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The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976. Date: November 8, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 2011…
An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130Â km (81Â 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…
Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. Date: May 1, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2011Gleision Colliery Mining Accident Kills Four Miners September 15, 2011Obama Announces U.S. Troop…
Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print. Date: July 10, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This…
Mario Draghi succeeds Jean-Claude Trichet and becomes the third president of the European Central Bank. Date: November 1, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2011Charsadda District Bombings Kill 98, Injure 140 – May 13,…
Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date. Date: May 21, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 20112011 Christchurch Earthquake Kills 185 People – February 22, 2011Malta Votes to…