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Linda Christian, Mexican-born American actress, first Bond girl and wife of Tyrone Power (b. 1923 in Mexico) Charles Taylor Manatt, lawyer and political party leader (b. 1936) July 23. Robert Ettinger, academic, writer and father of cryonics (b. 1918) John Shalikashvili, Polish-born American 13th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (b. 1936)
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]
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.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act served as economic stimuli amidst the Great Recession. After a lengthy debate over the national debt limit, he signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
August 23, 2011 2011 Virginia earthquake Washington (state) 8.7–9.2 January 26, 1700 1700 Cascadia earthquake West Virginia: 5.8 August 23, 2011 2011 Virginia earthquake Wisconsin: unk. May 6, 1947 1947 Wisconsin earthquake Wyoming: 7.2 August 17, 1959 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake
The 553 confirmed fatalities marks the second-most tornadic deaths in a single year in U.S. history, behind only 1925 in terms of fatalities attributed to tornadic activity. Most of the damage and over two-thirds of the total fatalities in 2011 were caused by a late-April Super Outbreak and an EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri , in late ...
The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest, costliest, and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded, taking place in the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States from April 25 to 28, 2011, leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.
Sometimes it seems as if the desire for a 'post-racial' America is an attempt by white people to liberate themselves from the burden of having to deal with that legacy." [216] The divide in public opinion on the status of race in America was reflected in reactions to the Black Lives Matter movement. In response to the "black lives matter ...