Twitter has revealed the 10 biggest stories to break on the micro-blogging site over the last year. These are  moments in 2011 that happened first on Twitter, or “could only happen on Twitter”, according to the founders of the Twitter Stories project.

1. Online activist and protest organiser, Wael Ghonim, who said: “If you want to liberate a government, give them the Internet.”
2. Live tweeting of the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound by Shohaib Athar.
3. Daniel Morales’ use of Twitter to reunite with his daughter after 11 years.
4. NBA star Kevin Durant’s use of Twitter to organise an impromptu game of flag-football with his followers.
5. A group of Londoners using Twitter to organise clean-up efforts after the UK riots in August.
6. The world’s reaction to the earthquake in Japan.
7. Julia Probst, a deaf German football fan who reads the lips of players and coaches during matches and tweets what they’re saying.
8. Stefanie Gordon’s chance encounter with the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
9. TV news anchor Okan Bayulgen’s use of Twitter to save two people trapped in rubble from the earthquake in Turkey.
10. Peter Shankman, who asked for a steak dinner from Morton’s, only to be greeted with one at his airport arrivals gate.

[Source: ITWeb]