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2011 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 11th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2010s decade.
February 20 – 2011 Daytona 500 is won by the Wood Brothers Racing team entrant Trevor Bayne, who became the youngest winner of the race. Carl Edwards was second ahead of David Gilliland. [41] [42] February 22 – Chicago mayoral election, 2011: Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel wins the race for mayor with more than 55% of the ...
2011 – A series of tornadoes cause heavy damage in the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina. 2011 – Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs. [3]
August 28 (Reuters) - Here is a timeline chronicling Libya's years of chaos and division: 2011 - Revolt and civil war. An uprising against Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule rapidly spreads ...
July 22: 2011 Norway attacks. August 6 – 11: Riots flare across England. October 20: Muammar Gaddafi is captured and killed during the Battle of Sirte. World population reaches 7 billion. Arab Spring: revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya follow, as well as uprisings in Yemen and Bahrain, and protests in several other Arab countries.
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Professor Dan Shechtman of Iowa State University for the discovery of quasicrystals. ( The New York Times ) A form of cloning has been used to create personalised embryonic stem cells in humans, according to American researchers.
As 2011 is now just a memory, it's worth it to take a peek at our investments to see what's working and what's not. That's what we aim to do today as we pull out the instant replay and consider ...
This has been a year to remember for the solar industry. On the positive side, prices fell, new efficiency records were reached, and grid parity was reached in some areas. But solar stocks had a ...