Major World Events in 2011 (Part 2)

May 1^st after almost 10 years on searching for Osama Bin Laden, Americans commandos find and kill him in a compound north of Islamabad, Pakistan. Because of the death of Bin Laden many people were worried that another major attack like what happen on September 11^th with the twin towers would happen again. The U.S. increased security and were on high alert of any terrorist action. 

July 21^st : The last space shuttle, Atlantis, touches down around 6 in the morning for the last time at the Kennedy Space Center in Flordia. This marked the end to the American space shuttle program.  The program first started in April 1981, and had 30 years of discovering more things than scientist would believe and an ignoramus impact of the advancement of technology. 

August 24^th: Steve Jobs, the co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. announced that he would be resigning immediately from his job after years of health problems. Steve died later in the year, Wednesday October 5, 2011, at the age of 56 from fight a battle with cancer for many years. The last item that he worked on was the iPod 4, because of his death many people went out and bought one to honor him.

Sept 11^th: marked the 10^th anniversary of 9/11. Because of this, the United States increased their security fearing that there would be another terrorist attack since it has been 10 years and there were rumors going around that they were plotting something. The official memorial of the victims was also presented. It was two reflecting pools set in the same place were the twin tower in New York City was.

October 20^th: Moammar Gadhafi’s 42 years of ruling Libya had finally ended after he was killed during an assault by opposing forces in his hometown, Sirte.

November 9^th : An earthquake hits the eastern part of Turkey. The impact of the earthquake killed at least 5 people and traps many more under rubble of destroyed buildings. Three weeks later Turkey was struck with another earthquake that killed over 600 hundred people in the area were the first earthquake hit.