January 8th – Deadly shooting in Tucson, AZ leaves 6 dead and 13 others wounded, including Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.
January 25th – Massive Anti-Government Demonstrations break out in Egypt, demanding the end of Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power.
February 16th – Anti-Gaddafi Protests break out in Libya, sparking months of violence.
March 11th – 9.0 Earthquake spawns devastating Tsunami off Japan’s coast.
April 25th – Tornado outbreak across the Southeast leaves more than 300 dead.
April 29th – Royal Wedding of U.K.’s Prince William & Kate Middleton.
May 2nd – Osama bin Laden is killed almost 10 years after 9/11.
May 14th – IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrested after Sex Scandal.
May 17th – Former CA Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger confesses to fathering a child outside of his marriage to Maria Shriver.
May 24th – Casey Anthony goes on trial, and is subsequently cleared for the murder of her 3 year old daughter Caylee.
May 27th – Congressman Anthony Weiner resigns amid Sex Scandal.
June 22nd – Former Mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, is arrested in CA.
July 8th – Lift-off of the shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center marks final space launch of the program.
July 10th – Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World newspaper shuts down after 168 years of existence.
July 22nd – Terror in Norway leaves over 70 people dead.
August 1st–Congresswoman Gabby Giffords returns to the House floor for debt limit vote 6 months after assassination attempt.
August 5th– S & P’s Downgrades US Credit Rating from AAA to AA+ due to America’s debt problem.
August 24th – Steve Jobs resigned from his position as CEO at Apple, Inc., and died on October 5th.
September 17th– Occupy Wall Street movement gains steam, with protesters taking a stand against corporate greed.
September 21st– Kidnapped US Hikers freed from Iran.
September 23rd– Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas asks UN to recognize Palestine, but was rejected by the Security Council.
September 30th– Anwar Awlaki, a US Citizen with links to Al Qaeda, is killed by a CIA drone strike.
October 18th– Israel releases more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for captured soldier Gilad Shalit.
November 6th– Former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky is charged with abusing as many as 10 young boys for as long as 15 years.
November 7th– Dr. Conrad Murray is convicted for his role in Michael Jackson’s death.
November 17th- Former Syracuse Assistant Basketball Coach Bernie Fine is accused of sexually abusing 2 young men.
December 7th- Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years for corruption.
December 17th– The Iraq War is finally over; the last American Combat Troops leave Iraq.
December 17th– Tropical Storm Washi (local name Bagyong Sendong) ravages Northern Mindanao, affecting 13,411 families / 720,860 persons and leaving almost 1,500 dead with dozens more still unaccounted for.
What about you? What events stood out for you in 2011?
