Year 2011

01 May 2011

Osama bin Laden killed.

05 October 2011

Apple CEO Steve Jobs Passed Away

1 May 2011

USA President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, has been killed on May 2, 2011 during an American military operation in Pakistan

11 February 2011

Arab 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 March 2011

A 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 15,840 and leaving another 3,926 missing.Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake

14 December 2011

U.S. military formally ends mission in Iraq

15 December 2011

The United States formally declares an end to the Iraq War.

16 February 2011

Egyptian President Mubarak resigned after protests

18 December 2011

North Korean Leader Kim Jong II died.

26 November 2011

The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, the most elaborate Martian exploration vehicle to date, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center. It lands on Mars on August 6, 2012

29 April 2011

An estimated two billion people watch the wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London

4 June 2011

Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate

2011

Nobel Prizes Peace: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkul Karman

2011

Nobel Prizes Economy: Thomas J. Sargent, Christopher A. Sims

2011

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Dan Shechtman, per la scoperta dei quasicristalli

2011

Nobel Prizes Physics: Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, Adam Riess

2011

Nobel Prizes Literature: Tomas Tranströmer

2011

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffmann e Ralph M. Steinman

2011

84 Academy Award Best Picture: The Artist

2011

84 Academy Award Best Original Song: 'Man or Muppet' - The Muppets - Music & Lyrics: Bret McKenzie

2011

84 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation (Iran)

2011

84 Academy Award Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist

2011

84 Academy Award Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

2011

84 Academy Award Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

2011

84 Academy Award Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help

2011

84 Academy Award Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners

2011

84 Academy Award Best Original Screenplay:

2011

Football XLV Super Bowl: Green Bay Packers d. Pittsburgh Steelers (31-25)

2011

Baseball World Series: St. Louis Cardinals (NL) 4-3 Texas Rangers (AL)

2011

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Novak Djokovic d. Rafael Nadal (6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3)

2011

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Petra Kvitova d. Maria Sharapova (6-3, 6-4)

2011

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: FC Barcelona (Spain)

2011

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: Dallas Mavericks d. Miami Heat 105-95 (4-2)

2011

2011 Playboy cover

2011 July 23

Amy Winehouse, singer (dead at London,UK) (born 1983 September 14) Virgo

2011 March 23

Elizabeth Taylor, actress (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1932 February 27) Pisces

2011 February 28

Jane Russell, actress (Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell) (dead at Santa Maria, California, USA) (born 1921 June 21) Gemini

2011 July 03

Anna Raymond Massey , actress (dead at London,UK) (born 1937 August 11) Leo

2011 November 21

Anne McCaffrey , sci-fi author

2011 February 28

Annie Girardot , actress (dead at Paris,France) (born 1931 October 25) Scorpio

2011 July 08

Betty Ford , feminist, activist, philanthropist and former First Lady (dead at Rancho Mirage,California,USA) (born 1918 April 08) Aries

2011 May 30

Biagio Agnes , journalist (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1928 July 25) Leo

2011 January 11

David Oswald Nelson , actor, producente (born 1936 October 24) Scorpio

2011 October 12

Dennis Ritchie , computer scientist (born (1941))

2011 May 30

Filippo Mancuso , magistrato (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1922 July 11) Cancer

2011 December 25

Giorgio Bocca , writer (dead at Milano,Italy) (born 1920 August 28) Virgo

2011 November 27

Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell , movie director, sceneggiatore (born 1927 July 03) Cancer

2011 November 07

Joe Frazier , Olympic Heavyweight Boxer

2011 November 07

Joe William Frazier , boxer (dead at Filadelfia) (born 1944 January 12) Capricorn

2011 December 17

Kim Jong-il , supreme leader of North Korea (DPRK) 1994-2011

2011 July 22

Linda Christian , actress (dead at Palm Springs) (born 1923 November 13) Scorpio

2011 October 23

Marco Simoncelli , motorcyclist (dead at Sepang) (born 1987 January 20) Capricorn

2011 February 03

Maria Schneider , atrice (dead at Paris,France) (born 1952 March 27) Aries

2011 October 20

Mu ammar Ghedaffi , Rais Libico (born 1942 June 07) Gemini

2011 October 20

Muammar Gheddafi , Dittatore libico (born 1942 June 07) Gemini

2011 March 12

Nilla Pizzi , singer(Adionilla Negrini) (dead at Milano,Italy) (born 1919 April 16) Aries

2011 May 02

Osama bin Laden , terrorist,leader of al-Qaeda (born (1957))

2011 July 04

Otto von Habsburg , last crown prince of %Austria%-%Hungary% and MEP (1979-1999) (born (1912))

2011 June 23

Peter Falk , actor (dead at Beverly Hills, California, USA) (born 1927 September 16) Virgo

2011 June 23

Peter Michael Falk , attore (dead at Beverly Hills, California, USA) (born 1927 September 16) Virgo

2011 August 19

Raùl Ruiz , movie director, sceneggiatore, actor (dead at Paris,France) (born 1941 July 25) Leo

2011 March 30

Roland Nungesser , politician (dead at Saint-Mandé (Val-de-Marne)) (born 1925 October 09) Libra

2011 April 27

Sai Baba , Avatar, Mistico (dead at Puttaparthi, India) (born 1926 November 23) Sagittarius

2011 April 24

Sathya Sai Baba , santità buddista (Sathya Narayana Raju Ratnakaram) (dead at Puttaparthi) (born 1926 November 23) Sagittarius

2011 September 26

Sergio Bonelli , PROF

2011 May 07

Seve Ballesteros , golfer

2011 October 05

Steve Jobs , Businessman, co-founder and CEO of Apple (born 1956 February 24) Pisces

2011 October 28

Willy De Clercq , politician (dead at Gand) (born 1927 July 08) Cancer