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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was the co-founder and longtime chief executive of Apple Inc. whose product vision reshaped personal computing, digital music, mobile telephony, and...
October 05, 2011
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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was the co-founder and longtime chief executive of Apple Inc. whose product vision reshaped person...
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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...
Android Mobile Platform Rise (2011)
In 2011, Google's Android platform achieved a watershed moment, surpassing Ap...
NASA Curiosity Rover Launch
On November 26, 2011, at 10:02 AM EST, NASA launched the Curiosity rover aboa...
Phobos-Grunt Mars Mission
Phobos-Grunt (Фобос-Грунт, meaning "Phobos-Soil"), Russia's ambitious interpl...
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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Society & Economics
Kodak Bankruptcy Filing
Jan 19
Science & Technology
Wikipedia SOPA Blackout
Jan 18
Society & Economics
Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis (2011)
Dec 31
Society & Economics
Business and Entrepreneurship in 2011
Dec 31
Science & Technology
Android Mobile Platform Rise (2011)
Dec 31
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