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Pope John Paul II is
beatified at a ceremony in
Vatican .
[1]
Libyan officials report that
Saif al-Arab al-Gaddafi , the youngest son of
Muammar Gaddafi , was killed in a
NATO
airstrike on his home in
Tripoli .
[2]
U.S. officials confirm the death of
Osama bin Laden , the leader of
al-Qaeda .
[3]
The memory unit of the
flight data recorder from
Air France Flight 447 , which crashed into the
Atlantic in 2009, is recovered from the ocean floor.
[4]
The
2011 World Snooker Championship concludes with
John Higgins defeating
Judd Trump .
[5]
The
Conservative Party wins a majority of seats in the
Canadian parliamentary elections , achieving the
Canada 's first majority government in seven years.
[6]
Claude Choules , the last surviving combatant of
World War I , dies at the age of 110.
[7]
Experimental data gathered by the
Gravity Probe B satellite
confirms two aspects of
Albert Einstein 's
general theory of relativity .
[8]
In
a referendum , the
United Kingdom rejects the
alternative vote system for future British parliamentary elections.
[9]
Spanish golfer
Seve Ballesteros dies after a three-year battle with
cancer .
[10]
In the
Singaporean general election the
People's Action Party led by
Lee Hsien Loong is returned to power while the opposition wins its first
Group Representation Constituency .
[11]
Filipino boxer
Manny Pacquiao
retains his
WBO
Welterweight Championship after defeating
Shane Mosley .
[12]
Intel announces the release of the 22-nm
Ivy Bridge chip, marking the first commercial deployment of
tri-gate transistors .
[13]
Established same-sex couples in
Brazil
are awarded the same legal rights as married heterosexual couples.
[14]
In
basketball ,
Panathinaikos BC defeats
Maccabi Tel Aviv to win the
Euroleague 2010–11 .
[15]
Belgian cyclist
Wouter Weylandt is killed in a crash during the third stage of the
2011 Giro d'Italia , becoming the first cyclist killed on a
Grand Tour since 1995.
[16]
In
association football ,
A.C. Milan
win their 18th
Serie A title.
[17]
Microsoft announces
the acquisition of Internet phone service
Skype for
US$ 8.5 billion.
[18]
A
5.2 Mw earthquake hits near the
Spanish town of
Lorca , killing at least 10 people.
[19]
In
association football ,
FC Barcelona
win their 21st
La Liga title.
[20]
At least 80 people are killed and more than 150 injured in
twin suicide bombings in
Charsadda District ,
Pakistan .
[21]
The world's longest-serving democratically-elected
communist government has lost elections in the
Indian state of
West Bengal to
Mamata Banerjee .
[22]
The song
Running Scared performed by
Eldar & Nigar from
Azerbaijan wins the
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 hosted by
Germany .
[23]
New data analysis from the spacecraft
Galileo confirms an ocean of
magma just under the surface of
Jupiter's moon
Io .
[24]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn , head of the
International Monetary Fund , is charged with "a criminal sexual act" in
New York City .
[25]
In association football,
Manchester United
win a record 19th
English league title while
Manchester City /
Stoke City win the
FA Cup .
[26]
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on its
final mission , delivering the
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer for installation on the
International Space Station .
[27]
In
ice hockey , the
IIHF World Championship concludes with
Finland defeating
Sweden in the
final .
[28]
Kenyan
long-distance runner
Samuel Wanjiru , who holds the world record for the
half marathon , dies at the age of 24.
[29]
At least twelve Arab protesters are killed during
Nakba Day
protests and marches on
Israel 's borders.
[30]
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom makes the
first-ever state visit by a British monarch to the
Republic of Ireland .
[31]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn , head of the
International Monetary Fund , is held without
bail in
New York City on charges of
sexual assault .
[32]
The
Eurozone financial leaders approve a €78 Billion bailout package for
Portugal making it the third country, after Ireland and Greece, to receive a bailout in the
Eurozone sovereign debt crisis .
[33]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns his position as head of the
International Monetary Fund in the wake of charges of
sexual assault .
[34]
Boeing and
Airbus both claim victory as the
WTO
rules on the world's largest trade dispute.
[35]
Professional wrestler
Randy Savage dies in a car accident at the age of 58.
[36]
Protests against the government continue in cities across
Spain , despite a ban before
elections .
[37]
Garret FitzGerald , former
Taoiseach of
Ireland and founder of the
New Ireland Forum , dies at 85.
[38]
Terrence Malick 's
The Tree of Life wins the
Palme d'Or at the
2011 Cannes Film Festival .
[39]
American writer
Philip Roth wins the 2011
Man Booker International Prize .
[40]
At least 89 people are killed by a
tornado , the United States' deadliest in 58 years, in
Joplin ,
Missouri .
[41]
PNS Mehran , a
Pakistani
naval base in
Karachi is
attacked by militants.
[42]
Democratic Rally , led by
Nicos Anastasiades , win a
plurality after an
election in
Cyprus .
[43]
The
Grímsvötn
volcano in
Iceland erupts, causing airline flight cancellations in Europe.
[44]
The
Spirit rover mission on
Mars is formally concluded by
NASA after six years of
planetary exploration .
[45]
The Oprah Winfrey Show , an American talk show hosted by
Oprah Winfrey , airs its final episode after a 25-year run.
[46]
Ratko Mladić , a former
Bosnian Serb military commander and
war crime fugitive, is arrested in
Serbia .
[47]
Irish writer
John Banville wins the 2011
Franz Kafka Prize .
[48]
Two people are killed due to
three explosions outside government buildings in
Fuzhou, Jiangxi ,
People's Republic of China .
[49]
Leaders of the
G8 countries meet at the
37th G8 summit in
France .
[50]
Mac Defender poses the first major
malware threat to
Macintosh users.
[51]
American poet and musician
Gil Scott-Heron dies at the age of 62.
[52]
Egypt re-opens the
Rafah border crossing with the
Gaza Strip .
[53]
The
UEFA Champions League concludes with
FC Barcelona defeating
Manchester United in
the final at
Wembley Stadium .
[54]
Sergei Bagapsh , the
President of the
de facto
Republic of Abkhazia , dies from complications of lung surgery in
Moscow .
[55]
The
2011 Indian Premier League concludes with the
Chennai Super Kings defeating
Royal Challengers Bangalore at the
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium .
[56]
A
referendum passes in
Malta to introduce
divorce .
[57]
Germany announces plans to
abandon nuclear power entirely by 2022.
[58]
Sebastian Vettel wins the
Monaco Grand Prix while
Dan Wheldon wins the
Indy 500 .
[59]
One of the largest
outbreaks of
E. coli strikes several European countries.
[60]
The
World Health Organization classifies
mobile phone radiation as "possibly
carcinogenic to humans".
[61]
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