues in
a referendum to determine whether
Southern Sudan should become independent from
Sudan.
[13]
- In
American football's
2011 BCS National Championship Game, the
University of Auburn
Tigers defeat the
University of Oregon
Ducks 22-19.
[14]
- The
People's Republic of China's
Chengdu J-20, a
fifth generation
stealth
fighter aircraft prototype, makes its first flight.
[15]
- Parts of the
Australian city of
Brisbane are evacuated amid
continued flooding.
[16]
- Archaeologists announce the discovery of the world's
oldest-known winery, believed to be over 6,000 years old, in a cave in
Armenia.
[17]
- More than 480 people have been killed by
flooding and mudslides in southeastern
Brazil.
[18]
-
South Korea buries more than 1 million
domestic pigs alive after
an outbreak of
foot-and-mouth disease.
[19]
-
President of
Tunisia
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali dissolves the government and declares a
state of emergency as
protests continue.
[20]
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President
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali leaves
Tunisia following
nationwide protests; Prime Minister
Mohamed Ghannouchi becomes the acting president.
[21]
- The
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor has shown that
gamma rays and
antimatter particles (
positrons) can be generated in powerful
thunderstorms.
[22]
-
Saad Hariri-led
Lebanese government
falls after the
opposition allies withdraw support.
[23]
- At least 100 people are killed and another 90 injured in
a stampede at
Sabarimala in
Kerala,
India.
[24]
- The
2011 Dakar Rally concludes in
Buenos Aires, with
Vladimir Chagin of
Russia achieving a 7th victory on his
Kamaz
truck and thus becoming the most successful
Dakar pilot in tournament history.
[25]
-
The Social Network wins
Best Motion Picture –Drama, while
Colin Firth and
Natalie Portman win
Best Actor and
Best Actress- Drama at the
68th Golden Globe Awards.
[26]
-
American politician
Sargent Shriver, the first director of the
Peace Corps, dies at the age of 95.
[27]
- More than 50 people are killed in
widespread flooding across southern
Africa.
[28]
- A
series of bomb attacks across
Iraq kills more than 100 people.
[29]
-
Venezuela claims to have overtaken
Saudi Arabia as the world leader in
proven oil reserves.
[30]
- In the
Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden, the
South Korean Navy rescues the crew of the hijacked
Samho Jewelry, killing eight
Somali pirates.
[31]
- The
Irish
Green Party walks away from the country's
coalition government, leaving it without an
overall majority.
[32]
- At least 30 people are killed and more than 100 wounded in
a bombing at
Domodedovo International Airport in
Moscow,
Russia.
[33]
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Bomb attacks in the
Iraqi cities of
Baghdad and
Karbala kill twenty-seven people and injure over seventy others.
[34]
- Thousands of
Egyptians join the
anti-government protests after an internet campaign inspired by the recent
Tunisian uprising.
[35]
- Both Houses of
Russia's
Parliament approve the strategic
New START treaty, a month after its ratification by the
United States.
[36]
- The
orangutan becomes the third species of
hominids to have their
genome sequenced, following
humans and
chimpanzees.
[37]
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Anti-government street protests across
Egypt intensify, as the Egyptian government suspends
internet access and
SMS networks nationwide.
[38]
- As
anti-government protests (marching demonstrators pictured) across
Egypt continue, President
Hosni Mubarak appoints
Omar Suleiman Vice President and
Ahmed Shafiq Prime Minister.
[39]
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Interpol issues an arrest warrant for
Tunisia's ousted president
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife
Leïla Ben Ali.
[40]
- In
association football, the
Asian Cup concludes with
Japan
defeating
Australia.
[41]
-
Madonna and Child is sold at auction for
$16.9 million, the highest price for a painting by
Titian.
[42]
- At the 2011
World Economic Forum,
Rosneft announces
joint development of the
Black Sea shelf with
ExxonMobil and the
Arctic shelf with
BP.
[43]
- In
tennis,
Kim Clijsters and
Novak Djokovic win the
2011 Australian Open in singles.
[44]
-
Haitian cholera outbreak reaches
South America, as at least 111
Venezuelans contract
cholera brought from
Haiti's neighbor, the
Dominican Republic.
[45]
- The
2011 World Men's Handball Championship concludes with
France
defeating
Denmark to retain the title.
[46]
- Results from
a recent referendum show approximately 99% of voters in favour of
Southern Sudan secession from
Sudan.
[47]
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