Editing 2011 (section)

===April===

* [[April 7]] &ndash; The [[Israel Defense Forces]] use their [[Iron Dome]] missile system to successfully intercept a [[BM-21 Grad]] launched from [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]], marking the first short-range missile intercept ever.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Sholom Friedmann|date=Feb 14, 2018|title=Our Journey|magazine=[[Ami Magazine]]|issue=355|page=118}}</ref>
* [[April 11]] &ndash; Former [[List of heads of state of Côte d'Ivoire|Ivorian President]] [[Laurent Gbagbo]] is arrested in his home in [[Abidjan]] by supporters of elected President [[Alassane Ouattara]], with support from French forces; this effectively ends the [[2010–11 Ivorian crisis]] and [[Second Ivorian Civil War|civil war]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE73A0MX20110411 |title=Gbagbo, wife in Ouattara's custody in I.Coast: UN |work=Reuters |date=April 11, 2011|access-date=April 11, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110426045833/https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE73A0MX20110411| archive-date=April 26, 2011| url-status= dead}}</ref>
* [[April 15]] &ndash; The [[Mexico|Mexican]] town of [[Cherán]] is taken over by vigilantes in response to abuses from the local drug cartel. The new government is strongly focused on crime reduction and preserving the local environment.
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[2011 PlayStation Network outage|The 2011 PlayStation Network outage]] begins, becoming one of the largest data breaches ever recorded, and exposing personal data from 77 million accounts on the platform. The outage lasted 23 days.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-05-21 |title=Welcome Back PSN: The Winners |url=https://kotaku.com/welcome-back-psn-the-winners-5804318 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Kotaku |language=en |archive-date=February 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214221410/https://kotaku.com/welcome-back-psn-the-winners-5804318 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[April 24]] &ndash; [[Guantanamo Bay files leak|The 2011 Guantanamo Bay files leak]] occurs, [[WikiLeaks]] and other organisations publishing [[The Guantanamo Files|779 classified documents]] about [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay]] detainees, and it had been exposed 150 innocent citizens from [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]] were held in the camp without trial and detainees being as young as 14 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Leigh|first1=David|last2=Ball|first2=James|last3=Cobain|first3=Ian|last4=Burke|first4=Jason|title=Guantánamo leaks lift lid on world's most controversial prison|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-lift-lid-prison|date=April 25, 2011|access-date=December 3, 2021|work=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=August 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823013641/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-lift-lid-prison|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Military Documents Detail Life At Guantanamo|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135690218/military-documents-detail-life-at-guantanamo|access-date=2021-03-12|website=NPR.org|language=en|archive-date=April 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426222325/https://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135690218/military-documents-detail-life-at-guantanamo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WikiLeaks: Guantanamo Bay terrorist secrets revealed|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Telegraph|date=April 25, 2011 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-10-23|title=Wikileaks: Leak reveals new Guantanamo secrets|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wikileaks-leak-reveals-new-guantanamo-secrets-2274616.html|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=November 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112123641/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wikileaks-leak-reveals-new-guantanamo-secrets-2274616.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WikiLeaks Documents Reveal U.S. Knowingly Imprisoned 150 Innocent Men at Guantánamo|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/25/wikileaks_documents_reveal_us_knowingly_imprisoned|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Democracy Now!|language=en|archive-date=April 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425235925/http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/25/wikileaks_documents_reveal_us_knowingly_imprisoned|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-25|title=Guantánamo Bay files: Children and senile old men among detainees|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-children-old-men|access-date=2021-03-12|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=September 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911090116/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-children-old-men|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 25]]&ndash;[[April 28|28]] &ndash; The [[2011 Super Outbreak]] forms in the [[Southern United States|Southern]], [[Midwest United States|Midwest]] and [[Eastern United States]] with a [[tornado]] count of 362; killing 324 and injuring over 2,200.
* [[April 29]] &ndash; An estimated two billion people<ref>{{cite news |last=Grimley |first=Naomi |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13245069 |title=Royal wedding: The world watches William and Kate |work=BBC News |date=April 29, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517125038/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13245069 |url-status=live }}</ref> watch the [[Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton|wedding]] of [[William, Prince of Wales|Prince William]], [[Duke of Cambridge]] and [[Catherine, Princess of Wales|Catherine Middleton]] at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prince William of Wales & Catherine |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/prince-william-of-wales-catherine |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804125342/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/prince-william-of-wales-catherine |url-status=live }}</ref>