2011 Timeline

• January:
• Floodwaters wreak havoc in Victoria, Australia.
• Devastating mudslides and floods hit Brazil.
• February:
• Thousands celebrate the toppling of Mubarak in Egypt.
• Protest marches jam Bahrain's capital.
• March:
• Magnitude nine earthquake and tsunami hit eastern Japan.
• Lava erupts after Pu’u O’o crater collapses in Hawaii.
• April:
• Japan holds a moment of silence one month after the disasters.
• Storms bring tornadoes and floods to US Midwest
• May:
• Osama Bin Laden was killed.
• Volcanic ash cloud plunges Icelandic town into darkness and disrupts flights.
• June:
• Anti-austerity riots cause chaos in Athens.
• Lightning turns volcanic ash cloud into spectacular light show in Chile
• July:
• UN declares famine in parts of Somalia.
• CIA-trained covert forces in Afghanistan.
• August:
• HSI shuts down Arizona smuggling tunnel
• Forensic Document Lab serves as authentication authority
• September:
• Charlotte: Man Pleads Guilty to Supporting Terror Conspiracy to Wage Violent Jihad.
• San Juan: Thirty-Nine Individuals Indicted for Drug Trafficking in the Municipality of Ceiba, Puerto Rico.
• October:
• Philadelphia: Two Indicted in Connection with ‘Jihad Jane’ Terrorism Conspiracy.
• Minneapolis: Two Women Convicted of Providing Material Support to al Shabaab.
• November:
• San Antonio: Judge Limas Associate Pleads Guilty.
• Atlanta: Tennessee Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Fraudulent Hedge Fund Scheme.
• December:
• Kim Jong il died.
• Snow storm slams great plains.