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. Date: April 7, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 7 π Events on this day in 2011 π On This Day (Today)
In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves. Date: April 6, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 6 π Events on this day in 2011 π On This Day (Today)
Georgian Airways Flight 834 crashes at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, killing 32. Date: April 4, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 4 π Events on this day in 2011 π On This Day (Today)
India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Date: April 2, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 2011 π On This Day (Today)
After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of fourteen people, including seven UN workers. Date: April 1, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 1 π Events on this day in 2011 π On…
Min Aung Hlaing is appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces. Date: March 30, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 30 π Events on this day in 2011 π On This Day (Today)
Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches OpΓ©ration Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya. Date: March 19, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 19 π Events on this day in 2011 π On This Day (Today)
Beginning of the Syrian revolution. Date: March 15, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 15 π Events on this day in 2011 π On This Day (Today)
A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 TΕhoku earthquake and tsunami. Date: March 12, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 12 π Events on this day in 2011 π On This Day (Today)
An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130Β km (81Β mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. Date: March 11, 2011 Read…