Wikipedia:ITN archives/2011/June
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| ITNs | Days | Continents | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 30 | 5/7 |
- Ratko Mladić arrives in The Hague, to be tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.[1]
- Sepp Blatter is re-elected President of FIFA amid corruption allegations within association football's world governing body.[2]
- The discovery of Halicephalobus mephisto, the deepest living land multicellular organism, is announced.[3]
- Jack Kevorkian, an assisted suicide activist, physician, and convicted murderer, dies at the age of 83.[4]
- During skirmishes between government forces and armed tribesmen in Sana'a, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is injured in an attack.[5]
- In tennis, Li Na defeats Francesca Schiavone to win the 2011 French Open title in women's singles, becoming the first Asian player to win a grand slam.[6]
- Senior Al-Qaeda operative Ilyas Kashmiri is killed by an American drone strike in Pakistan.[7]
- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh goes to Saudi Arabia for treatment, following an injury that occurred during an attack on the presidential palace amid a series of skirmishes between government forces and armed tribesmen in Sana'a.[8]
- The Puyehue volcano erupts, forcing 3,500 people to evacuate.[9]
- In tennis, Li Na wins the women's singles and Rafael Nadal wins the men's singles at the French Open.[10]
- NATO begins employing attack helicopters for the first time in air operations over Libya.[11]
- Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia retains his position for a third consecutive term in office.[12]
- Israeli forces shoot at demonstrators along the Syrian–Golan Heights border, resulting in the deadliest clash in the Golan since 1973.[13]
- RSA announces that SecurID was compromised, and starts the replacement of almost all 40 million SecurID tokens.[14]
- An IUPAC committee acknowledges the discovery of the transuranium elements ununquadium and ununhexium.[15]
- The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying a three-person crew to the International Space Station.[16]
- Indian painter M. F. Husain dies in London at the age of 96.[17]
- The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011 closes, having featured the next generation in console systems.[18]
- Thousands of Syrians flee to Turkey as Syrian troops lay siege to Jisr ash-Shugur.[19]
- Senior al-Qaeda leader Fazul Abdullah Mohammed is killed by Somali soldiers in Mogadishu, Somalia.[20]
- Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer with Audi R18 TDI (pictured) win the 2011 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[21]
- The Dallas Mavericks defeat the Miami Heat to win their first National Basketball Association championship (Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki pictured).[22]
- Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is elected into a third term, and the AK Party retains its seat majority in parliament.[23]
- The Book of Mormon wins Best Musical and War Horse wins Best Play at the 65th Tony Awards.[24]
- A Gay Girl In Damascus, a popular opposition blog during the 2011 Syrian uprising, is proven to be a hoax.[25]
- Bahrain commences the trials of medical professionals who treated injured protesters during the popular uprising.[26]
- In ice hockey, the Boston Bruins defeat the Vancouver Canucks in game seven to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972.[27]
- Let the Great World Spin, by Irish writer Colum McCann, wins the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.[28]
- Ayman al-Zawahiri is selected as the successor of leadership of al-Qaeda succeeding Osama bin Laden.[29]
- Amid protests and deepening economic crisis, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou submits a new cabinet for a vote of confidence.[30]
- A series of ongoing flooding in China affects more than 10 million people and causes more than 3 billion USD in economic damages.[31]
- Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati appoints a new government.[32]
- In response to the ongoing protests in Morocco, King Mohammed VI (pictured) announces constitutional reform proposals to be voted on in a referendum.[33]
- In golf, Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins the 2011 U.S. Open.[34]
- ICANN votes for an expansion of the available generic top-level domains, permitting the use of non-Latin characters.[35]
- Former President of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (pictured) is sentenced for 35 years to jail in absentia.[36]
- RusAir Flight 243 crashes in Petrozavodsk, Russia, killing 44 people.[37]
- Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo resigns from his position as Prime Minister of Somalia.[38]
- Ban Ki-moon wins a second term as the Secretary-General of the United Nations.[39]
- Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei (pictured) is released.[40]
- James J. Bulger (pictured) is captured in Santa Monica, California, after 12 years on the U.S. FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List.[41]
- Ending the South Kordofan conflict, the North and the South Sudan agree to demilitarize the contested area of Abyei.[42]
- Geert Wilders, the leader of Dutch political party Party for Freedom, is acquitted of hate speech charges.[43]
- The Nabro Volcano in Eritrea erupts, emitting the greatest quantity of sulfur dioxide ever recorded by satellite.[44]
- The Bahraini government sentences eight pro-democracy activists to life imprisonment for their role in the uprising.[45]
- AirAsia of Malaysia makes the largest single order in commercial aviation history with 200 Airbus A320neos.[46]
- Former Rwandan minister Pauline Nyiramasuhuko is convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.[47]
- Mario Draghi is designated to become President of the European Central Bank.[48]
- Actor Peter Falk, best known for playing the detective Columbo, dies aged 83.[49]
- The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (pictured), accusing him of crimes against humanity during the ongoing civil war.[50]
- New York becomes the sixth and largest U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.[51]
- Christine Lagarde is appointed as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, effective on 5 July.[52]
- Amid heavy protests, the Greek parliament passes austerity measures in order to obtain the latest tranche of a 110 billion euro loan of the EFSF.[53]
- Eighteen people are killed in a Taliban assault on the Hotel InterContinental in Kabul, Afghanistan.[54]
- The 1318-km Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway opens after 39 months of construction.[55]
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- ^ 61st FIFA Congress (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Halicephalobus mephisto (User:NuclearWarfare)
- ^ Jack Kevorkian (User:NuclearWarfare)
- ^ Battle of Sana'a (User:NuclearWarfare)
- ^ 2011 French Open#Women's singles (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ Ilyas Kashmiri (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ Battle of Sana'a (User:NuclearWarfare)
- ^ 2011 Puyehue eruption (User:Tone)
- ^ 2011 French Open#Men's singles (User:Fox)
- ^ 2011 Libyan civil war#June helicopter strikes (User:RxS)
- ^ Macedonian parliamentary election, 2011 (User:RxS)
- ^ 2011 Israeli border demonstrations#5 June (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ SecurID (User:RxS)
- ^ ununquadium / ununhexium (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Soyuz TMA-02M (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ M. F. Husain (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011 (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Siege of Jisr ash-Shugur (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans (User:NuclearWarfare) Later pulled because of an objection, then reverted.
- ^ 2011 NBA Finals (User:Bongwarrior)
- ^ Turkish general election, 2011 (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 65th Tony Awards (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ A Gay Girl In Damascus (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Timeline of the 2011 Bahraini uprising#13 June (User:BorgQueen) Later pulled due to appearance of tags.
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- ^ Colum McCann (User:BorgQueen)
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- ^ Economy of Greece#2010-2011 debt crisis (User:BorgQueen)
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- ^ James J. Bulger (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ South Kordofan conflict (User:BorgQueen)
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- ^ Mario Draghi (User:BorgQueen)
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- ^ Christine Lagarde (User:BorgQueen)
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