2011

Set during the third year of Barack Obama’s presidency, 2011 was an important time for the world. It was also the year, per various sources, that the world first reached 7 billion citizens.

2011

These 365 days introduced things we’ve come to know, love, and that signal the way to a brighter future. It might also be a year that gave birth to many future world-changers. As they were the most popular names of 2011, those who do become celebrities will likely bear the name Jacob or Sophia.

However, 2011 saw the end of some notable people. These included Frank Buckles, the last surviving American WWI veteran; Osama Bin Laden, the former leader of Al-Qaeda; Elizabeth Taylor, the fashion icon; Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO; and Kim Jong-Il, the former head of North Korea. People were reading The Art of Fielding, State of Wonder, and The Marriage Plot. Meanwhile, on the silver screen, people huddled around Hugo, The Descendants, and War Horse.

This was a year of many changes in world leadership and an onslaught of new innovations. It was designated by the UN as “The International Year of Forests” and “The International Year of Chemistry”.

Additionally, 2011 marked the kickoff of what would come to be known as the “Arab Spring”, the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia and the last airing of the Oprah show. One tragedy held the attention of the news for weeks on end: the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Sendai on March 11th of 2011. On the brighter end of the spectrum, however, many homosexual Americans looked upon this year with pride; these twelve months saw the end of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Off the public events stage, and in laboratories the world over, a wide variety of discoveries were being made.

Scientists discovered the first planet in the “goldilocks” zone that might be habitable for life: Kepler 22-B. Additionally, the theory of the accelerating expansion of the universe was finally proven. The introduction of Siri opened a whole new dimension to human-phone interaction. With the invention of Zero Liquid Discharge, a more efficient way to filter sewage, and lab-grown meat, 2011 might just have set the stage for a more efficient and humane future. So, when you’re yelling at your phone’s to correct “currant” to “current”, you can tip your hat to 2011.

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Oscar Winners

All Academy Awards Prize winners of the 84th edition of the Oscar ceremony


Best picture

The Artist

The Artist

The Artist

Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius

Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell

Country: United States of America

Best director

Michel Hazanavicius

The Artist

The Artist

Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius

Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell

Country: United States of America

Best actor

Jean Dujardin

The Artist

The Artist

Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius

Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell

Country: United States of America

Best actress

Meryl Streep

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd

Starring: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, Susan Brown

Best supporting actor

Christopher Plummer

Beginners

Beginners

Directed by: Mike Mills

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic

Best supporting actress

Octavia Spencer

The Help

The Help

Directed by: Tate Taylor

Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard

Country: United States of America

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Time Person of the Year

Who was the person of the year of 2011?


The Protester
The Protester
Representing many global protest movements—for example, the Arab Spring, the Indignants Movement, the Occupy Movement, and the Tea Party movement—as well as protests in Chile, Greece, India, and Russia among others.

Books

Which were the most popular books released in 2011 ?
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

By:

The nation of Panem is a shining Capitol that lies within the ruin of an area once called North America. It is surrounded by twelve outlying areas. The districts waged war against the Capitol long ago and were defeated.

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Bossypants

By:

Tina Fey was just a little girl before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update", before "Sarah Palin". Tina Fey was just an innocent young girl with a dream. A recurring stress dream she was being chased through.

Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent

Heaven Is for Real

By:

After life-saving surgery, a young boy returns home with amazing stories about his trip to heaven. Heaven Is for Real tells the story of the four year old son of a Nebraska pastor who, during emergency surgery, slips out of …

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Help

By:

Aibileen, a black maid from 1962 Jackson, Mississippi is now unable to keep her bitterness in check. Minny, her friend, has never been able to keep her mouth shut. But now she must keep secrets about her employer which leave …

The Greater Journey by David McCullough

The Greater Journey

By:

This #1 Bestseller tells the incredible story of American writers, artists, and doctors who traveled to Paris as the intellectual, scientific and artistic capital of Europe.

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The Times

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Nobel Prize

Nobel Prizes

All Nobel Prize winners of 2011


Peace Prize

  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
  • Leymah Gbowee
  • Tawakel Karman

Literature

  • Tomas Tranströmer

Physics

  • Saul Perlmutter
  • Adam G. Riess
  • Brian Schmidt

Economic Sciences

  • Thomas J. Sargent
  • Christopher A. Sims

Chemistry

  • Dan Shechtman

Physiology or Medicine

  • Bruce Beutler
  • Jules A. Hoffmann
  • Ralph M. Steinman
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Music charts

Which were the top hits of 2011?


Top #1 songs in the USA

  • - Party Rock Anthem
  • - Moves Like Jagger
  • - E.T.
  • - Rolling In The Deep
  • - Give Me Everything
  • - Someone Like Youyoutube
  • - On The Floor
  • - Super Bass
  • - Stereo Hearts
  • - Pumped Up Kicks

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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The Intouchables

The Intouchables

Release year: 2011

Directed by: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano

Starring: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot

Country: United States of America

Hell on Wheels

Hell on Wheels

Release year: 2011

Directed by: Will Zens

Warrior

Warrior

Release year: 2011

Directed by: Gavin O'Connor

Starring: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison

Country: United States of America

The Layover

The Layover

Release year: 2011

Directed by: William H. Macy

The Help

The Help

Release year: 2011

Directed by: Tate Taylor

Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard

Country: United States of America

2011 Chinese Zodiac and Horoscope

According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 2011 is the year of the Rabbit

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Popular names

Which were the top popular names given to babies born in 2011 in the USA ?

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World Population

Demographic statistics of the year 2011


Population statistics

  • Total population: 7.0 billion (7,041,194,301 to be precise!)
  • Urban population: 3.7 billion, that is 52.0% of the total population of 2011 lives in cities
  • Yearly change: +84.2 million, corresponding to a percentage increase of +1.21%
  • Average density: 47.0 persons per km2
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Historical Events

Which were the important events of 2011?


Events

  • 01 Jan 2011 Estonia adopts the euro currency officially and is now the seventeenth member of the Eurozone.
  • 02 Jan 2011 As a diplomatic response to President Bashir's decision last week to pull the Sudanese delegation out of Doha talks, international mediators suggest the establishment a regional authority for Darfur.
  • 03 Jan 2011 Another 35 officers from Bangladesh were also sentenced for their participation in a February 2009 mutiny.
  • 04 Jan 2011 After winning a case regarding digital distribution, Pink Floyd signed a new record deal with EMI for five years.
  • 05 Jan 2011 Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Tampa, Florida conducts coin auctions at FUN Convention (January 9-9).
  • 06 Jan 2011 Heritage Auction Galleries holds its Heritage Auctions Signature currency auction at the Florida United Numismatists convention, Tampa, Florida. A Series 1861 US10 demand paper, handwritten "for" the only known one, VG-8, goes for $109,250.
  • 07 Jan 2011 A suicide bomber killed 17 people in Kandahar province in Afghanistan and left at least 20 other victims in the public bathhouse. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
  • 08 Jan 2011 Six people are killed and 13 others injured in an attempted assassination attempt on Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Congresswoman.
  • 09 Jan 2011 US Mint Director Edmund Moy resigns.
  • 10 Jan 2011 The aftermath of the Tucson shooting in 2011:
  • 11 Jan 2011 903 people were killed by flooding and mudslides, in Brazil's state of Rio de Janeiro.
  • 12 Jan 2011 Three villages in central Nigeria are attacked by machete-wielding men with rifles and machetes. 19 people were killed.
  • 13 Jan 2011 Tunisia protests:
  • 14 Jan 2011 Former Tunisian President Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia following popular protests (dubbed Jasmine Revolution), which demanded his resignation.
  • 15 Jan 2011 Tunisian protests 2010-2011:
  • 16 Jan 2011 Tunisian protests 2010-2011:
  • 17 Jan 2011 A blast destroys a bus in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, killing 18.
  • 18 Jan 2011 Five militants are killed in an attack by the US on a North-West Pakistani compound.
  • 19 Jan 2011 A commander of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's army is being accused of leading at least 50 mass rapes in Fizi.
  • 20 Jan 2011 Two bomb attacks close to Karbala result in at least 50 deaths and more than 150 injuries.
  • 21 Jan 2011 21 people were killed in clashes between two rebel factions and the Sudanese Army in Darfur.
  • 22 Jan 2011 Malaysian navy commandos thwart a Somali pirate ship hijack attempt, saving 23 crew members and capturing 7 pirates in Gulf of Aden.
  • 23 Jan 2011 U.S. drone strikes on Pakistan
  • 24 Jan 2011 A bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport left at least 35 dead and 180 others injured.
  • 25 Jan 2011 Egyptian Revolution of 2011 starts in Egypt with a series of street demonstrations and marches, rallies and acts of civil disobedience. There are also labour strikes and violent clashes throughout Cairo and Alexandria.
  • 26 Jan 2011 Following a clash between government security forces and muslim rebels in the Southern Philippines, three are killed.
  • 27 Jan 2011 Fadi Kaddous (18 years old) is killed in a clash between Israeli settlers on the West Bank.
  • 28 Jan 2011 In protest against Mubarak's regime, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Egypt.
  • 29 Jan 2011 Protests in Egypt 2011:
  • 30 Jan 2011 Protests in Egypt 2011:
  • 31 Jan 2011 Protests in Egypt 2011:
  • 01 Feb 2011 Protests in Egypt 2011
  • 02 Feb 2011 Protests in Egypt 2011:
  • 03 Feb 2011 Regional authorities are given all available IPv4 blocks.
  • 04 Feb 2011 Protests in Egypt 2011:
  • 05 Feb 2011 Protests in Egypt 2011:
  • 06 Feb 2011 Protests in Egypt 2011:
  • 07 Feb 2011 Stand-off at the Cambodian-Thai Border
  • 08 Feb 2011 Witnesses claim that the US sent a spy drone to Loder in south Yemen, but witnesses say it was destroyed by Al-Qaeda.
  • 09 Feb 2011 Somali pirates capture an oil supertanker off Oman's coast
  • 10 Feb 2011 Protests in Egypt 2011:
  • 11 Feb 2011 After 18 days of protests, the Egyptian Revolution culminates with Hosni Mubarak's resignation and the transfer to the Supreme Military Council.
  • 12 Feb 2011 2010-2011 Algerian protests:
  • 13 Feb 2011 India will withdraw 10,000 troops from Jammu & Kashmir this year, and resume peace negotiations.
  • 14 Feb 2011 The 2011 Bahraini uprising began.
  • 15 Feb 2011 The 2011 Sacagawea Native American Dollar is launched by the US Mint in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
  • 16 Feb 2011 Piracy
  • 17 Feb 2011 2011 Bahraini protests:
  • 18 Feb 2011 Yesterday, more than a thousand non-citizen Kuwaiti residents demonstrated to demand rights for Kuwaiti citizens.
  • 19 Feb 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 20 Feb 2011 Arab Spring
  • 21 Feb 2011 Arab Spring
  • 22 Feb 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand, is struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake at just 5 km from the surface. It causes widespread destruction and kills hundreds.
  • 23 Feb 2011 Libyan civil war 2011
  • 24 Feb 2011 Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery
  • 25 Feb 2011 The Fianna Fail-led government in Ireland suffered the worst defeat of any sitting government since 1921, when the Irish state was formed.
  • 26 Feb 2011 Libyan civil war 2011
  • 27 Feb 2011 Six people are killed during a failed coup attempt against the presidential palace of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • 28 Feb 2011 Arab Spring
  • 01 Mar 2011 Protests in Iran 2011: Tear gas fired at anti-government protestors during clashes inside Tehran's capital.
  • 02 Mar 2011 Libyan civil war 2011
  • 03 Mar 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 04 Mar 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
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  • 06 Mar 2011 After rocket attacks by the Gaza Strip on southern Israel's capital, Israeli air force planes attacked targets in Gaza Strip for Islamic Jihad and Hamas.
  • 07 Mar 2011 Libyan civil war 2011
  • 08 Mar 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 09 Mar 2011 Space Shuttle Discovery's final landing after 39 flights.
  • 10 Mar 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 11 Mar 2011 A tsunami that killed thousands of people is caused by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake. It struck 130km (80 miles) east Sendai, Japan. This event was also responsible for the second-largest nuclear accident in history and was one of two events that were classified as Level 7 on International Nuclear Event Scale.
  • 12 Mar 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 13 Mar 2011 Arab Spring
  • 14 Mar 2011 Arab Spring
  • 15 Mar 2011 Arab Spring: Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain declares a three-month state of emergency as troops from the Gulf Co-operation Council are sent to quell the civil unrest.ref name=quotBBCBahr15Marquot
  • 16 Mar 2011 Arab Spring
  • 17 Mar 2011 Arab Spring and Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council votes 10-0 in favor of establishing a no fly zone over Libya as a response to claims of government aggression against civilians.
  • 18 Mar 2011 Response to Datta Khel's airstrike
  • 19 Mar 2011 Libyan Uprising: In accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1973, a coalition of countries intervenes and begins military action.
  • 20 Mar 2011 Arab Spring
  • 21 Mar 2011 Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain, claims that the 2011 Bahraini Protests were a foreign plot. He says they were defeated by the intervention of forces of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf’s Peninsula Shield Force.
  • 22 Mar 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 23 Mar 2011 Protests in Syria 2011
  • 24 Mar 2011 Arab Spring
  • 25 Mar 2011 Arab Spring
  • 26 Mar 2011 March for the Alternative London: Approximately 400,000 people marched against cuts to british government spending and participated in direct action against tax avoidance companies.
  • 27 Mar 2011 Arab Spring
  • 28 Mar 2011 Arab Spring
  • 29 Mar 2011 Arab Spring
  • 30 Mar 2011 India defeats Pakistan by 29 runs at Mohali's Semi Finals 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
  • 31 Mar 2011 Arab Spring
  • 01 Apr 2011 Protests against the burning Quran became violent. A mob attacked the UN compound in Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) and killed 13 people, eight of them foreign workers.
  • 02 Apr 2011 After defeating Sri Lanka in final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, India was crowned World Champions
  • 03 Apr 2011 2011 Bahraini protests:
  • 04 Apr 2011 Ivorian crisis 2010-2011:
  • 05 Apr 2011 Ivorian crisis 2010-2011:
  • 06 Apr 2011 Yemeni violence: Six people killed in protests in Yemen.
  • 07 Apr 2011 Mexican Drug War march, inspired by the murder of seven people, including Javier Sicilia, a prominent poet and journalist, took place in more than 20 Mexican cities. Marchers shouted "No more blood!"
  • 08 Apr 2011 In response to multiple mortar and rocket fires, Israeli air strikes in Gaza have resulted in the deaths of at least 12 Palestinians.
  • 09 Apr 2011 Five people were killed, eleven others were injured, and the gunman committed suicide in a Dutch mall.
  • 10 Apr 2011 In response to recent terrorist attacks, French and United Nations forces opened fire on Laurent Gbagbo's residence.
  • 11 Apr 2011 2011 Minsk Metro bombing
  • 12 Apr 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War: Muammar Gaddafi's forces strike the eastern frontline and shell Misrata.
  • 13 Apr 2011 Libyan civil war 2011
  • 14 Apr 2011 Ugandan opposition leader Kizza besigye is injured and shot during protests against rising oil and food prices in Kampala. Police also use tear gas to disperse the protestors.
  • 15 Apr 2011 2011 Cirebon bombing: A suicide bomber attacked an Indonesian Police station in Cirebon in West Java, Indonesia.
  • 16 Apr 2011 Burkina Faso unrest
  • 17 Apr 2011 During anti-government protests, at least four people were shot by security forces in Syria.
  • 18 Apr 2011 A 16-year old Israeli boy was injured in a Palestinian missile attack that hit his school bus on April 7.
  • 19 Apr 2011 Hamas kills two suspects in the last weeks' assassination of Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian pro-Palestinian activist in Gaza.
  • 20 Apr 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 21 Apr 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 22 Apr 2011 Cambodia and Thailand engage in a firefight across their border, with both sides suffering casualties.
  • 23 Apr 2011 Cambodia and Thailand fight at their border
  • 24 Apr 2011 Nigeria is home to more than 500 victims.
  • 25 Apr 2011 Guantanamo Files:
  • 26 Apr 2011 Arab Spring
  • 27 Apr 2011 The 2011 Super-Outbreak of Tornadoes was the most deadly day in American history.
  • 28 Apr 2011 Arab Spring
  • 29 Apr 2011 Wedding of Prince William, Duke and Kate Middleton
  • 30 Apr 2011 Protests in Syria 2011:
  • 01 May 2011 Pope John Paul II is beatified.
  • 02 May 2011 US Special Forces kill Osama bin Laden, the FBI's most wanted man and suspected mastermind behind September 11 attacks.
  • 03 May 2011 Reaction to Osama bin Laden's death:
  • 04 May 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 05 May 2011 Libyan civil war 2011
  • 06 May 2011 Yemen 2011 Protests: Protests are continuing in Yemen
  • 07 May 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 08 May 2011 Protests in Syria 2011:
  • 09 May 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: The Syrian Army advances on anti-government protesters in a western suburb.
  • 10 May 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 11 May 2011 2011 Syrian Uprising: Syrian Army Tanks shell Bab Amro, a suburb in the city Homs. At least five people are killed.
  • 12 May 2011 Students in Aleppo are the latest victims of the Syrian military's crackdown on protesters.
  • 13 May 2011 India: The Communist Party of India (Marxist), which lost West Bengal Assembly elections to Trinamool Congress in India, ended the 34-year rule of the State's longest democratically elected Communist government. [1]
  • 14 May 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 15 May 2011 2011 Bahraini uprising:
  • 16 May 2011 The European Union has agreed to a EUR78ampnbspbillion rescue package for Portugal. The bailout loan will equally be split between the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism and the European Financial Stability Facility.
  • 17 May 2011 Historic first visit by Queen Elizabeth II to the Republic of Ireland. This was the first visit by a British monarch in Ireland since 1911's visit of George V to Queen Mary.
  • 18 May 2011 Three Tunisian security personnel are killed during a clash between gunmen in northern Tunisia.
  • 19 May 2011 Syria condemns the United States' decision to impose sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad as a response to continuing anti-government protests.
  • 20 May 2011 Protests in Syria 2011:
  • 21 May 2011 ''Dawn'' is Pakistan's largest English language newspaper and begins publishing thousands of diplomatic cables from the United States that it obtained through a deal with WikiLeaks or Julian Assange. These cables reveal that Pakistani forces requested the United States to intensify its drone strikes against insurgents in Pakistani territory. This request has not been made public by Pakistani authorities.
  • 22 May 2011 Protests in Yemen 2011:
  • 23 May 2011 As the attack by Pakistani Taliban on a Pakistan Navy station at Karachi continues, more explosions are reported.
  • 24 May 2011 In southern Tunisia, clashes break out between Libyan refugees fleeing civil war in Libya.
  • 25 May 2011 At least seven people were killed when a suicide bomber from Pakistani Taliban attacked a Peshawar police station. (AFP via Yahoo! News),
  • 26 May 2011 Ratko Mladic is a former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army and is wanted for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. He was arrested in Serbia.
  • 27 May 2011 Libyan civil war 2011
  • 28 May 2011 Libyan Civil War 2011: New explosions heard in Tripoli, Libyan Capital. NATO bombing continues.
  • 29 May 2011 NATO kills civilians in Afghanistan
  • 30 May 2011 Twelve people are killed in an explosion at an army barracks in northern Nigeria.
  • 31 May 2011 Afghanistan War:
  • 01 Jun 2011 Arab Spring
  • 02 Jun 2011 Since the 21 May annexation of the region by the northern troops, almost 100 civilians have been killed in the Abyei dispute between North and South Sudan.
  • 03 Jun 2011 Yemeni uprising
  • 04 Jun 2011 Chile's Puyehue volcano explodes, causing cancellations of air traffic across South America, New Zealand and Australia, and forcing more than 3,000 people to evacuate.
  • 05 Jun 2011 Arab Spring: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh travels from Yemen to Saudi Arabia to treat an injury sustained in an attack on his presidential palace. Protesters celebrate the transfer of power to his Vice-President Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi.
  • 06 Jun 2011 Libyan civil War 2011: Rebels retake Yafran, in the west of Libya.
  • 07 Jun 2011 Uprising in Syria:
  • 08 Jun 2011 Libyan civil war
  • 09 Jun 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 10 Jun 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 11 Jun 2011 A government crackdown on protests forced at least 4300 Syrians to flee to Turkey.
  • 12 Jun 2011 Arab Spring: Thousands flee Syria to Turkey after Syrian troops take control of Jisr ash-Shugur.
  • 13 Jun 2011 2011 Jordanian protests
  • 14 Jun 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 15 Jun 2011 Protesters threaten to surround the Hellenic parliament as it prepares for discussions about its financial cuts plans. Greek unions start a general strike.
  • 16 Jun 2011 Ayman al-Zawahiri has been selected to succeed Osama bin Laden as the next leader of al-Qaeda
  • 17 Jun 2011 According to Yonhap, South Korea has launched precision-guided missiles capable o hitting Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
  • 18 Jun 2011 Burma accuses Kachin Independence Army (Kachin Independence Army) of starting deadly fighting close to the Chinese border.
  • 19 Jun 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 20 Jun 2011 Arab Spring
  • 21 Jun 2011 2011 Yemeni Uprising: 2000 Ethiopian migrants flee the country.
  • 22 Jun 2011 2011 Bahraini Uprising: 10 pro-democracy activists are sentenced by the Bahraini government to life imprisonment for their participation in the uprising.
  • 23 Jun 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian forces mass at the Turkish border, near where thousands of refugees camp.
  • 24 Jun 2011 ''The New York Times'' reports that a cell phone belonging to Osama bin Laden's courier contains contacts with Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen indicating possible ties with Pakistan's intelligence agencies.
  • 25 Jun 2011 Arab Spring
  • 26 Jun 2011 Arab Spring
  • 27 Jun 2011 Arab Spring
  • 28 Jun 2011 U.S. drone strikes on North Waziristan
  • 29 Jun 2011 Arab Spring
  • 30 Jun 2011 Arab Spring
  • 01 Jul 2011 According to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Congo government troops raped and pillaged 121 women between June 11th and 13, then stole their villages.
  • 02 Jul 2011 Arab Spring
  • 03 Jul 2011 Dozens of people are arrested and tear gas is used during Independence Day celebrations in Belarus after a ampquotclappingampquot protest.
  • 04 Jul 2011 Arab Spring
  • 05 Jul 2011 Arab Spring
  • 06 Jul 2011 Arab Spring
  • 07 Jul 2011 An artificial windpipe with stem cells is used to perform the world's first transplant of an artificial organ.
  • 08 Jul 2011 Betty Ford, former First Lady and wife of Gerald R. Ford, has died at 93.
  • 09 Jul 2011 South Sudan secedes to Sudan as a result of the January independence referendum.
  • 10 Jul 2011 Police in Bangladesh use tear gas against Islamist activists who are trying to enforce a general strike within Keraniganj. Several people were injured in the riots. (AP via Washington Post).
  • 11 Jul 2011 Protesters who supported President Bashar al-Assad during the 2011 Syrian uprising broke into the American Embassy in Damascus. They also tried to break into France's embassy.
  • 12 Jul 2011 A drone attack by the United States in Pakistan's South Waziristan area results in 7 deaths and 3 injuries.
  • 13 Jul 2011 Bombings in Mumbai, 13 July 2011
  • 14 Jul 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: There are several deaths as security forces continue to crack down on protests against the government in Syria.
  • 15 Jul 2011 Three Indian soldiers are reported to have died in Maidanpora and Kupwara, Kashmir.
  • 16 Jul 2011 Arab Spring
  • 17 Jul 2011 Arab Spring
  • 18 Jul 2011 Arab Spring
  • 19 Jul 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: At least 10 people are killed by security forces in Homs.
  • 20 Jul 2011 2011 Syrian uprising. Troops surround Harasta, the capital Damascus.
  • 21 Jul 2011 After completing STS-135, Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully lands at Kennedy Space Center. This concludes NASA's space shuttle program.
  • 22 Jul 2011 Anders Behring Breivik is responsible for the deaths of 77 people in twin terrorist attacks on Norway. These include a bombing at the Regjeringskvartalet government centre in Oslo, and a shooting at the Utoya political youth camp.
  • 23 Jul 2011 Norway Attacks 2011: At least 92 people have been killed in the Oslo bombing and shootings.
  • 24 Jul 2011 Three people are believed to have died in the latest Thai military helicopter crash near Myanmar's border.
  • 25 Jul 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: The state media announces a new law that allows the formation of political parties.
  • 26 Jul 2011 In an attempt to control inflation, the Reserve Bank of India raises interest rates to 8.8%
  • 27 Jul 2011 Norway attacks in 2011
  • 28 Jul 2011 In a clash with Abu Sayyaf militants at Jolo Island, seven Philippine Army soldiers were killed and 21 others were injured.
  • 29 Jul 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 30 Jul 2011 Libyan Civil War (NATO claims that it has destroyed three TV distribution facilities during an airstrike against Tripoli, Libya.
  • 31 Jul 2011 A knife attack in Kashgar in west Xinjiang killed at least 9 people, including a suspect, and left 28 others with injuries. This attack marks the second of the month in Xinjiang.
  • 01 Aug 2011 On Sunday, at least 11 people are killed, 5 suspects are also among them, and 15 more are injured in violence in China's Xinjiang. This brings the death toll up to 20 in the wake of the weekend attacks in Kashgar.
  • 02 Aug 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War: 7 rebels killed, 50 hurt in fighting in Zlitan.
  • 03 Aug 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian forces advance and shell Hama.
  • 04 Aug 2011 War in Afghanistan (2001-present:) Payenda Khan, a senior intelligence officer in Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security is killed in a bombing at Kunduz Province.
  • 05 Aug 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Turkey confirms that it has taken an Iranian arms shipment to Syria. (Today's Zaman). Tens of thousands protest again across the country amid a government crackdown.
  • 06 Aug 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: The Gulf Co-operation Council urges an end to the ampquotbloodshedampquot in Syria, and calls for reforms.
  • 07 Aug 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 08 Aug 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 09 Aug 2011 The 2011 Australian Census was completed by Australians.
  • 10 Aug 2011 The People's Republic of China's original aircraft carrier, Varyag, a refitted Soviet aircraft carrier, begins its first sea trial under Chinese flag.
  • 11 Aug 2011 Karen Drambjan is a left-wing Estonian lawyer who storms the Defense Ministry in Tallinn, taking two hostages. However, she is killed by special police forces.
  • 12 Aug 2011 Two suicide bombers were killed in an attack on Kidapawan, Philippines in Cotabato Province.
  • 13 Aug 2011 At the Indiana State Fair, stage rigging collapses. This causes the deaths of at least five people and injuries to dozens of others.
  • 14 Aug 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian Navy gunboats fire machine guns at waterfront areas in Latakia. Ground troops and armor-equipped security agents stormed several neighborhoods. 26 people have been killed.
  • 15 Aug 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 16 Aug 2011 Libyan civil war 2011
  • 17 Aug 2011 A rocket is launched into Kabul's compound of President of Afghanistan.
  • 18 Aug 2011 A minibus in Afganistan's Herat hit a roadside bomb, resulting in the deaths of at least 14 people.
  • 19 Aug 2011 At least eight people are killed in a Taliban attack on a British Council center in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • 20 Aug 2011 28 Amendash Arab Spring and Libyan Civil War: The Battle of Tripoli sees the Libyan rebels seize control of Tripoli's capital, overthrowing Muammar Gaddafi's government.
  • 21 Aug 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 22 Aug 2011 2011 Battle of Tripoli, Libyan Civil War
  • 23 Aug 2011 2011 Battle of Tripoli
  • 24 Aug 2011 2011 Battle of Tripoli
  • 25 Aug 2011 An attack on a Monterrey casino, Nuevo Leon in Mexico kills more than 50 people.
  • 26 Aug 2011 Al Arabiya TV reports that three rockets struck the border between Kuwait and Iraq.
  • 27 Aug 2011 Numerous bodies were found at Abu Salim Hospital in Tripoli, which was abandoned earlier in the week by medical staff after it was hit with heavy gunfire.
  • 28 Aug 2011 A suicide bombing at Baghdad’s largest Sunni mosque, killing at least 29 people including Khalid al-Fahdawi (a member of Council of Representatives of Iraq).
  • 29 Aug 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 30 Aug 2011 Three suicide bombings left 9 people dead and 20 injured in Grozny (capital of the Republic of Chechnya), Russia.
  • 31 Aug 2011 Gassem Baruni, a Tripoli doctor, tells the Associated Press that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter Hana Moammar Gaddafi - who is believed to have been killed by US airstrikes in 1986 - worked as a surgeon for him before she disappeared on Aug 25.
  • 01 Sep 2011 A series of shootings and bombings in Russia's North Caucasus resulted in the deaths of at least four people, including an officer from the security service.
  • 02 Sep 2011 After police cleared the area of protesters, the South Korean military has resumed building a naval base at Jeju-do.
  • 03 Sep 2011 CASA 212, Chilean Air Force CASA 212 crashes:
  • 04 Sep 2011 In Syria, at least 24 people have been killed by violence.
  • 05 Sep 2011 India and Bangladesh sign an agreement to end their 40-year-old border dispute.
  • 06 Sep 2011 For her album Let England shake, PJ Harvey, an English musician, wins her second Mercury Prize.
  • 07 Sep 2011 Quetta, Pakistan's capital city, was hit by bombings that killed at least eleven people.
  • 08 Sep 2011 North Caucasus insurgency/Ingushetia civil war:
  • 09 Sep 2011 Arab Spring
  • 10 Sep 2011 Zanzibar ferry sinking. The 'MVampnbspSpice IslanderampnbspI', carrying at most 800 people, sinks off Zanzibar's coast, killing 240.
  • 11 Sep 2011 Tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
  • 12 Sep 2011 Approximately 100 people die after a petrol pipeline explodes in Nairobi.
  • 13 Sep 2011 Investigators in Gothenburg (Sweden) now believe that the four men who were arrested for the failed terrorist attack at Gothenburg in 2011 may have connections to Al-Qaida.
  • 14 Sep 2011 Taliban attack Kabul
  • 15 Sep 2011 Toyota, a Japanese automaker, has resumed full production at its North American plants after overcoming parts shortages due to the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake/tsunami.
  • 16 Sep 2011 South Korean authorities arrest a North Korean citizen in connection to an assassination attempt on Park Sang-hak. Park Sanghak is a well-known defector and activist.
  • 17 Sep 2011 The Occupy Wall Street protests start in the United States. This leads to the Occupy movement, which is expanded to 82 countries by October.ref=quotcnn
  • 18 Sep 2011 Arab Spring
  • 19 Sep 2011 The United Nations has launched a $357 million appeal to help victims of the 2011 Sindh floods that left 434 people dead in Pakistan.
  • 20 Sep 2011 2011 Yemeni Uprising: Rockets struck a protest camp in Sanaa, Yemeni capital, killing at most two.
  • 21 Sep 2011 2011 Yemeni Uprising: Yemeni government forces breach a ceasefire by firing mortar rounds on mourners at funerals of protestors.
  • 22 Sep 2011 A bus bombing in Pakistan's Bajaur Agency has resulted in the deaths of at least five people.
  • 23 Sep 2011 2011 Yemeni uprising. Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of Yemen, returns from Saudi Arabia after three months absence. This comes amid increasing violence and political unrest in Yemen.
  • 24 Sep 2011 Arab Spring
  • 25 Sep 2011 At least two people are killed and several injured in a suicide bombing at a church in Central Java (Indonesia), near Jakarta.
  • 26 Sep 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War: The National Transitional Council (NTC), loyal forces, enter Muammar Gaddafi’s stronghold in Sirte as the NTC intensifies its three-day assault against the city.
  • 27 Sep 2011 Insurgency in North Caucasus:
  • 28 Sep 2011 John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, announces the death of a second soldier from New Zealand's Special Air Service during combat in Afghanistan.
  • 29 Sep 2011 2011 Yemeni Uprising: There are reports of heavy fighting in Sanaa's northern suburbs.
  • 30 Sep 2011 Anwar al-Awlaki, a leader of Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula and a U.S citizen, is reported to have been killed in Yemen.
  • 01 Oct 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 02 Oct 2011 Danedream, a horseracing champion, wins the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at a speed record of 2:24.49. This makes him the second German horse winner since 1975.
  • 03 Oct 2011 Insurgency in North Caucasus:
  • 04 Oct 2011 In an apparent sectarian attack, gunmen kill 12 Shiite Muslims in Quetta, Pakistan.
  • 05 Oct 2011 Arab Spring
  • 06 Oct 2011 The 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Tomas Transtromer, a Swedish poet.
  • 07 Oct 2011 With 2,670 deaths among ISAF personnel, the tenth anniversary of the ongoing allied war against Afghanistan is approaching,
  • 08 Oct 2011 Libyan civil War 2011: Following a long and bloody siege the National Transitional Council forces approach Sirte's center, where they face heavy resistance from troops loyal the Muammar Gaddafi, the ousted dictator.
  • 09 Oct 2011 Libyan civil war 2011: The stronghold of Sirte, the ex-dictator of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, is close to being overthrown by the National Transitional Council forces, who are reportedly about to capture the city's hospital, airport, and conference centre.
  • 10 Oct 2011 Marzieh Vafamehr, an Iranian actress, is sentenced to 90lashes of the cane for her role in "My Tehran For Sale" which critiques the Government of Iran's harsh policies regarding the arts.
  • 11 Oct 2011 China follows Russian warnings of the Syrian government, while the opposition Syrian National Council gains support from Egypt and is recognised by Libya.
  • 12 Oct 2011 Zarganar, a Burmese actor and comedian, is released under an amnesty offered by the government to over 6,000 dissidents.
  • 13 Oct 2011 Four people were killed in a drone attack by the United States on Pakistan's North Waziristan Region.
  • 14 Oct 2011 The United States President Barack Obama has authorized the deployment of 100 American soldiers to Uganda and South Sudan to aid in the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army.
  • 15 Oct 2011 2011 Yemeni Protests: Nine people have been killed and many more injured in Sana'a, Yemen. Security forces used tear gas and live ammunition as a way to disperse protestors.
  • 16 Oct 2011 Libyan Civil War (2011): Fighting continues at Bani Walid between pro-Gaddafi fighters, and besieging forces loyal the National Transitional Council.
  • 17 Oct 2011 Libyan civil War 2011: The National Transitional Council forces take control of Muammar Gadaffi's former stronghold, Bani Walid. This was after a six-week siege.
  • 18 Oct 2011 Israel and Hamas start a major prisoner exchange. Gilad Shalit, an Israeli Army soldier, is being released by Hamas for 1,027 Palestinian or Israeli-Arab prisoners currently held in Israel. Among those released were 280 prisoners who are serving life sentences for plotting and perpetrating terror attacks.
  • 19 Oct 2011 Turkey launches a military operation in northern Iraq against Kurdish militants, following attacks by the Kurdistan Workers Party which killed at least 24 Turkish soldiers in the southeastern part of Turkey.
  • 20 Oct 2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  • 21 Oct 2011 Libyan civil war
  • 22 Oct 2011 North Korea has agreed to allow the United States to search for remains of American soldiers who died during the Korean War for the first time since 2006.
  • 23 Oct 2011 An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 Msubw/sub struck eastern Turkey, near Van. It killed 604 people and damaged about 2,200 buildings.
  • 24 Oct 2011 Kenyan-Somalian military operation:
  • 25 Oct 2011 According to a Philippine civil defense official, approximately 10,000 Filipinos fled their homes because of fighting between Abu Sayyaf rebels (government forces) and them.
  • 26 Oct 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: At most 17 people have been killed in Syria as fighting continues between government and opposition groups.
  • 27 Oct 2011 The European Union has announced a deal to address the European sovereign debt crisis. It includes a writedown 50% of Greek bonds and recapitalization of European banks.
  • 28 Oct 2011 Two people were injured when a Wahhabi Islamist, equipped with hand grenades, opened fire on the United States Embassy in Sarajevo.
  • 29 Oct 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 30 Oct 2011 Six militants were killed in a drone attack by the United States in Pakistan's North Waziristan area.
  • 31 Oct 2011 Three people are killed by an attack on the International Relief and Development offices in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
  • 01 Nov 2011 Barack Obama, President of the United States, declares Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia, a National Monument.
  • 02 Nov 2011 French writer Alexis Jenni won France's literary Prix Goncourt with his novel L'Art francais du la guerre.
  • 03 Nov 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 04 Nov 2011 Two ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists are boarded by the Israeli Navy as they travel to Gaza Strip.
  • 05 Nov 2011 Boko Haram, an Islamist terrorist group, claims responsibility for the bombing and gun attack on Damaturu in north-eastern Nigeria that has claimed at least 63 lives.
  • 06 Nov 2011 A magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes 21 miles NNE Shawnee, Oklahoma USA, causing severe damage.
  • 07 Nov 2011 The Swedish Enforcement Administration ('’Kronofogden’’) announces the sale of seven paintings that were originally thought to have been painted by Adolf Hitler.
  • 08 Nov 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 09 Nov 2011 Bomb attack in Afghanistan kills a British soldier
  • 10 Nov 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 11 Nov 2011 Arab Spring
  • 12 Nov 2011 Uprising in Syria:
  • 13 Nov 2011 After a bomb in a donkey car explodes in Mastak, Pakistan, at least six people have been killed and four more injured.
  • 14 Nov 2011 After signing a deal to the Nationwide Building Society, British soap "Coronation Street" becomes the first prime-time television show in the UK that uses product placement. In an episode, you can see a Nationwide cash machine.
  • 15 Nov 2011 Six militants were killed in a drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan Province.
  • 16 Nov 2011 Uprising in Syria:
  • 17 Nov 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Gunfire and explosions are reported in Damascus, the Syrian capital.
  • 18 Nov 2011 Hewlett-Packard has added Ralph Whitworth, from Relational Investors (the corporate-governance activistsmdashto their board of directors).
  • 19 Nov 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Security forces kill at least 19 protesters in Syria as demonstrations continue against President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
  • 20 Nov 2011 As violent protests continue in Cairo's Tahrir Square, at least 13 people have been killed and nearly 900 others injured. Security forces try to disperse the crowds using tear gas and batons.
  • 21 Nov 2011 Egyptian revolution of 2011
  • 22 Nov 2011 2011 Egyptian revolution: Three students from the American University of Cairo are detained after setting firebombs against security forces during ongoing protests in Cairo.
  • 23 Nov 2011 Egypt protests: The fifth day of violent anti-regime demonstrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square has seen 35 deaths and more than 3,200 injuries in clashes between security forces and protesters.
  • 24 Nov 2011 Three roadside bombs explode in Basra in Iraq, killing at most 19 and injuring 67.
  • 25 Nov 2011 Morocco's voters go to the polls in a parliamentary election. The Justice and Development Party is victorious.
  • 26 Nov 2011 Launched from Kennedy Space Center, the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity is the most complex Martian exploration vehicle. It will land on Mars on August 5, 2012.
  • 27 Nov 2011 Two of the eight crew members onboard the cargo ship MV Swanland were rescued after it was sunk in the Irish Sea.
  • 28 Nov 2011 2011 Yemeni Uprising: At the least 25 people were killed in fighting between Sunni groups and Shia groups in Yemen.
  • 29 Nov 2011 American Airlines, fourth-largest airline in the world, files Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  • 30 Nov 2011 The strike, which will affect schools, hospitals and ports across the country, is expected to last for 24 hours, could see up to 2 million workers from the public sector in the United Kingdom go on strike over pension reforms.
  • 01 Dec 2011 In east Texas, United States, a mass shooting takes place. All four children killed are younger than five years old.
  • 02 Dec 2011 After Friday prayers, Muslim rioters attacked Zakho's liquor stores and massage parlours. Later, the attacks were extended to Christian-owned shops and businesses in other cities such as Simele and Dohuk.
  • 03 Dec 2011 Syria has seen at least 23 deaths.
  • 04 Dec 2011 After bomb squads destroyed World War II bombs hidden under the Rhine River for nearly 65 years, 45,000 Koblenz citizens are now allowed to return home.
  • 05 Dec 2011 Reports indicate that more than 60 bodies were taken to Homs, a Syrian city.
  • 06 Dec 2011 Afghanistan terror attacks
  • 07 Dec 2011 The United States marks the 70th anniversary the attack on Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) by the United States.
  • 08 Dec 2011 A pipeline carrying oil from Syria near Homs has been destroyed.
  • 09 Dec 2011 Moody's Credit Rating Agency downgrades France's three largest banks Credit Agricole and BNP Paribas.
  • 10 Dec 2011 The city of Homs is given 72 hours by the Syrian government to end anti-government protests or face an offensive raising fears about a massacre of civilians.
  • 11 Dec 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 12 Dec 2011 Moody's credit rating agency dismisses last week's EU deal in its weekly credit report. It says it "doesn't change our view that the risks to the cohesion and stability of the euro zone continue to rise."
  • 13 Dec 2011 Pakistani police rescue 50 boys from a Karachi, Pakistan dungeon. According to police reports, the dungeon had shackles as well as hooks. According to the prisoners, they were threatened and beat and forced to surrender if they tried to flee.
  • 14 Dec 2011 During the latest violence of the ongoing uprising, thirteen people were killed in Hama (Syria).
  • 15 Dec 2011 The United States officially declares an end of the Iraq War. This ends the insurgency, but it starts another.
  • 16 Dec 2011 The Philippines is hit by Tropical Storm Washi, which causes flash floods that kill 1,268 people. There are 85 missing persons.
  • 17 Dec 2011 In a second day's clashes, Egyptian Army soldiers beat protesters at Cairo's Tahrir Square. Ten people were killed and many more injured.
  • 18 Dec 2011 If Syria does not agree to its proposals to end the crackdown against the uprising, the Arab League will take it to the United Nations in two weeks.
  • 19 Dec 2011 For the fourth consecutive day, fighting continues at Cairo's Tahrir Square.
  • 20 Dec 2011 Syria has announced that it will execute anyone involved in terrorist acts under a new law.
  • 21 Dec 2011 2011 Syrian uprising. The opposition to Syria calls on the United Nations and Arab League for emergency meetings following an alleged massacre in the northwest region of Syria. This occurred before Arab League monitors entered the country.
  • 22 Dec 2011 In a 16-bombing attack on Baghdad's capital, at least 72 people were killed and 169 others were injured shortly after the withdrawal of American forces.
  • 23 Dec 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian state media reports that at least 40 people were killed in two car bombings in Damascus.
  • 24 Dec 2011 Arab League monitors met with Syria's foreign Minister, one day after the deadly bombings in Damascus.
  • 25 Dec 2011 According to the Sudanese People’s Armed Forces, Khalil Ibrahim is the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (Darfur), and has been murdered.
  • 26 Dec 2011 2011 Syrian uprising. New violence occurs in Homs, as Arab League observers arrive in Syria in order to monitor the ongoing uprising.
  • 27 Dec 2011 Helen Frankenthaler, the pioneer of Color Field painting, has died at the age of 83.
  • 28 Dec 2011 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 29 Dec 2011 Tokelau and Samoa move east to west along the International Date Line. This allows them to skip December 30 in order to better align their time zones with their main trading partners.
  • 30 Dec 2011 Five militants from al-Shabab were killed and one soldier of the Kenyan Army were injured in clashes.
  • 31 Dec 2011 2011 Syrian uprising. An Arab League observer witnessed snipers in Deraa, Syria and called for their immediate expulsion.