1st January » A bomb 2011 Alexandria bombing e.g explodes as Copts e.g Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
1st January » The Administrative divisions of Greece known as Kallikratis plan becomes the new administrative system of Greece.
1st January » Estonia joins the Eurozone.
8th January » The attempted assassination of Arizona United States House of Representatives Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent 2011 Tucson shooting shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway Inc. Safeway grocery store, for which Jared Lee Loughner is
9th January » Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 77 people.
10th January » 2010–2011 Queensland floods: Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland named South East Queensland, Australia causes severe flash flooding, killing 9 people.
14th January » The former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for freedom, rights and democracy, considered as the anniversary of the Tunis
31st January » A January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American blizzard named winter storm hits North America for the January 25–27, 2011 North American blizzard e.g second time in the same month, causing $1.8 billion in damage across the United States and Canada and kil
13th February » For the first time in more than 100 years the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation known as Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradit
17th February » 2011 Libyan civil war Libyan protests begin. In Bahrain, Special Security Force Command security forces launched a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama, the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday (2011) Bloody Thursday.
19th February » The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang Dynasty artefacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
22nd February » Bahraini uprising (2011–present) named Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people March of loyalty to martyrs named march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
24th February » Final Launch of Space Shuttle 'Space Shuttle Discovery or Discovery' (OV-103).
9th March » Space Shuttle Discovery named Space Shuttle 'Discovery' makes its final landing after 39 flights.
11th March » An 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes convert 130 km mi abbr=on east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a 2011 Japanese tsunami tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nu
1st April » After protests against the Dove World Outreach Center Quran-burning controversy 2011 burning of the Quran or burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in 2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack called Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resul
6th April » In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 bodies were exhumed from several 2011 San Fernando massacre known as mass graves made by Los Zetas.
11th April » An 2011 Minsk Metro bombing or explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
27th April » The April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia (U.S. state) e.g Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300
29th April » The Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Kate Middleton e.g Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge or Kate Middleton.
1st May » Pope John Paul II is Beatification e.g beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
1st May » Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks has been Death of Osama bin Laden killed by United States Navy SEALs United States special forces in Abbottabad Abbottabad, Pakistan. Due to the time dif
2nd May » An 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak named E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
13th May » 2011 Charsadda bombing or 2 bombs explode in the Charsadda District, Pakistan called Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.
16th May » STS-134 (ISS assembly sequence e.g ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for OV known as 105.
18th May » 22 people are killed when Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 crashes in southern Argentina.
21st May » Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the 2011 end times prediction or end of the world would occur on this day, a prophecy that would prove incorrect.
22nd May » 2011 Joplin tornado or An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 162 people and wreaking $2.8 billion worth in damage—the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history.
25th May » Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty-five-year run of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'.
28th May » Malta Maltese divorce referendum, 2011 named votes on the introduction of divorce.
1st June » A 2011 New England tornado outbreak or rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts or Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.
8th July » Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the STS-135 named final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
9th July » South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
22nd July » Norway is the victim of 2011 Norway attacks e.g twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
6th August » A march in protest of the death of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, London, ends in a riot, sparking off a 2011 England Riots named wave of rioting throughout the country over the following four nights.
23rd August » A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) 2011 Virginia earthquake known as earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200 million–$300 million USD.
23rd August » Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the 2011 Libyan civil war.
27th August » Hurricane Irene strikes the East Coast of the United States e.g United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
7th September » A 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster e.g plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
12th September » The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City opens to the public.
17th September » Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
5th October » In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered in the lawless Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) named Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia.
15th October » 15 October 2011 global protests known as Global protests break out in 120 cities in 48 countries.
20th October » Libyan civil war: National Transitional Council rebel forces capture ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte and Death of Muammar Gaddafi e.g kill him shortly thereafter.
23rd October » A powerful 7.2 magnitude 2011 Van earthquake e.g earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
23rd October » The Libyan National Transition Council deems the Libyan civil war over.
31st October » The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as Day of Seven Billion or Seven Billion Day.
8th November » The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distance (astronomy) lunar distances from Earth (about convert 324600 km disp=or), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its Absolute magnitude Solar system brightness since mpl 2010 XC
12th November » Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis.
23rd November » Arab Spring: After 11 months of 2011 Yemeni uprising e.g protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
26th November » 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
13th December » A 2011 Liège attack named murder-suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.
28th December » Uludere airstrike: Turkey named Turkish warplanes bomb 34 Kurdish people named Kurds of Turkish nationality in the district of Uludere.
30th December » Owing to a Samoa Time Zone or change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.
31st December » NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the moon.