Notable Historical Events - 2011
2011 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 6 |
37th People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Kristen Stewart win (Movie Star) and Hugh Laurie & Lisa Edelstein win (TV Drama) |
Jan 8 |
Attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store kills 6 and wounds 13, including Giffords |
Jan 10 |
Lionel Messi wins the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or, for being the best football player in 2010 |
Jan 10 |
Ian McKellen officially confirms that he will reprise the role of Gandalf in "The Hobbit" film adaptations |
Jan 14 |
Stampede near Sabarimala in Kerala, India kills 104 devotees and injures 100 more |
Jan 14 |
Ben Ali, former Tunisian president, fled the country to Saudi Arabia after popular protests (dubbed as Jasmine Revolution) requesting his departure. |
Jan 15 |
Wikipedia the free internet encyclopedia turns 10 years old |
Jan 24 |
At least 35 died and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport. |
Jan 25 |
Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins in Egypt, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and throughout other cities in Egypt. |
Jan 25 |
It is announced today that the UK economy suffered a shock contraction of 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2010, which has been widely blamed on the severe winter weather in December and austere budget cuts implemented by the coalition government increasing fears that the UK is heading for a double-dip recession |
Jan 28 |
Hundreds of thousands of protesters fill the Egyptian's streets against the Mubarak regime in demonstrations referred to as the "Friday of Anger" |
Jan 30 |
NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 55-41 |
Feb 3 |
All available blocks of IPv4 internet addresses are officially distributed to regional authorities. |
Feb 5 |
Ed Sabol, co-founder of NFL Films, elected for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
Feb 6 |
Super Bowl XLV: Green Bay Packers beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25 at the Cowboys Stadium MVP: Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay, QB |
Feb 9 |
Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday album reached number one on the Billboard 200 in its eleventh week on the chart. |
Feb 9 |
Latvia leaves deep recession with an annualised growth of 3.7% in the last quarter of 2010, it is reported today |
Feb 11 |
Egyptian Revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests. |
Feb 13 |
53rd Grammy Awards: Need You Now, Esperanza Spalding wins |
Feb 14 |
The 2011 Bahraini uprising commenced. |
Feb 15 |
Libyan protests begin opposing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule |
Feb 21 |
Thailand's GDP rose 3.8% in the fourth quarter of 2010 after a minor recession caused by GDP contractions of 0.4% in the second quarter and 0.3% in the third quarter of 2010, it is reported today |
Feb 22 |
An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people |
Feb 23 |
Venezuela's economy grew 0.6% in the last quarter of 2010, technically leaving the recession after six quarters, it is reported today |
Feb 24 |
Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103). |
Feb 25 |
In the Irish general election, the Fianna Fáil-led government suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government since the formation of the Irish state in 1921. |
Feb 26 |
31st Golden Raspberry Awards: The Last Airbender wins |
Feb 27 |
83rd Academy Awards - "The King's Speech," Colin Firth & Natalie Portman win |
Mar 7 |
Charlie Sheen is fired from the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men" |
Mar 9 |
Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights. |
Mar 11 |
An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. |
Mar 12 |
A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake. |
Mar 22 |
Lawrence Taylor pleads guilty for misdemeanors of sexual misconduct and is sentenced to six years probation |
Mar 30 |
The global credit information group Experian highlight in a report that the economic recovery for Wales is slower than the rest of the UK, stating a forecasted growth of 1.6% per year over the next decade as compared to 2.2% for the rest of the United Kingdom |
Apr 1 |
After protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob attacked a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and killed thirteen people, including eight foreign workers. |
Apr 1 |
Alan Rickman's last performance in "Seminar" on Broadway |
Apr 9 |
A gunman murdered five people, injured eleven, and committed suicide in a mall in the Netherlands. |
Apr 10 |
75th Golf Masters Championship: Charl Schwartzel wins, shooting a 274 |
Apr 11 |
Minsk Metro bombing |
Apr 19 |
Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years of holding the title. |
Apr 23 |
Zach Daniels defeated Rick Michaels to become the new TNT Heavyweight Champion. |
Apr 25 |
At least 300 people killed in deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since the 1974 Super Outbreak. |
Apr 27 |
The deadliest day of the 2011 Super outbreak of tornadoes, the largest tornado outbreak, in United States history. |
Apr 27 |
U.S. President Barack Obama, coerced by incessant false "birther" accusations, publicly releases a copy of his birth certificate |
May 1 |
Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. |
May 2 |
Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. |
May 2 |
The 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak. |
May 6 |
The US Department of Labor states that 244,000 jobs were created in April, with 235,000 added in February and 221,000 in March, but unemployment continues to grow, reaching 9% |
May 7 |
137th Kentucky Derby: John Velazquez aboard Animal Kingdom wins in 2:02.04 |
May 13 |
Portugal slips into double-dip recession after the economy contracts by 0.7% in the first quarter of 2011, with a 0.6% contraction in the last quarter of 2010, it is reported today |
May 13 |
Romania officially leaves the recession after 2 years following economic growth of an annualised 1.6% in the first quarter |
May 16 |
Space shuttle Endeavour launches for its final commission in space |
May 21 |
137th Preakness: Jesús Castañón aboard Shackleford wins in 1:56.47 |
May 22 |
An EF5 Tornado strikes the US city of Joplin, Missouri killing at least 158 people, the single deadliest US tornado since modern record keeping began in 1950. |
May 22 |
19th Billboard Music Awards: Eminem, Recovery win |
May 25 |
Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show. |
May 25 |
46th Academy of Country Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Brad Paisley wins |
May 29 |
Indianapolis 500: Dan Wheldon wins in 2:56:11.7267 (274.015 km/h) |
Jun 8 |
45th CMT Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins |
Jun 12 |
65th NBA Championship: Dallas Mavericks beat Miami Heat, 4 games to 2 |
Jun 12 |
65th Tony Awards: The Book of Mormon & War Horse win |
Jun 13 |
Christchurch, New Zealand is hit by another strong earthquake measuring magnitude 6.3 |
Jun 19 |
111th US Golf Open: Rory McIlroy shoots a 268 at Congressional GC MD |
Jun 22 |
After hiding for 16 years, Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is arrested outside an apartment in Santa Monica, California |
Jun 26 |
57th LPGA Championship won by Yani Tseng |
Jul 3 |
118th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Petra Kvitová beats Maria Sharapova (6-3 6-4) |
Jul 3 |
125th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal (6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3) |
Jul 7 |
Roof of a stand in De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede which was under construction collapsed, one killed and 14 injured. |
Jul 8 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program. |
Jul 9 |
South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan. |
Jul 10 |
British tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal. |
Jul 11 |
Neptune completes its first orbit since its discovery on September 23, 1846. |
Jul 12 |
82nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Chase Field, Phoenix |
Jul 13 |
Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130. |
Jul 13 |
19th ESPY Awards: Dirk Nowitzki, Lindsey Vonn win |
Jul 17 |
140th British Golf Open: Darren Clarke shoots a 275 at Royal St George's Golf Club |
Jul 21 |
NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135. |
Jul 22 |
Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya. |
Aug 5 |
Svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011) - a rogue Polar Bear attacks and kills a British schoolboy. |
Aug 6 |
A helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38. |
Aug 14 |
93rd PGA Championship: Keegan Bradley shoots a 272 at Atlanta Athletic Club |
Aug 16 |
Beginning of World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid |
Aug 18 |
The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment |
Aug 23 |
Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the 2011 Libyan Civil War. |
Aug 23 |
5.8 earthquake occurrs in Mineral, Virginia felt as far north as Ontario and as far south as Atlanta, Georgia |
Aug 26 |
The 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA |
Aug 28 |
28th MTV Awards: Katy Perry, Lady Gaga & Justin Bieber wins |
Sep 7 |
Plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team |
Sep 15 |
In Canada, the St. Thomas Assembly plant is closed permanently after decades of providing employing to the region of St. Thomas, Ontario and resulting in the loss of roughly 1,400 well-paid jobs |
Sep 16 |
The critically acclaimed "Drive", starring Ryan Gosling, is released |
Sep 17 |
Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zucotti Park, New York City. |
Sep 18 |
63rd Emmy Awards: Mad Men, Modern Family, Kyle Chandler & Julianna Margulies win |
Sep 19 |
Ashton Kutcher debuts on "Two and a Half Men", replacing Charlie Sheen |
Sep 20 |
The United States ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time. |
Sep 20 |
"New Girl", starring Zooey Deschanel, debuts on Fox |
Sep 22 |
CERN scientists announce their discovery of neutrinos breaking the speed of light |
Oct 15 |
Global protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries. |
Oct 15 |
Legoland Florida (the world's largest Legoland theme park) opens in Winter Haven, Florida. |
Oct 18 |
Gilad Shalit is released. |
Oct 20 |
The former leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, and his son Moatassem Gaddafi are killed shortly after the battle of Sirte (2011) while in the custody of NTC fighters. |
Oct 23 |
A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands. |
Oct 27 |
The Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation RENDER SAFE - it is likely to be Japanese. |
Oct 29 |
Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours. |
Oct 31 |
The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations |
Nov 8 |
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passed 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976. |
Nov 9 |
45th Country Music Association Award: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins |
Nov 9 |
Shakira is honoured as Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year |
Nov 11 |
25th Soul Train Music Awards: Cee-Lo Green, Jill Scott win |
Nov 12 |
Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis. |
Nov 18 |
Former Filipino President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is arrested and held at Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City under charges of electoral sabotage |
Nov 20 |
38th American Music Award: Adele, Bruno Mars & Taylor Swift win |
Nov 23 |
Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, The Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh Signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity. |
Nov 25 |
Sudden violent storms strike southern Sri Lanka, killing 27 people and drowning many fishermen caught by surprise. Thousands of homes lose their roofs and several more sustain damage. Landslides along with flooding was reported on the mainland. |
Nov 26 |
2011 NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others. |
Nov 27 |
99th CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 34-23 |
Dec 4 |
100th Davis Cup: Spain beats Argentina in Seville (3-1) |
Dec 15 |
Barry Bonds is sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service, for an obstruction of justice conviction stemming from a grand jury appearance in 2003 |
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