Editing 2011

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*a protester partaking in [[Occupy Wall Street]] heralds the beginning of the [[Occupy movement]];
*protests against Libyan dictator [[Muammar Gaddafi]], who [[Assassination of Muammar Gaddafi|was killed]] that October; 
*a young man celebrates the [[2011 South Sudanese independence referendum|independence]] of [[South Sudan]], the world's newest country;
*the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]] devastates Eastern Japan and kills nearly 20,000 people, becoming the most expensive natural disaster on record; 
*''[[Minecraft]]'' is released, which would go on to become the [[List of best-selling video games|best-selling video game]] of all time;
*the [[2011 Norway attacks|Norway attacks]] mark the rise of [[Right-wing terrorism|white supremacist terrorism]] across the west;
*the U.S. national security team gathered in the [[White House Situation Room]] to monitor the progress of [[Operation Neptune Spear]] which resulted in the death of [[Al-Qaeda]] leader [[Osama bin Laden]];
*anti-government protests called the [[Arab Spring]] arose in early 2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown in the [[Middle East]] and [[Northern Africa]], which lead to the [[Arab Winter]].
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The year marked the start of a [[Arab Spring|series of protests and revolutions]] throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, and in some cases sparking civil wars such as the [[Syrian civil war]] and the [[Libyan civil war (2011)|first Libyan civil war]], the former still ongoing while the latter gave way to the [[Libyan civil war (2014–2020)|second Libyan civil war]]. 

U.S. Navy SEALs [[Killing of Osama bin Laden|killed]] al-Qaeda leader and terrorist [[Osama bin Laden]] in his [[Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad|compound]] in Pakistan on May 2. The [[Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity]] rover, which was to land on Mars in August of the following year, launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26. In December, North Korean leader [[Kim Jong Il]], who had been the supreme leader of North Korea since the death of his father [[Kim Il Sung]] in 1994, [[Death and state funeral of Kim Jong Il|died]] while traveling by train to a place outside Pyongyang. He was succeeded by his son [[Kim Jong Un]].

2011 was designated as: 
*[[International Year of Forests]]
*[[International Year of Chemistry]]<ref>{{cite web|title=United Nations Observances|url=https://www.un.org/en/events/observances/|publisher=United Nations|access-date=July 5, 2012|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404042914/https://www.un.org/en/events/observances|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[International Year for People of African Descent]]

In 2011, the nation of [[Samoa]] only had 364 days as it moved across the International Date Line skipping [[December 30]], 2011; it is now 24 hours ahead of American Samoa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/862729-samoa-to-change-time-zones-and-move-forward-by-a-day|title=Samoa to change time zones and move forward by a day|publisher=Metro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906164240/http://www.metro.co.uk/news/862729-samoa-to-change-time-zones-and-move-forward-by-a-day |archive-date=2011-09-06 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/samoa-to-move-the-international-dateline/story-e6frf7jx-1226051660380|title=Samoa to move the International Dateline|publisher=Herald Sun|access-date=December 31, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706170552/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/samoa-to-move-the-international-dateline/story-e6frf7jx-1226051660380|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==Events==

===January===
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* [[January 1]]
** [[Estonia]] officially adopts the [[Euro]] currency and becomes the 17th [[Eurozone]] country.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513 |title=Estonia becomes 17th member of the euro zone |work=BBC News |date=2010-12-31 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107004045/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2011 Alexandria bombing|A bomb explodes]] as [[Coptic Christians]] in Alexandria, Egypt leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
** [[Kolavia Flight 348|Flight 348]] with 134 occupants, operated by [[Metrojet (Russian airline)|Kolavia]], catches fire while taxiing out for take-off. Three people are killed and 43 are injured, four critically, from smoke inhalation or burns.
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Tunisia]]n street vendor [[Mohamed Bouazizi]] dies after [[Self-immolation|setting himself on fire]] a month earlier, sparking anti-government protests in Tunisia and later other [[Arab world|Arab nations]]. These protests become known collectively as the [[Arab Spring]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16230190 |author=Gardner, Frank |title=Tunisia one year on: Where the Arab Spring started |date=2011-12-17 |work=BBC News |access-date=2012-01-15 |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120073148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16230190 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2011-12-17 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vegetable-seller-who-inspired-arab-spring-honoured-1.1105682 |title=Vegetable seller who inspired Arab Spring honoured |work=CBC News |access-date=2012-01-15 |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117125849/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/12/17/tunisia-anniversary-arabspring.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[January 5]] &ndash; [[Cyber vigilante|Internet vigilante]] group [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] launches [[DoS attacks]] on [[Syrian Revolution|Syrian]], [[Tunisian Revolution|Tunisian]], [[Bahraini uprising of 2011|Bahraini]], [[Egyptian protests, 2011|Egyptian]], [[Libyan crisis|Libyan]], and [[Jordanian protests (2011-12)|Jordanian]] [[government website]]s in response to the [[Arab Spring|Arab Spring protests]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=wconeybeer|date=2011-01-08|title=Anonymous Operation Tunisia rages, US Govt grows worried|url=https://www.myce.com/piracy/anonymous-operation-tunisia-rages-on-us-govt-grows-concerned-38617/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Myce.com|language=en-US|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129222805/https://www.myce.com/piracy/anonymous-operation-tunisia-rages-on-us-govt-grows-concerned-38617/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Olson|first=Parmy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncGVPtoZPHcC|title=We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency|date=2012-06-05|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-0-316-21353-0|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=March 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322060715/https://books.google.com/books?id=ncGVPtoZPHcC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[January 7]] – A [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] teenage girl Felani Khatun, was [[Shooting of Felani Khatun|shot dead]] by the [[India|Indian]] [[Border Security Force|Border Security Force (BSF)]] on the Anantapur [[Bangladesh–India border|border area]] under [[Phulbari Upazila, Kurigram|Phulbari upazila]] in [[Kurigram District|Kurigram]]. Her body was hanging from the fence for four and half hours. Global [[List of human rights organisations|human rights organizations]], including the media, became protesters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=S Dilip |date=2022-01-07 |title=11 years of Felani killing: Family still waiting for justice |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/11-years-felani-killing-family-still-waiting-justice-2934311 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-15 |title=BSF authorities order revision trial in Felani murder case |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/bsf-authorities-order-revision-trial-in-felani-murder-case/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Iran Air Flight 277]] crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 78 people.
* [[January 14]] &ndash; The [[Tunisia]]n government falls after a month of increasingly violent protests; [[President of Tunisia|President]] [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] flees to [[Saudi Arabia]] after 23 years in power.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|author=Wyre Davies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12195025 |title=BBC News – Tunisia: President Zine al-Abidine Ali forced out |work=BBC News |date=December 15, 2010 |access-date=2011-01-14| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110115053136/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12195025| archive-date=January 15, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/16/18669320.php |title=Uprising in Tunisia: People Power topples Ben Ali regime |work=Indybay |date=January 16, 2011 |access-date=2011-01-26 |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726181556/http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/16/18669320.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 15]] &ndash; The result of the [[South Sudanese independence referendum, 2011]] is in favour of independence, paving the way for the creation of the new state in July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almanar.com.lb/newssite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=170242&language=en |title=Al-ManarTV:: South Sudan Referendum Wraps up, Khartoum Vows to Recognize Results 15/01/2011 |publisher=Almanar.com.lb |date=2011-01-15 |access-date=2011-01-31 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/8246615/Sudan-referendum-whats-being-voted-on-and-what-will-happen.html ''Sudan referendum: what's being voted on and what will happen?''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111044247/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/8246615/Sudan-referendum-whats-being-voted-on-and-what-will-happen.html |date=January 11, 2011 }} The Telegraph. January 8, 2011</ref>
* [[January 24]] &ndash; 37 people are killed and more than 180 others are wounded in [[Domodedovo International Airport bombing|a bombing]] at [[Domodedovo International Airport]] in Moscow, Russia.<ref name="Ferris-Rotman">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N2TQ20110124 |title=Suicide bomber kills 31 at Russia's biggest airport |author=Amie Ferris-Rotman |date=January 24, 2011 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=2011-06-21 |archive-date=January 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125181537/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N2TQ20110124 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="37deaths">{{cite news|url=http://rian.ru/society/20110224/338222803.html|script-title=ru:Число жертв теракта в Домодедово возросло до 37|agency=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=February 24, 2011|language=ru|archive-date=February 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227093411/http://www.rian.ru/society/20110224/338222803.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12268662|title=Moscow bombing: Carnage at Russia's Domodedovo airport|work=BBC News|author=Steve Rosenberg|date=January 24, 2011|access-date=January 24, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110125024514/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12268662| archive-date=January 25, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] &ndash; The [[2011 Egyptian revolution]] begins.
* [[January 27]] – Within [[Ursa Minor]], [[H1504+65]], a [[white dwarf]] with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Werner|first=K.|author2=Rauch, T.|date=2011|title=UV Spectroscopy of the Hot Bare Stellar Core H1504+65 with the HST Cosmic Origins Spectrograph|journal=[[Astrophysics and Space Science]]|volume=335|issue=1|pages=121–24|doi=10.1007/s10509-011-0617-x|bibcode = 2011Ap&SS.335..121W |s2cid=116910726}}</ref>
* [[January 28]] – Friday of anger (Egyptian revolution of 2011). Protestors clash with security forces which resulted in over 600 protestors estimated dead and several police stations were raided.

===February===
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[President of Egypt|Egyptian President]] [[Hosni Mubarak]] resigns after [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011|widespread protests]] calling for his departure, leaving control of Egypt in the hands of the [[Egyptian Armed Forces|military]], until a general election can be held.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201121125158705862.html | title=Hosni Mubarak resigns as president | access-date=February 11, 2011 | date=February 11, 2011 | publisher=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110211082027/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201121125158705862.html| archive-date=February 11, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[February 15]]  &ndash; The [[Libyan Civil War (2011)|First Libyan Civil War]] starts.
* [[February 19]]–[[April 2]] – The [[2011 Cricket World Cup]] is held in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka with India defeating Sri Lanka in the final.
* [[February 22]]&ndash;[[March 14]] &ndash; Uncertainty over Libyan oil output causes [[crude oil]] prices to rise 20% over a two-week period following the Arab Spring,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703610604576158613735835374|title=The Stealth Return of $100 Oil|date=February 22, 2011|access-date=March 12, 2011|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|first1=Jerry A.|last1=Dicolo|first2=Brian|last2=Baskin| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110224063242/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703610604576158613735835374.html| archive-date=February 24, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref> causing the 2011 energy crisis.
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[2011 Christchurch earthquake|A 6.3 magnitude earthquake]] strikes [[Christchurch]], in what becomes New Zealand's [[List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll|third-deadliest natural disaster]]. 185 people are killed, many ESL students within the [[CTV Building]], and the city centre and 10,000 homes are destroyed. Many foreign search and rescue workers respond to the event.

===March===
* [[March 5]] &ndash; Egyptian protestors storm the [[State Security Investigations Service|State Security]] headquarters in the [[Nasr City]] district of Cairo.
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War]] is triggered when 15 youths in [[Daraa]] are arrested for scrawling graffiti on their school wall denouncing the regime of President [[Bashar al-Assad]].
* [[March 11]] &ndash; A 9.1-magnitude [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|earthquake and subsequent tsunami]] hit the east of Japan, killing 19,759 people and leaving another 2,553 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. [[Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster|Emergencies]] are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake.<ref>{{cite news|title=Japan earthquake live blog: Death toll rises amid widespread destruction|url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-live-blog-death-toll-rises-amid-widespread-destruction/|date=March 12, 2011|work=CNN blog|publisher=Time Warner|access-date=March 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316132608/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-live-blog-death-toll-rises-amid-widespread-destruction/|archive-date=March 16, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a result of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, multiple plants at the [[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant]] were damaged, several workers injured, and [[Fukushima nuclear disaster#Releases_of_radioactive_contamination|contaminants]] were released into the environment. 
* [[March 15]]
** Egypt’s [[Ministry of Interior (Egypt)|Ministry of Interior]] dissolves the widely feared and hated [[State Security Investigations Service]] accused of human rights abuses and announced the establishment of the new [[National Security Agency (Egypt)|National Security Agency will replace it and take over its internal security duties]].
** [[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 [[Bahraini uprising (2011–present)|civil unrest]].<ref name="BBCBahr15Mar">{{cite news|title=Bahrain King Declares State of Emergency after Protests|author=Staff writer|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12745608|work=BBC News|date=March 15, 2011|access-date=April 15, 2011|author-link=Staff writer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405202821/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12745608|archive-date=April 5, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Staff writer|title=Two Killed in Bahrain Violence Despite Martial Law|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12751464|date=March 15, 2011|access-date=April 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405202839/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12751464|archive-date=April 5, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War|Protests breakout across Syria]] demanding democratic reforms, resignation of President [[Bashar al-Assad]], and release of those imprisoned for the March 6 Daraa protest.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12749674|title=Mid-East unrest: Syrian protests in Damascus and Aleppo|date=2011-03-15|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=2017-05-10|language=en-GB|archive-date=July 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721134738/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12749674|url-status=live}}</ref> The government responds by killing hundreds of protesters and laying siege to various cities, beginning the [[Syrian Civil War]], which lasts until Assad’s overthrow in [[2024]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/04/20114309234489989.html|title=Fresh violence hits Syrian town|date=2011-04-30|website=Al Jazeera|access-date=2017-05-10|archive-date=December 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218184815/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/04/20114309234489989.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 17]] &ndash; The [[United Nations Security Council]] votes 10&ndash;0 to create a [[Libyan no-fly zone|no-fly zone]] over Libya in response to allegations of government aggression against civilians.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libyafeb17.com/ |title=libyafeb17.com |publisher=libyafeb17.com |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=March 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317022355/http://www.libyafeb17.com/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
* [[March 19]] &ndash; In light of continuing attacks on Libyan rebels by forces in support of leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42164455|title=World leaders launch military action in Libya|date=March 19, 2011|access-date=March 19, 2011|work=[[NBC News]]|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923232056/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42164455|url-status=live}}</ref> military intervention authorized under [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973|UNSCR 1973]] begins as French fighter jets make reconnaissance flights over Libya.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world/africa/20libya.html|title=France Sends Military Flights Over Libya|date=March 19, 2011|access-date=March 19, 2011|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|first1=David D.|last1=Kirkpatrick|first2=Elisabeth|last2=Bumiller| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110326012321/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world/africa/20libya.html| archive-date=March 26, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref>

===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>

===May===
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* [[May 1]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] announces that [[Osama bin Laden]], the founder and leader of the militant group [[Al-Qaeda]], was [[Killing of Osama bin Laden|killed]] on May 2, 2011 ([[Pakistan Standard Time|PKT]], [[UTC+05]]) during an American military operation in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldman |first1=Adam |last2=Brummitt |first2=Chris |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110502/ap_on_re_us/us_bin_laden |title=Bin Laden's demise: Long pursuit, burst of gunfire |agency=Associated Press |date=May 2, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513040530/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110502/ap_on_re_us/us_bin_laden |archive-date=May 13, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[May 5]] &ndash; In [[Brazil]], the [[Supreme Federal Court]] approves [[Same-sex marriage in Brazil|same-sex marriage]].
* [[May 10]]–[[May 14|14]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011]] takes place in [[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]], and is won by [[Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest|Azeri]] entrants [[Ell & Nikki]] with the song "[[Running Scared (Ell & Nikki song)|Running Scared]]".
* [[May 11]] – A [[2011 Lorca earthquake|5.1 earthquake]] strikes southern [[Spain]], killing 9 people and injuring over 400.
* [[May 16]] &ndash; The European Union agrees to a €78&nbsp;billion rescue deal for Portugal. The bailout loan will be equally split between the [[European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism]], the [[European Financial Stability Facility]], and the [[International Monetary Fund]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13408497 | title=Portugal's 78bn euro bail-out is formally approved | work=BBC Business News | date=May 16, 2011 | access-date=November 13, 2011 | archive-date=May 18, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518135513/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13408497 | url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[May 18]] – [[FC Porto|Porto]] beats [[S.C. Braga|Braga]] 1–0 in the [[2010–11 UEFA Europa League|2011 UEFA Europa League]] [[2011 UEFA Europa League final|final]] at the [[Aviva Stadium]].
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Grímsvötn]], Iceland's most active volcano, erupts and causes disruption to air travel in Northwestern Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/05/26/357246/european-proceedures-cope-with-new-ash-cloud.html|title=European proceedures (sic) cope with new ash cloud|date=May 26, 2011|work=Flightglobal|author=David Learmount|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703022217/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/european-proceedures-cope-with-new-ash-cloud-357246/|archive-date=July 3, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=September 28, 2015}}</ref>
* [[May 22]] &ndash; The [[2011 Joplin tornado]], an EF5 [[tornado]], strikes [[Joplin, Missouri]], killing 158 people and injuring 1,150.
* [[May 24]] &ndash; The [[2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado]], an EF5 [[tornado]], strikes [[El Reno, Oklahoma|El Reno]] and [[Piedmont, Oklahoma]], killing 9 people and injuring 181.
* [[May 26]] &ndash; Former [[Bosnia]]n [[Serb]] Army commander [[Ratko Mladić]], wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in [[Serbia]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Interpol |url=http://www.interpol.int/public/Data/Wanted/Notices/Data/1995/54/1995_47754.asp |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090704041327/http://www.interpol.int/Public/Data/Wanted/Notices/Data/1995/54/1995_47754.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-07-04 |title=Interpol: Wanted MLADIC, Ratko |publisher=Interpol.int |access-date=2011-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8537878/Ratko-Mladic-war-crimes-fugitive-arrested-in-Serbia.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8537878/Ratko-Mladic-war-crimes-fugitive-arrested-in-Serbia.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Ratko Mladic: war crimes fugitive 'arrested in Serbia'|last=Wardrop|first=Murray|date=May 26, 2011|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=May 26, 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] – [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] beats [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] 3–1 in the [[2010–11 UEFA Champions League|2011 UEFA Champions League]] [[2011 UEFA Champions League final|final]] at the [[Wembley Stadium]].
===June===
* [[June 4]] &ndash; Chile's [[Puyehue-Cordón Caulle|Puyehue volcano]] [[2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption|erupts]], causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand and Australia, and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Twitch.tv]], a video game-focused live streaming service, is launched as a spinoff from [[Justin.tv]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thenextweb.com/media/2011/06/06/twitchtv-justin-tvs-killer-new-esports-project/ |title=TwitchTV: Justin.tv's killer new esports project |author=Alex Wilhelm |date=June 6, 2011 |website=The Next Web |access-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614221301/https://thenextweb.com/media/2011/06/06/twitchtv-justin-tvs-killer-new-esports-project/ |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 15]] &ndash; A [[2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot|riot]] broke out in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] in the aftermath of the [[Boston Bruins]]' win over the [[Vancouver Canucks]] in game seven of the [[2011 Stanley Cup Finals]]
* [[June 22]] &ndash; Former [[Winter Hill Gang]] leader [[Whitey Bulger|James "Whitey" Bulger]] is arrested in [[Santa Monica]], [[California]] following an anonymous tip.
* [[June 26]]&ndash;[[July 17]] &ndash; The [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]] takes place in [[Germany]], and is won by [[Japan women's national football team|Japan]].
* [[June 28]] &ndash; The [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] announces the eradication of the cattle plague [[rinderpest]] from the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/health/28rinderpest.html?pagewanted=all|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Donald G.|last=McNeil Jr|title=Rinderpest, a Centuries-Old Animal Disease, Is Eradicated|date=2011-06-27|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-date=August 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812021913/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/health/28rinderpest.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref>

===July===
* [[July 6]] &ndash; The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Pyeongchang County|PyeongChang]] the right to host the [[2018 Winter Olympics]].
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[South Sudan]] secedes from [[Sudan]], per the result of the [[2011 South Sudanese independence referendum|independence referendum]] held in January.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082|title=South Sudan: New nation|date=July 24, 2013|work=[[BBC]]|access-date=October 23, 2013|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912211654/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] &ndash; The planet [[Neptune]] completes its first orbit since it was discovered in 1846.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html|title=Neptune Completes First Orbit Since Its Discovery in 1846|work=Space.com|date=July 12, 2011|access-date=October 30, 2015|archive-date=October 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029065245/http://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[South Sudan]] joins the [[United Nations]] as the 193rd member.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Worsnip|first1=Patrick|last2=Davies|first2=Megan|title=South Sudan admitted to U.N. as 193rd member|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-un-membership-idUSTRE76D6F920110715#ULtdLzo0E4gtVS8b.97|access-date=November 29, 2015|work=Reuters|date=July 14, 2011|archive-date=October 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002121503/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/15/us-sudan-un-membership-idUSTRE76D6F920110715#ULtdLzo0E4gtVS8b.97|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 14]]&ndash;[[July 23|23]] – Two frontal systems enter south-central Chile causing [[July 2011 Chilean winter storm|great snowfalls that leaves thousand of people isolated]].<ref>{{Citation
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* [[July 20]]
** [[Goran Hadžić]] is detained in Serbia, becoming the last of 161 people indicted by the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gN0BSyDw5sirbLulQXqgi4DslMtQ?docId=9188fbcd8b194ff79407247b3df94840|title=The Associated Press: Serbia arrests last Balkan war crimes fugitive|access-date=2011-07-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110720111844/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gN0BSyDw5sirbLulQXqgi4DslMtQ?docId=9188fbcd8b194ff79407247b3df94840| archive-date=July 20, 2011| url-status= dead}}</ref>
** The [[United Nations]] declares a [[2011 East Africa drought|famine]] in southern [[Somalia]], the first in over 30 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/somalia-on-verge-of-famine-1.1065398|title=Somalia on verge of famine|date=July 18, 2011|work=CBC News|access-date=July 18, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110720035002/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/07/18/un-famine-east-africa.html| archive-date=July 20, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref>
** [[Mauno Koivisto]] becomes the oldest living [[President of Finland]] in the history of the nation, surpassing [[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]].
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] lands successfully at [[Kennedy Space Center]] after completing [[STS-135]], concluding NASA's [[Space Shuttle]] program.<ref name="landing times">{{cite web|title=Atlantis Completes Final Space Shuttle Program Landing at 5:57 a.m. EDT|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html|publisher=NASA|access-date=July 21, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110726190430/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html| archive-date=July 26, 2011| url-status= live|date=July 21, 2011}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] &ndash; In [[Norway]], [[Anders Behring Breivik]] kills 8 people in a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, then kills 69 at a massacre at a [[Workers' Youth League (Norway)|Workers' Youth League]] camp on the island of [[Utøya]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010| title=Norway massacre: 'We could hear the gunshots getting closer'| work=BBC News| date=October 19, 2017| access-date=October 13, 2018| archive-date=November 3, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103011607/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010| url-status=live}}</ref>
*  [[July 23]] &ndash; In [[London]], singer [[Amy Winehouse]] dies at [[27 Club|age 27]] due to alcohol poisoning.
** [[Wenzhou train collision]]; 2 high speed trains in [[Wenzhou]], [[China]] collided on a viaduct, sending multiple cars off the viaduct and crushing some. 40 people were killed and 192 people were injured.<ref name="q762">{{cite web | title=China bullet train crash 'caused by design flaws' | website=BBC News | date=2011-12-28 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-16345592 | access-date=2024-11-20}}</ref>
* [[July 31]] &ndash; In [[Thailand]] over 12.8 million people are affected by [[2011 Thailand floods|severe flooding]]. The [[World Bank]] estimates damages at 1,440 billion [[Thai baht|baht]] (US$45 billion).<ref name="time">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2101273,00.html |title=Thailand cleans up; Areas remain flooded |agency=Associated Press |magazine=Time |date=December 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108085747/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2101273,00.html |archive-date=January 8, 2012  }}</ref> Some areas are still six feet under water, and many factory areas remain closed at the end of the year. 815<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/12/30/death-toll-thai-floods-rises-790.html |title=Death toll of Thai floods rises to 790 |work=The Jakarta Post |date=2011-12-30 |access-date=2012-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217204007/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/12/30/death-toll-thai-floods-rises-790.html |archive-date=February 17, 2012 }}</ref> people are killed, with 58 of the country's 77 provinces affected.<ref>{{cite news |last=Daniel |first=Zoe |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-05/27worst27-thai-floods-kill-2242c-threaten-bangkok/3221304/?site=sydney |title=Hundreds killed in flood-hit Thailand |newspaper=ABC News Australia |date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006150901/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-05/27worst27-thai-floods-kill-2242c-threaten-bangkok/3221304/?site=sydney |url-status=live }}</ref>

===August===
* August &ndash; [[Stock exchange]]s worldwide [[August 2011 stock markets fall|suffer heavy losses]] due to the fears of contagion of the [[European sovereign debt crisis]] and the credit rating downgraded as a result of the [[United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2011|debt-ceiling crisis of the United States]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-06/u-s-credit-rating-cut-by-s-p-for-first-time-on-deficit-reduction-accord.html | work=Bloomberg | first=John | last=Detrixhe | title=U.S. Loses AAA Credit Rating as S&P Slams Debt Levels, Political Process | date=August 6, 2011 | access-date=March 4, 2017 | archive-date=January 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114003314/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-06/u-s-credit-rating-cut-by-s-p-for-first-time-on-deficit-reduction-accord.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Analysis: France, Britain AAA-ratings under scrutiny|date=August 8, 2011|first1=Catherine|last1=Bremer|first2=Olesya|last2=Dmitracova|work=Reuters|location=Paris/London|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crisis-ratings-idUSTRE7773KG20110808|access-date=August 10, 2011|archive-date=August 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809173224/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/08/us-crisis-ratings-idUSTRE7773KG20110808|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 5]]
** NASA announces that its [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] has captured [[Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes|photographic evidence]] of possible liquid [[water on Mars]] during warm seasons.
** [[Juno (spacecraft)|Juno]], the first [[Solar power|solar-powered]] spacecraft on a mission to [[Jupiter]], is launched from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0805/nasa.html|title=NASA launches mission to Jupiter|date=August 5, 2011|work=[[RTÉ]]|access-date=August 5, 2011|archive-date=November 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114054028/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0805/nasa.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[First Air Flight 6560]], a [[Boeing 737-210C]], crashed on approach to [[Resolute Bay Airport]], [[Nunavut]], Canada, killing 12 out of the 15 occupants onboard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Boeing 737-210C C-GNWN, Saturday 20 August 2011 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/321073 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* [[August 20]]&ndash;[[August 28|28]] &ndash; Libyan rebels [[Battle of Tripoli (2011)|take control of the capital Tripoli]], effectively overthrowing the government of [[Muammar Gaddafi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-31-2011-1131 |title=Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – 09:31 GMT+3 – Libya |publisher=Blogs.aljazeera.net |date=2011-08-31 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016041029/http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-31-2011-1131 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gadhafi Family Members in Algeria, Ambassador Says|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/29/libya.algeria.gadhafi/index.html?hpt=hp_c1|date=August 29, 2011|access-date=August 29, 2011|author=Staff|publisher=CNN|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110133439/http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/29/libya.algeria.gadhafi/index.html?hpt=hp_c1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = Staff | date = August 23, 2011 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14630702 | title = Libya Unrest: Rebels Overrun Gadhafi Tripoli Compound | work = BBC News | access-date = August 24, 2011 | archive-date = May 13, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190513082953/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14630702 | url-status = live }}</ref>

===September===
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] sign a pact to end their 40-year [[Bangladesh–India border|border demarcation dispute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiabangladesh-sign-pact-on-border-demarcation/181937-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622024224/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiabangladesh-sign-pact-on-border-demarcation/181937-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-06-22 |title=India-Bangladesh sign pact on border demarcation |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=2012-05-06}}</ref>
* [[September 9]]&ndash;[[October 23]] &ndash; The [[2011 Rugby World Cup]] is held in and won by [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] who beat [[France national rugby union team|France]] in [[2011 Rugby World Cup final|the final]].
* [[September 10]] &ndash; The [[Sinking of the MV Spice Islander I|''MV&nbsp;Spice Islander&nbsp;I'', carrying at least 800 people, sinks]] off the coast of [[Zanzibar]], killing 240 people.<ref name="xinhua">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120425132847/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-09/11/c_131133070.htm 197 bodies retrieved in Tanzania ferry accident: Minister] Xinhua September 11, 2011</ref>
* [[September 12]] &ndash; Approximately 100 people die after [[2011 Nairobi pipeline fire|a petrol pipeline explodes]] in [[Nairobi]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Hassan Lali |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14879401 |title=Kenya fire: Nairobi pipeline blaze 'kills at least 75' |work=BBC News |date=2011-09-12 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206095305/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14879401 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 16]] – [[Snapchat]] was launched.
* [[September 17]] &ndash;  [[Occupy Wall Street]] protests begin in the United States. This develops into the [[Occupy movement]] which spreads to 82 countries by October.<ref name="cnn">{{Cite news|work=CNN tech|last=Saba|first=Michael|title=Twitter #occupywallstreet movement aims to mimic Iran|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/tech/social-media/twitter-occupy-wall-street/index.html|date=September 17, 2011|access-date=September 17, 2011|archive-date=October 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031022715/http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/tech/social-media/twitter-occupy-wall-street/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="adbusters1">{{cite web |url=http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreet |title=Occupy Wall Street {{pipe}} September 17th |publisher=Adbusters.org |access-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104044956/http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreet |archive-date=November 4, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/25/egyptian-protesters-occupy-wall-street?newsfeed=true|title=Tahrir Square protesters send message of solidarity to Occupy Wall Street|access-date=November 15, 2011|work=The Guardian|date=October 25, 2011|location=London|first1=Jack|last1=Shenker|first2=Adam|last2=Gabbatt|archive-date=February 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226090356/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/25/egyptian-protesters-occupy-wall-street?newsfeed=true|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F39F8293-C172-4018-9725-1E1184EED075.htm?GoogleStatID=9|title = احتجاجات بـ82 دولة للمطالبة بالعدالة|publisher = AlJazeera.net|access-date = January 3, 2012|archive-date = December 19, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111219061013/http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F39F8293-C172-4018-9725-1E1184EED075.htm?GoogleStatID=9|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news|title=Occupy America: protests against Wall Street and inequality hit 70 cities|author=Joanna Walters|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/08/occupy-america-protests-financial-crisis|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 8, 2011|access-date=October 14, 2011|location=London|archive-date=October 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001041116/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/08/occupy-america-protests-financial-crisis|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="theatlantic">{{cite news |title=Occupy the World: The '99 Percent' Movement Goes Global |author=Derek Thompson |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/10/occupy-the-world-the-99-percent-movement-goes-global/246757/ |newspaper=The Atlantic |date=October 15, 2011 |access-date=October 15, 2011 |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518181828/http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/10/occupy-the-world-the-99-percent-movement-goes-global/246757/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Occupy Wall Street protests go global |author=Karla Adam |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/occupy-wall-street-protests-go-global/2011/10/15/gIQAp7kimL_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 15, 2011 |access-date=November 8, 2011 |archive-date=November 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118043720/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/occupy-wall-street-protests-go-global/2011/10/15/gIQAp7kimL_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Occupy Wall Street protests continue worldwide |author=Karla Adam |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 16, 2011}}</ref><ref name="guardian2">{{cite news |author=Joanna Walters in Seattle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/08/occupy-america-protests-financial-crisis |title=Occupy America: protests against Wall Street and inequality hit 70 cities {{pipe}} World news |work=The Observer |location=UK |access-date=October 13, 2011 |date=October 8, 2011 |archive-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001041116/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/08/occupy-america-protests-financial-crisis |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 19]] &ndash; With 436 people dead, the United Nations launches a $357&nbsp;million appeal for victims of the [[2011 Sindh floods]] in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/un_appeals_for_millions_to_help_pakistan_flood_victims/24332575.html |title=UN Appeals For $357 Million To Help Pakistan Flood Victims ''Radio Free Europe'' |publisher=Rferl.org |date=2011-09-19 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919085706/http://www.rferl.org/content/un_appeals_for_millions_to_help_pakistan_flood_victims/24332575.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===October===
* [[October 4]] &ndash; The death toll from the flooding of [[Cambodia]]'s [[Mekong]] river and attendant flash floods reaches 207.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wfp.org/content/floods-claim-207-lives-cambodia |title=Floods claim 207 lives in Cambodia |publisher=Wfp.org |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227045950/http://www.wfp.org/content/floods-claim-207-lives-cambodia |archive-date=December 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[October 18]]
** [[Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange]]: [[Israel]] and the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] militant organization [[Hamas]] begin a major prisoner exchange, in which the captured [[Israeli Army]] soldier [[Gilad Shalit]] is released by Hamas in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian and [[Israeli-Arab]] prisoners held in Israel, including 280 prisoners serving life sentences for planning and perpetrating terror attacks.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/world/meast/israel-prisoner-swap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 | work=CNN | title=After 5 years in captivity, Shalit is back home - CNN.com | date=October 19, 2011 | access-date=October 20, 2011 | archive-date=April 16, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416121728/https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/world/meast/israel-prisoner-swap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Gilad Shalit release: Palestinian prisoner exchange getting under way | date=October 18, 2011 | access-date=December 16, 2016 | archive-date=February 12, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212034810/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=242250 |title=Schalit reunites with parents, PM... JPost – Diplomacy & Politics |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=2011-10-18 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222063009/http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=242250 |archive-date=December 22, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
** Dozens of exotic animals were released from their enclosures at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in [[Zanesville, Ohio]] resulting in the need of local law enforcement to hunt and kill 48 animals including 18 tigers, 6 black bears, 2 grizzly bears, 2 wolves, 1 macaque monkey, 1 baboon, 3 mountain lions and 17 African lions.
* [[October 20]]
** Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]] is [[Death of Muammar Gaddafi|killed]] in [[Sirte]], with [[National Liberation Army (Libya)|National Transitional Council forces]] [[Battle of Sirte (2011)|taking control of the city]] and ending the war.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |title=NTC claims capture of Gaddafi – Africa |work=Al Jazeera English |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109103953/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15387872 |title=BBC News – Col Gaddafi killed |work=BBC |date=October 22, 2011 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109185148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15387872 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-gaddafi-death-idUKTRE79J2S320111020|title=Gaddafi dies of wounds – NTC official|work=Reuters UK|agency=Reuters|date=October 20, 2011|access-date=2011-10-20|first=Samia|last=Nakhoul|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033525/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-gaddafi-death-idUKTRE79J2S320111020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |title=Muammar Gaddafi 'killed' in gun battle – Africa |work=Al Jazeera English |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109103953/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Basque people|Basque]] [[Basque separatism|separatist]] militant organisation [[Euskadi ta Askatasuna|ETA]] declares an end to its 43-year campaign of political violence, which has killed over 800 people since 1968.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/10/19/actualidad/1319056094_153776.html|title=ETA pone fin a 43 años de terror {{pipe}} Política &#124|newspaper=El País|date=October 20, 2011|publisher=Politica.elpais.com|access-date=2012-05-06|last1=Aizpeolea|first1=Luis R.|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620024236/https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/10/19/actualidad/1319056094_153776.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] &ndash; A magnitude 7.2 M<sub>w</sub> [[2011 Van earthquakes|earthquake]] jolts eastern Turkey near the city of [[Van, Turkey|Van]], killing over 600 people and damaging about 2,200 buildings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/23/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/ |title=2011 Van earthquake |publisher=Earthquake Report |date=2011-10-23 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122183632/https://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/23/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
* [[October 27]] &ndash; After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announces an agreement to tackle the [[European sovereign debt crisis]] which includes a [[Write-off|writedown]] of 50% of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the [[European Financial Stability Facility]] totaling to €1&nbsp;trillion.<ref name=BBCleaders>{{cite news|title=Leaders agree eurozone debt deal after late-night talks|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15472547|access-date=October 27, 2011|newspaper=BBC News|date=October 27, 2011|archive-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109215455/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15472547|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bhatti|first=Jabeen|title=EU leaders reach a deal to tackle debt crisis|url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-10-25/euro-summit/50919216/1?csp=34news|access-date=October 27, 2011|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 27, 2011|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070743/http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-10-25/euro-summit/50919216/1?csp=34news|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[October 29]]
** A large [[2011 Halloween nor'easter|snowstorm]] produced unusual amounts of early snowfall across the northeastern United States and the Canadian Maritimes, leaving 1.7 million people without power and disrupting travel.<ref>{{cite web|title=CT resumes digging out from 'Alfred'|url=http://hbweb.sx2.atl.publicus.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/310319989|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131235351/http://hbweb.sx2.atl.publicus.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/310319989|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|date=October 31, 2011}}</ref>
** [[Michael D. Higgins]] is [[2011 Irish presidential election|elected]] [[President of Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taggart |first=Peter |date=2011-10-29 |title=Higgins wins Irish presidential election |url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/29/world/europe/ireland-presidential-election/index.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 31]]
** Date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population [[Day of Seven Billion|reached seven billion]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Population seven billion: UN sets out challenges|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15459643|work=BBC News|date=2011-10-26|access-date=2011-10-30|archive-date=August 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815233211/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15459643|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[UNESCO]] admits [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestine]] as a member, following a vote which 107 member states support and 14 oppose.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/general_conference_admits_palestine_as_unesco_member_state/|title=General Conference admits Palestine as UNESCO Member|date=2011-10-31|access-date=2011-12-11|archive-date=December 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214135140/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/general_conference_admits_palestine_as_unesco_member_state/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===November===
* [[November 9]] &ndash; The first nationwide [[Emergency Alert System]] test is conducted by the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-on-nationwide-alert-its-just-a-test|title=
White House on Nationwide Alert: "It's Just a Test"|publisher=Fox News|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref>
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Mojang Studios]] of Sweden release the blockbuster [[video game]] ''[[Minecraft]]'', which becomes the [[best-selling video game of all time]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gerken |first=Tom |date=2023-10-16 |title=''Minecraft'' becomes first video game to hit 300m sales |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67105983 |access-date=2024-07-15 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[November 26]] &ndash; The [[Mars Science Laboratory]] rover [[Curiosity (rover)|''Curiosity'']], is launched from the [[Kennedy Space Center]]. It lands on [[Mars]] on [[August 6]], [[2012]].<ref>{{cite news | first=Marcia | last=Dunn | title=NASA launches world's largest rover to Mars | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-launches-worlds-largest-rover-to-mars/article2250839/ | location=Cape Canaveral, Florida | agency=The Associated Press | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=November 26, 2011 | access-date=August 23, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107080758/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-launches-worlds-largest-rover-to-mars/article2250839/ | archive-date=January 7, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Irene | last=Klotz | title=NASA rover launched to seek out life clues on Mars | url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-space-mars-idUKTRE7AP0EV20111126 | location=Cape Canaveral, Florida | date=November 27, 2011 | work=Reuters | access-date=July 6, 2021 | archive-date=July 29, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729221833/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-space-mars-idUKTRE7AP0EV20111126 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=NASA launches new Mars rover | url=http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2011/11/2011112682011425406.html | date=November 26, 2011 | agency=Al Jazeera | access-date=December 7, 2011 | archive-date=September 21, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921133410/https://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2011/11/2011112682011425406.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 30]] &ndash; The United Kingdom [[Iran–United Kingdom relations|severs diplomatic relations]] with Iran and expels diplomats, less than 24 hours after [[2011 attack on the British Embassy in Iran|protesters attacked the British embassy in Tehran]].<ref>{{cite news |author=James Reynolds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15966628 |title=UK to expel all Iranian diplomats over embassy attack |publisher=BBC |date=November 9, 2011 |access-date=December 1, 2011 |archive-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130174105/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15966628 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===December===
* [[December 15]] &ndash; The United States formally declares an [[Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2007–2011)|end]] to the [[Iraq War]]. While this ends the [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–11)|insurgency]], it begins [[Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)|another]].<ref>{{cite news|title=US flag ceremony ends Iraq operation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105|work=BBC News|access-date=December 15, 2011|date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=December 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215075442/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/100468-panetta-marks-iraq-wars-end-in-baghdad/|title=Panetta marks Iraq war's end in Baghdad|date=December 15, 2011|work=DEFCON Hill – The HILL'S Defense Blog|first=Jonathan|last=Easley|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=January 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113033828/http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/operations/199581-panetta-marks-end-of-iraq-war-|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-lowers-flag-to-end-iraq-war-6277340.html|title=US lowers flag to end Iraq war|date=December 15, 2011|agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=February 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201041914/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-lowers-flag-to-end-iraq-war-6277340.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/u-s-formally-ends-iraq-war-with-little-fanfare-1.740612|title=U.S. formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare|date=December 15, 2011|agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=June 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628185948/http://www.ctvnews.ca/u-s-formally-ends-iraq-war-with-little-fanfare-1.740612|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70480.html|title=Leon Panetta marks end of Iraq war|date=December 15, 2011|work=POLITICO.com|first=Tim|last=Mak|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=January 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108235909/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70480.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Tropical Storm Washi]] causes 1,268 [[flash flood]] fatalities in the [[Philippines]], with 85 people officially listed as missing.<ref name="washi official">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/358/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20No%2023%20re%20TS%20SENDONG.pdf |title=Effects of Tropical Storm "Sendong" (Washi) and Emergency Operations |date=December 30, 2011 |publisher=National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council |access-date=January 1, 2012 |location=Philippines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502002130/http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/358/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20No%2023%20re%20TS%20SENDONG.pdf |archive-date=May 2, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[December 17]] &ndash; North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-il]] [[Death and state funeral of Kim Jong-il|dies]] of either a heart attack or stroke on his way to a field guidance.
* [[December 19]] – Liechtenstein becomes the 26th member state of the [[Schengen Area]].
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Samoa]] and [[Tokelau]] move from east to west of the [[International Date Line]], thereby skipping December 30, in order to align their time zones better with their main trading partners.<ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-samoa-dateline,0,2803590.story|title=Back to the future: Samoa and Tokelau to cross international date line, jump forward a day|date=December 21, 2011|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=December 29, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Full date unknown===
* [[Kingdom of Bahrain|Bahrain]]-based [[Takaud Savings and Pensions B.S.C.]] provider is founded.<ref>{{cite news|title=KIPCO Takaud announcement|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/news-release-kprokw-idUSLDE78P00Q20110926|newspaper=Reuters|date=25 September 2011|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=November 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115002011/https://www.reuters.com/article/news-release-kprokw-idUSLDE78P00Q20110926|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Births and deaths==
{{Main|Category:2011 births|Deaths in 2011}}

==Nobel Prizes==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|120px]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] &ndash; [[Dan Shechtman]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2011/press.html |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 |date=2011-10-05 |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=2011-10-05 |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006103006/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2011/press.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] &ndash; [[Christopher A. Sims]] and [[Thomas J. Sargent]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2011/|title=The Nobel Prize in Economics 2011|publisher=Nobel Foundation|access-date=2011-10-20|archive-date=October 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019180246/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2011/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] &ndash; [[Tomas Tranströmer]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2011/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011 |date=2011-10-06 |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=2011-10-06 |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007061342/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2011/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[2011 Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] &ndash; [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]], [[Leymah Gbowee]] and [[Tawakkol Karman]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2011/ |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 |date=2011-10-07 |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=2011-10-07 |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227204259/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2011/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[2011 Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] &ndash; [[Saul Perlmutter]], [[Adam Riess]], and [[Brian Schmidt]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2011/press.html |title=The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics – Press Release |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004182642/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2011/press.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] &ndash; [[Bruce Beutler]], [[Jules A. Hoffmann]], and [[Ralph M. Steinman]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2011/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 |publisher=Nobelprize.org |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924211928/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2011/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==New English words==
*''[[blockchain]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2011|title=Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2011|website=merriam-webster.com|access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-date=May 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070731/https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Category see also|2011-related lists|2011 by country|2011 by continent}}
* {{portal-inline|2010s}}

==References==
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