2011 (MMXI) is the 2011th year of the Anno Domini designation, and the start of the second decade of the Twenty-first Century.
Date | Event |
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February 11 | Arab Spring causes Hosni Mubarak to resign as President of Egypt due to protests in the country calling for his departure. |
March 19 | Beginning of multinational military intervention in Libya as Obama bypasses Congress and launches Operation Odyssey Dawn. |
May 1 | President Barack Obama announces Osama bin Laden has been killed in an American military operation in Pakistan. |
July 9 | Independence of South Sudan. |
July 22 | Terrorist attack in Oslo. |
August 5 | The United States credit rating was cut to AA+. |
September 17 | Leftist protest group Occupy Wall Street hold their first protests in NYC. |
October 20 | Four decade rule of Libyan Dictator Qaddafi ends as he is captured and killed by militant forces. |
November 16 | The United States debt surpasses $15 trillion. |
December 15 | The United States declares an end to the War in Iraq |
December 17 | The North Korean government declares Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Il dead |
December 26 | Barack Obama plays the 90th golf game of his presidency on a 17-day vacation in Hawaii. |
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