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| January 1st: Estonia officially adopts this currency. | |
| January 14th: This country's government was the first to fall during the Arab Spring. | |
| February 11th: This man resigned as the President of Egypt during the Arab Spring. | |
| February 27th: The Oscar for best motion picture goes to this movie. | |
| March 11th: This country was struck by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. | |
| March 17th: The United Nations Security Council voted 10-0 to create a no-fly zone over this country. | |
| April 29th: This Prince married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey, watched by hundreds of millions worldwide. | |
| May 1st: Barack Obama announces the death of this Al Qaeda leader in Pakistan. | |
| May 18th: Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns as Managing Director of this organization. | |
| June 2nd: This former governor of Massachusetts announces his candidacy for president. | |
| June 4th: Puyehue volcano erupts in this country, causing air traffic cancellations across South America and Oceania. | |
| July 7th: This organ was created using stem cells and used in the world's first artificial organ transplant. | |
| July 9th: This country secedes from Sudan, causing all sorts of havoc for Sporcle. | |
| July 15th: The release date for this years highest grossing film, and the final installment for this wizard. | |
| July 21st: This space shuttle lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding NASA's shuttle program. | |
| August 21: This Atlantic Hurricane makes landfall in the Caribbean. | |
| August 28th: Rebels took control of this capital effectively overthrowing the government of Muammar Gaddafi. | |
| September 5th: India and this country sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute. | |
| October 5th: This co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Apple dies. | |
| October 28th: This team beats the Texas Rangers to win their eleventh World Series championship. | |
| November 7th: Physician Conrad Murray is found guilty of manslaughter in the death of this American entertainer. | |
| November 26th: The exploration rover, Curiosity, was launched from Kennedy Space Center and landed on this planet in August 2012. | |
| December 15th: The USA formally declares an end to the war in this country. | |
| December 17th: This 'supreme leader' of North Korea dies of a heart attack at the age of 69. | |
| December 16th: Tropical storm Woshi causes over 1,000 deaths in this Asian country. | |
| October 24th: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck this country near the city, Van, killing 604 people. | |
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