The Year 2011
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Václav Havel
Václav Havel (October 5, 1936 – December 18, 2011) was a Czech playwright, essayist, and statesman who became the first president of a free post-communist Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republi...
December 18, 2011
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Václav Havel
Václav Havel (October 5, 1936 – December 18, 2011) was a Czech playwright, essayist, and statesman who became the first president of a free post-co...
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Arab Spring
The Arab Spring was a wave of pro-democracy uprisings, armed rebellions, and ...
Death of Václav Havel
Václav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic and the dissident pla...
End of the Iraq War — U.S. Withdrawal (December 18, ...
On December 18, 2011, the last convoy of United States combat troops crossed ...
Death of Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Il, the supreme leader of North Korea since 1994, died on December 1...
Science & Technology
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Wikipedia SOPA Blackout
On **January 18, 2012**, Wikipedia's English-language site went completely da...
Scientific Discoveries & Breakthroughs of 2011
2011 witnessed pivotal scientific breakthroughs spanning cosmology (accelerat...
2011 Renewable Energy Expansion — Solar, Wind, and H...
Global surge in renewable energy capacity in 2011, driven by cost reductions,...
Android Mobile Platform Rise (2011)
In 2011, Google's Android platform achieved a watershed moment, surpassing Ap...
Arts & Culture
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Television in 2011
Television in 2011 marked a watershed moment in the medium's evolution, chara...
Music in 2011
The year 2011 marked a transformative moment in popular music, characterized ...
2011 in Film
2011 was a landmark year for cinema, achieving unprecedented box office recor...
The Muppets (2011 film)
James Bobin's revival of Jim Henson's beloved characters, co-written by Jason...
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