2011 in a nutshell
As the year becomes part of history, here are a few news items that made 2011 a unique year (for me):
- Final mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis marks the end of NASA's Space Shuttle Program.
- Prince William weds commoner Kate Middleton.
- Calamba City celebrates Jose P. Rizal's 150th birth anniversary.
- My supervisor accepts a professorial post at the University of Queensland; our department prepares for leadership transition.
- People in the Middle East fight back against the ruling dictatorships.
- Harry Potter finally defeats Voldemort (and now it can be said... the movie has been shown in cinemas).
- It's been ten years since the terrorist attack in the USA on 9/11.
- Typhoons wreak havoc in Manila (flooding and storm surges with Typhoon Nesat) and northern Luzon (the garbage landslide in Baguio with Typhoon Nanmadol).
- Worldwide, the stock market is shaky. Financial institutions are put to the test. Economies gear for recession.
- Steve Jobs passes.
- The UPLB is outraged at the killing of a third-year BS Computer Science student, Given Grace Cebanico.
- UPRHS alumni 2LT Jose Delfin Khe is killed along with 18 other soldiers in an encounter with the MILF in Basilan.
- The world should have ended at least twice this year.
- Long-time Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is killed.
- Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Ladin is killed.
- A second Philippine president is brought under hospital arrest.
- Thousands of people in Mindanao died because of rains brought by Tropical Storm Washi ('Sendong').
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