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On August 27, 2011, Hurricane Irene travels up
the east coast leaving homes destroyed and at
least 44 lives lost.
H1 THE ROYAL
The Wedding The Whole World
Watched
After six months of media hype,the
highly anticipated Royal Wedding of
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge,to
Catherine Middleton takes place on April 29, /
2011 at Westminster Abbey.The couple
invites 1,900 people,one million people line
the streets of London while an estimated
122 million people watch the event on TV.
European Vacation Extended ) -_
While studying abroad in Perugia, Italy,
20-year-old Seattle native Amanda Knox is
accused of the murder of her roommate,
Meredith Kercher. Knox serves 4 years of a
26-year sentence in a Perugian prison
before the murder conviction is
overturned on October 3, 2011. 6
A Sentimental Journey
After three decades of
delivering people,supplies
and equipment into space, "Close" Is A Relative T
NASA's Space Shuttle Program
comes to an end with the July 8, On November 8,2011,Asteroid
2011 launch of Atlantis. Moving • 2005 YU55 comes within
forward, NASA astronauts will • 200,000 miles of Earth,which is
"hitch rides" on board Russia's the closest an asteroid has been
Soyuz system until commercial
spaceflight companies to our planet in 200 years,
emerge. according to NASA. ;
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America Remembers
The 10th anniversary of the September `
• 11,2001 attacks on the World Trade . -
*4 is observed,with the opening of "'
` • b the 9/11 Memorial and Museum,and
�, glimpse of the new tower being • «`
constructed,One World Trade Center.
What's Next,Volcanoes?
Droughts, heat-waves,floods,earthquakes and tornadoes-Mother
Nature is a force to be reckoned with in 2011.Wildfires burn through
Texas,tornadoes devastate Alabama and Missouri,and earthquakes
rattle Oklahoma and the east coast.