Visualizing 2011 Video & Gallery
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January: Egyptian Revolution begins, organized through social media networks like Twitter
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January 10: Wikipedia turns 10
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February: China overtakes Japan as the world's 2nd-largest economy, having also recently surpassed the US in manufacturing output
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March 11: Earthquake in Tōhoku, Japan
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March 11: Tsunami caused by Tōhoku earthquake
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March: The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster causes renewed scrutiny of nuclear power
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Shifting attitudes toward nuclear power
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April: Data from the 2010 US Census begins to be released
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April 6: Riots begin in London and spread across England
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May 2: Osama Bin Laden is killed
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July: Facebook adds its 800 millionth user
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Despite the growth of Facebook and other social networks, there is still a large portion of the world population with little or no connection to the Internet.
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July 9: South Sudan becomes an independent state
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July 20: UN declares famine in Somalia
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August 5: Standard & Poor's downgrades the U.S. long-term credit rating
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Government Debt Crisis
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US Manufacturing Jobs Plummet
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August 24: Hurricane Irene
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September 17: Occupy Wall Street begins in New York
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October: Eurozone leaders and IMF convene on European Sovereign Debt Crisis
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October 5: Steve Jobs dies
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October 31: World population reaches 7 billion
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November 21: The U.S. Deficit "Supercommittee" fails to come to an agreement, epitomizing the public's frustration with partisan politics
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