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The trustees of Pennsylvania State University sack the coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Joe Paterno, and the University president, Graham Spanier, following allegations of a coverup of sexual abuse by assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. ( Los Angeles Times) November 10, 2011. ( 2011-11-10) (Thursday) edit.
2011 White House shooting. / 38.892116°N 77.036529°W / 38.892116; -77.036529. On November 11, 2011, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, an unemployed 21-year-old man, fired multiple shots at the White House using a semi-automatic rifle. At least seven bullets hit the second floor. Neither President Barack Obama nor First Lady Michelle ...
April 14 – 16 – A tornado outbreak and severe thunderstorms kill at least 43 people across the Southern United States, with fatalities occurring in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia. It is the deadliest U.S. tornado outbreak to occur in three years. [88] April 15 – Rio is released in theaters.
The 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan (also known as the Salala incident, Salala attack or 26/11 attacks) [ 5][ 6] was a border skirmish that occurred when United States -led NATO forces engaged Pakistani security forces at two Pakistani military checkposts along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border on 26 November 2011, with both sides later claiming ...
15 April 2020. (2020-04-15) (aged 33) Austin, Texas. Height. 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Ashley Mattingly (September 10, 1986 – April 15, 2020) [4] was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for March 2011. She died in 2020 of suicide by gunshot, with her family reporting she was struggling with alcohol and substance abuse beforehand.
The 2011 United States elections were held (for the most part) on Tuesday, November 8. This was an off-year election, in which the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections. There were also four gubernatorial races, including a special election in West Virginia. There were also state legislative elections ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Arab Spring : 2011 Syrian uprising: 250 Syrians, mostly civilians, have been killed so far this month, as the violence escalates in Syria's eight-month-old crackdown on pro-democracy protests and attacks on security forces increase. (CBC) (MSNBC)
Disasters Over 1.5 million people are still without power and four states declare a state of emergency after a nor'easter hits the Eastern United States. (CNN) LOT Polish Airlines Flight 016 makes a successful emergency landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport. (CNN) At least seven people are killed and 200 injured following an explosion caused by two trucks carrying explosives crashing in Fuquan City ...