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2011 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 2011
MMXI
Ab urbe condita 2764
Armenian calendar 1460
ԹՎ ՌՆԿ
Assyrian calendar 6761
Bahá'í calendar 167 – 168
Bengali calendar 1418
Berber calendar 2961
British Regnal year 59 Eliz. 2 – 60 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2555
Burmese calendar 1373
Byzantine calendar 7519 – 7520
Chinese calendar 庚寅年十一月廿七日
(4647/4707-11-27)
— to —
辛卯年十二月初七日
(4648/4708-12-7)
Coptic calendar 1727 – 1728
Ethiopian calendar 2003 – 2004
Hebrew calendar 5771 – 5772
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 - Bikram Samwat 2067 – 2068
 - Shaka Samvat 1933 – 1934
 - Kali Yuga 5112 – 5113
Holocene calendar 12011
Iranian calendar 1389 – 1390
Islamic calendar 1432 – 1433
Japanese calendar Heisei 23
(平成23年)
Korean calendar 4344
Minguo calendar ROC 100
民國100年
Thai solar calendar 2554
Unix time 1293840000 – 1325375999
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2011 (MMXI) is the current year, which is a common year that started on a Saturday. In the Gregorian calendar, it is the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and the Anno Domini (AD) designation; the 11th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 2nd of the 2010s decade.

The United Nations has designated 2011 the International Year of Forests and the International Year of Chemistry.[1]

Events

January

February

  • February 11Arab Spring: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns after widespread protests calling for his departure, leaving control of Egypt in the hands of the military until a general election can be held.[11]
  • February 22 - March 14 – Uncertainty over Libyan oil output causes crude oil prices to rise 20% over a two-week period following the Arab Spring,[12] causing the 2011 energy crisis.

March

  • March 11 – A 9.1-magnitude[13] earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 15,822 and leaving another 3,926 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake.[14]
  • March 15 – Arab Spring: Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain declares a three-month state of emergency as troops from the Gulf Co-operation Council are sent to quell the civil unrest.[15][16]
  • March 17 – Arab Spring and the Libyan civil war: The United Nations Security Council votes 10-0 to create a no-fly zone over Libya in response to allegations of government aggression against civilians.[17]
  • March 19 – Arab Spring and the Libyan civil war: In light of continuing attacks on Libyan rebels by forces in support of leader Muammar Gaddafi,[18] military intervention authorized under UNSCR 1973 begins as French fighter jets make reconnaissance flights over Libya.[19]

April

May

  • May 1 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, has been killed during an American military operation in Pakistan.[22]
  • May 16 – The European Union agree to €78 billion rescue deal for Portugal. The bailout loan will be equally split between the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility, and the International Monetary Fund.[23]
  • May 26 – Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia.[24][25]

June

July

August

September

October

  • October 4
    • 2011 Mogadishu bombing: 100[48] people are killed in a car bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu.[49]
    • In Thailand, 283[50] people are killed by floods during a severe monsoon season, with 58 of the country's 77 provinces affected.[51]
    • The death toll from the flooding of Cambodia's Mekong River and attendant flash floods reaches 207.[52][53]
  • October 18Israel and the Palestinian militant organization Hamas begin a major prisoner swap, in which the captured Israeli Army soldier Gilad Shalit is released by Hamas in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian and Israeli-Arab prisoners held in Israel, including 280 prisoners serving life sentences for planning and perpetrating terror attacks.[54][55][56]
  • October 20
  • October 23 – A destructive magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake jolted eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing over 582 people, and damaging about 2,200 buildings.[63]
  • October 27 – After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announced an agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis which includes a writedown of 50% of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial Stability Facility totaling to €1 trillion.[64][65]
  • October 31 – Date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population reaches seven billion.[66]

Predicted and scheduled events

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

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June

July

August

September

October

November


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In fiction

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