| title | The Year 2011 — Knowledge Index |
|---|---|
| permalink | /knowledge-index/ |
| description | The full 2011 knowledge table — every notable event, linked to its article. |
| preview | /images/previews/the-year-2011-knowledge-index.svg |
Consolidated into year-of-ai/2005-2011. This repository is archived and read-only. All content has been preserved under the
2011/directory in the consolidated range repository.
A self-growing, autonomously curated knowledge base covering the events, people, works, and developments of 2011 — a year defined by the Arab Spring's wave of democratic uprisings, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster triggered by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the death of Osama bin Laden, and the Occupy Wall Street movement that swept the globe. This repository is part of a lineage of year-focused knowledge bases maintained by the year-of-ai organization.
Status: Growing — generation 1. Lineage position: 7 of 7 (consolidation threshold reached).
This knowledge base organizes content across five taxonomy categories:
- History & Politics — geopolitical events, elections, conflicts, and governance
- Science & Technology — discoveries, inventions, space exploration, and digital developments
- Arts & Culture — literature, film, music, and cultural milestones
- Society & Economics — social movements, economic developments, and demographic shifts
- People — notable individuals whose work or lives shaped 2011
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| [Tunisian Revolution – Jasmine Revolution (Dec 2010 – Jan 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/tunisian-revolution-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Kodak Bankruptcy Filing (Jan 19, 2012)]({{ '/news/society-economics/kodak-bankruptcy-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Wikipedia SOPA Blackout (Jan 18, 2012)]({{ '/news/science-technology/wikipedia-sopa-blackout-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 Tucson Shooting (Jan 8, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/2011-tucson-shooting/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Arab Spring (2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/arab-spring/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Libyan Civil War & NATO Intervention (Feb-Oct 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/libyan-civil-war-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine (Apr 29, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/royal-wedding-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Cricket World Cup 2011 (Feb-Apr 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/cricket-world-cup-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Super Bowl XLV (Feb 6, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/super-bowl-xlv/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Christchurch earthquake (Feb 22, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/christchurch-earthquake-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [83rd Academy Awards (Feb 27, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/academy-awards-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Fukushima Daiichi disaster (Mar 11, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/fukushima-daiichi-disaster/' | relative_url }}) |
| [The Social Network Score (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross) (Jan 30, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/social-network-score/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Australian Open Tennis 2011 (Jan 30, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/australian-open-tennis/' | relative_url }}) |
| [MESSENGER Orbits Mercury (Mar 18, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/messenger-mercury-orbit/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Elizabeth Taylor (Mar 23, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/elizabeth-taylor/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Osama bin Laden (May 2, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/osama-bin-laden-death/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Skype Acquisition by Microsoft (May 10, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/skype-microsoft-acquisition-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Square Launches Register and Card Case (May 23, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/square-mobile-payments/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 UEFA Champions League Final (May 28, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/uefa-champions-league-final-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 NBA Finals – Dallas Mavericks Championship (Jun 12, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/nba-finals-2011-mavericks/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Cloud Computing and Infrastructure in 2011 (Jun 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/cloud-computing-infrastructure-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Clarence Clemons (Jun 18, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/clarence-clemons-death/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Bitcoin's 2011 Price Surge (Jun 19, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/bitcoin-2011-adoption-surge/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Google+ Launch (Jun 28, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/google-plus-launch-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Mark Zuckerberg in 2011 (Jun 2011)]({{ '/news/people/mark-zuckerberg-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 Wimbledon Championships (Jun 20 – Jul 3, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/wimbledon-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Casey Anthony Trial Verdict (Jul 5, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/casey-anthony-trial/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 England Riots (Aug 6–11, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/2011-england-riots/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Snapchat Founded (Sep 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/snapchat-founding/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Occupy Wall Street (Sep 17, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/occupy-wall-street/' | relative_url }}) |
| [South Sudan independence (Jul 9, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/south-sudan-independence/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 East Africa Drought and Somalia Famine (Jul 20, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/east-africa-drought-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [World Population Reaches 7 Billion (Oct 31, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/world-population-seven-billion/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Eurozone debt crisis (2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/eurozone-debt-crisis/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Steve Jobs death (Oct 5, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/steve-jobs/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Dennis Ritchie (Oct 12, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/dennis-ritchie/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Amy Winehouse (Jul 23, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/amy-winehouse/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Space Shuttle program ends (Jul 21, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/space-shuttle-final-mission/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Android surpasses iOS (2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/android-mobile-rise/' | relative_url }}) |
| [iPhone 4S & Siri Introduction (Oct 14, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/iphone-4s-siri/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Instagram Founding & iOS Launch (Oct 2010 – 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/instagram-founding/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Groupon IPO and the Tech Bubble (Nov 4, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/groupon-ipo-tech-bubble/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Phobos-Grunt Mars Mission Launch (Nov 8, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/phobos-grunt-mission/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Penn State Football Scandal (Nov 9, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/penn-state-football-scandal/' | relative_url }}) |
| [NASA Curiosity Rover Launch (Nov 26, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/nasa-curiosity-rover/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 in Film]({{ '/news/arts-culture/2011-in-film/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Music in 2011]({{ '/news/arts-culture/music-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Hugo and Nebula Awards 2011]({{ '/news/arts-culture/hugo-awards-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 Pulitzer Prizes (Apr 18, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/pulitzer-prizes-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [A Visit from the Goon Squad — Pulitzer Prize (Apr 18, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/a-visit-from-the-goon-squad/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Kim Jong Il (Dec 17, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/kim-jong-il-death/' | relative_url }}) |
| [WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning (Mar 1, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/wikileaks-bradley-manning/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Václav Havel (Dec 18, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/vaclav-havel-death/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Christopher Hitchens (Dec 15, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/christopher-hitchens/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 Nobel Prizes (Oct 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/nobel-prizes-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [The Sense of an Ending – 2011 Booker Prize (Oct 6, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/booker-prize-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Mar 11, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/tohoku-earthquake-tsunami-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 Norway Attacks (Jul 22, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/norway-attacks-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [End of the Iraq War (Dec 18, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/iraq-war-end-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Egyptian Revolution of 2011 (Jan 25 – Feb 11, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/egyptian-revolution-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [U.S. Credit-Rating Downgrade (Aug 5, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/us-credit-rating-downgrade-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Game of Thrones Premiere (Apr 17, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/game-of-thrones-premiere-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [IBM Watson Wins Jeopardy! (Feb 14–16, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/watson-jeopardy-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Onset of the Syrian Civil War (Mar 15, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/syrian-civil-war-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Yemeni Revolution (2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/yemeni-revolution-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 Rugby World Cup (Sep–Oct 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/rugby-world-cup-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 World Series – St. Louis Cardinals (Oct 19–28, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/world-series-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Wangari Maathai (Sep 26, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/wangari-maathai/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Thailand 2011 Monsoon Floods (Oct 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/thailand-2011-floods/' | relative_url }}) |
| [News of the World Phone Hacking Scandal (2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/news-of-the-world-scandal-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Rupert Murdoch's Parliamentary Testimony & Media Regulation (Jul 19, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/rupert-murdoch-testimony-media-regulation/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2012 U.S. Presidential Campaign – Early Phase (Aug 13, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/2012-us-presidential-campaign-early-phase/' | relative_url }}) |
| [UN Climate Conference COP17 – Durban Platform (Dec 11, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/cop17-durban-climate-conference/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Mohamed Bouazizi (Jan 4, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/mohamed-bouazizi/' | relative_url }}) |
| [The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Nov 11, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/skyrim-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [The Muppets Film (Nov 23, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/muppets-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Anomaly (Sep 23, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/faster-than-light-neutrino-anomaly-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Television in 2011]({{ '/news/arts-culture/television-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Literary and Intellectual Figures of 2011]({{ '/news/people/literary-intellectuals-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Business and Entrepreneurship in 2011]({{ '/news/society-economics/business-entrepreneurship-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [The Book of Mormon Opens on Broadway (Mar 24, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/book-of-mormon-musical/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of R. Sargent Shriver (Jan 18, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/sargent-shriver/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Joe Frazier (Nov 7, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/joe-frazier/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Launch of NASA's Juno Spacecraft (Aug 5, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/juno-spacecraft-launch/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Launch of Tiangong-1 (Sep 29, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/tiangong-1-launch/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Muammar Gaddafi (Oct 20, 2011)]({{ '/news/history-politics/death-of-muammar-gaddafi/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Kepler-22b — First Confirmed Habitable-Zone Planet (Dec 5, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/kepler-22b-first-habitable-zone-planet/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Adele — 21 (Jan 24, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/adele-21-album/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 FIFA Women's World Cup — Japan (Jul 17, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/fifa-womens-world-cup-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (Jul 15, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/harry-potter-deathly-hallows-part-2/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Minecraft's Full Release (Nov 18, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/minecraft-full-release/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Osama bin Laden (1957–2011)]({{ '/news/people/osama-bin-laden-biography/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Kim Jong Il (1941–2011)]({{ '/news/people/kim-jong-il-biography/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Václav Havel (1936–2011)]({{ '/news/people/vaclav-havel-biography/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Death of Geraldine Ferraro (Mar 26, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/geraldine-ferraro/' | relative_url }}) |
| [53rd Grammy Awards (Feb 13, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/grammy-awards-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 French Open (May 22 – Jun 5, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/french-open-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [The Help (Aug 10, 2011)]({{ '/news/arts-culture/the-help-film/' | relative_url }}) |
| [LinkedIn IPO (May 19, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/linkedin-ipo/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 U.S. Open Golf – Rory McIlroy (Jun 19, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/us-open-golf-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Tour de France 2011 – Cadel Evans (Jul 24, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/tour-de-france-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Video Games in 2011 (Dec 31, 2011)]({{ '/news/society-economics/2011-video-games/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Notable Deaths of 2011 (Dec 31, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/2011-deaths/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Scientific Discoveries & Breakthroughs of 2011 (Dec 31, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/2011-scientific-discoveries/' | relative_url }}) |
| [Unsung Heroes of 2011 (Dec 31, 2011)]({{ '/news/people/unsung-heroes-2011/' | relative_url }}) |
| [2011 Renewable Energy Expansion (Dec 31, 2011)]({{ '/news/science-technology/renewable-energy-expansion-2011/' | relative_url }}) |