2011 in the United States
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- PresidentPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
: Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
(DemocraticDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
) - Vice PresidentVice President of the United StatesThe Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
: Joe BidenJoe BidenJoseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...
(DemocraticDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
) - Chief JusticeChief Justice of the United StatesThe Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...
: John RobertsJohn RobertsJohn Glover Roberts, Jr. is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the United States. He has served since 2005, having been nominated by President George W. Bush after the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist... - Speaker of the House of RepresentativesSpeaker of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
: Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011...
(DDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
-CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
) until January 3, John BoehnerJohn BoehnerJohn Andrew Boehner is the 61st and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, he is the U.S. Representative from , serving since 1991...
(RRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
-OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
) since January 5 - Senate Majority Leader: Harry ReidHarry ReidHarry Mason Reid is the senior United States Senator from Nevada, serving since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been the Senate Majority Leader since January 2007, having previously served as Minority Leader and Minority and Majority Whip.Previously, Reid was a member of the U.S...
(DDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
--NevadaNevadaNevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
) - CongressUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
: 112th112th United States CongressThe One Hundred Twelfth United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C. on January 3, 2011, and will end on January...
(since January 3)
January
- January 3
- According to Dr. Daniel Haber, chief of Massachusetts General Hospital'sMassachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
cancer center, virtually unlimited metastatic cancer detection becomes possible using a screening method that can find cancer in the peripheryCirculating Tumor CellCirculating tumor cells are cells that have detached from a primary tumor and circulate in the bloodstream. CTCs may constitute seeds for subsequent growth of additional tumors in different tissues....
. Further, the method appears to be a sound process for monitoring the progress of intervention, and thereby, modifying the treatment protocol. - Lawmakers in 14 states (AlabamaAlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, DelawareDelawareDelaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
, IdahoIdahoIdaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
, IndianaIndianaIndiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, MississippiMississippiMississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
, MontanaMontanaMontana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, NebraskaNebraskaNebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
, New HampshireNew HampshireNew Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, OklahomaOklahomaOklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
, PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
and UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
) announce plans to curtail application of parts of the 14th AmendmentFourteenth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Its Citizenship Clause provides a broad definition of citizenship that overruled the Dred Scott v...
in their respective states. - WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
becomes the 22nd state to sue the federal government over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress...
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- According to Dr. Daniel Haber, chief of Massachusetts General Hospital's
- January 6 – The US Constitution is read aloud on the floor of the US House of Representatives for the first time in history. An outburst from the audience attending the meeting delays the reading for a short time.
- January 7 – OklahomaOklahomaOklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
and WyomingWyomingWyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
join the other 22 states suing the federal government over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress...
. - January 8 – 2011 Tucson shooting2011 Tucson shootingOn January 8, 2011, a mass shooting occurred near Tucson, Arizona. Nineteen people were shot, six of them fatally, with one other person injured at the scene during an open meeting that U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding with members of her constituency in a Casas Adobes Safeway...
: In Tucson, ArizonaTucson, ArizonaTucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
a gunman opens fire at a constituent meeting led by US Rep. Gabrielle GiffordsGabrielle GiffordsGabrielle Dee "Gabby" Giffords is an American politician. A Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, she has represented since 2007. She is the third woman in Arizona's history to be elected to the U.S. Congress...
injuring 14, including Giffords, and killing 6, including US Federal Judge John Roll. The primary suspect, Jared Lee LoughnerJared Lee LoughnerJared Lee Loughner is an American man who is charged with the January 8, 2011 Tucson, Arizona shooting that killed six people, including Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Roll. The shooting also left 14 others injured, including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords...
, is in custody. - January 10 – Former RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
Majority LeaderParty leaders of the United States House of RepresentativesParty leaders of the United States House of Representatives are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot and are also known as floor leaders. The U.S. House of Representatives does not officially use the term "Minority Leader", although the media frequently does...
Tom DeLayTom DeLayThomas Dale "Tom" DeLay is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1984 until 2006. He was Republican Party House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005, when he resigned because of criminal money laundering charges in...
is sentenced to three years in prison for money launderingMoney launderingMoney laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...
. - January 11 – OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
becomes the 25th state to sue the federal government over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress...
. - January 12 – KansasKansasKansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
and MaineMaineMaine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
join the other 25 states suing the federal government over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress...
. - January 18 – President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
begins a four-day meeting with Chinese President Hu JintaoHu JintaoHu Jintao is the current Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China. He has held the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang...
. - January 19 – The US House votes to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress...
with a vote of 245–189. - January 20 – In a landmark study that will ultimately see the cure for AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
, a new technique renders T-Cells resistant to HIV. - January 25 – President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
delivers his 2011 State of the Union Address2011 State of the Union AddressThe 2011 State of the Union Address was a speech given by President Barack Obama at 9 p.m. EST on January 25, 2011, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives...
. - January 31 – FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
federal judge Roger VinsonRoger VinsonClyde Roger Vinson is a senior federal judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.-Life and career:...
rules that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress...
is unconstitutional because of the individual mandateIndividual mandateAn individual mandate is a requirement by a government that certain individual citizens purchase or otherwise obtain a good or service.In the United States, the United States Congress has enacted two individual mandates, the first was never federally enforced, while the second is not scheduled to...
it contains. The case is likely to reach the US Supreme Court. - January 31 – February 2 – A blizzardJanuary 31 – February 2, 2011 North American winter stormThe January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American winter storm, also called the 2011 Groundhog Day Blizzard, was a powerful and historic winter storm, situated around the US and Canadian holiday Groundhog Day. In the initial stages of the storm, some meteorologists predicted that the system would...
dumps as much as 2 feet (61 cm) of snow across the Midwestern United StatesMidwestern United StatesThe Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....
, causing at least 24 storm-related deaths.
February
- February 2 – The US Senate blocks a repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress...
with a vote of 51–47. - February 6
- NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's STEREOSTEREOSTEREO is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched into orbits that cause them to respectively pull farther ahead of and fall gradually behind the Earth...
satellites obtain the first simultaneous images of the entire surfacePhotosphereThe photosphere of an astronomical object is the region from which externally received light originates. The term itself is derived from Ancient Greek roots, φῶς, φωτός/phos, photos meaning "light" and σφαῖρα/sphaira meaning "sphere", in reference to the fact that it is a spheric surface perceived...
of the SunSunThe Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
. - Superbowl XLV between the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
and the Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
became the most watched television program in US history at 111 million viewers. The Packers defeated the Steelers 31–25.
- NASA
- February 7 – AOLAOLAOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
purchases online publisher The Huffington PostThe Huffington PostThe Huffington Post is an American news website and content-aggregating blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, featuring liberal minded columnists and various news sources. The site offers coverage of politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, style,...
in a $315 million deal. - February 14
- President Obama proposes a federal budgetUnited States federal budgetThe Budget of the United States Government is the President's proposal to the U.S. Congress which recommends funding levels for the next fiscal year, beginning October 1. Congressional decisions are governed by rules and legislation regarding the federal budget process...
for fiscal year 20122012 United States federal budgetThe 2012 United States federal budget is the United States federal budget to fund government operations for the fiscal year 2012, which is October 2011–September 2012...
. Overall the proposal reduces expenses but also increases funding for some programs and still results in an annual deficit of more than $1 trillion. - The House approves the extension of some parts of the controversial Patriot Act until December.
- President Obama proposes a federal budget
- February 14 – February 16 – The quiz show Jeopardy!Jeopardy!Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
airs the victory of IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
's artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
program WatsonWatson (artificial intelligence software)Watson is an artificial intelligence computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, developed in IBM's DeepQA project by a research team led by principal investigator David Ferrucci. Watson was named after IBM's first president, Thomas J...
over two of the show's most successful contestants. - February 15 – The Senate approves the same extension of some parts of the controversial Patriot Act until December.
- February 17 – Amidst large demonstrations in Wisconsin over a controversial bill (the bill intends to reduce spending on most government employees and remove their collective bargainingCollective bargainingCollective bargaining is a process of negotiations between employers and the representatives of a unit of employees aimed at reaching agreements that regulate working conditions...
rights apart from restricted wage negotiation), 14 Wisconsin Democratic senators flee the state to delay the vote on the bill by preventing a quorumQuorumA quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly necessary to conduct the business of that group...
in the senate. - February 22 – Chicago mayoral election, 2011Chicago mayoral election, 2011The city of Chicago, Illinois held a nonpartisan mayoral election on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Incumbent Mayor Richard M. Daley, a member of the Democratic Party who has been in office since 1989, did not seek a seventh term as mayor....
: Former White House Chief of StaffWhite House Chief of StaffThe White House Chief of Staff is the highest ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President.The current White House Chief of Staff is Bill Daley.-History:...
Rahm EmanuelRahm EmanuelRahm Israel Emanuel is an American politician and the 55th and current Mayor of Chicago. He was formerly White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama...
won the race for mayorMayor of ChicagoThe Mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of Chicago, Illinois, the third largest city in the United States. He or she is charged with directing city departments and agencies, and with the advice and consent of the Chicago City Council, appoints department and agency leaders.-Appointment...
with more than 55% of the vote. He will succeed Mayor Richard M. DaleyRichard M. DaleyRichard Michael Daley is a United States politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party, and former Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. He was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. He was the longest serving Chicago mayor, surpassing the tenure of his...
in May. - February 24 – STS-133STS-133STS-133 was the 133rd mission in NASA's Space Shuttle program; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station. It was Discoverys 39th and final mission. The mission launched on 24 February 2011, and landed on 9 March 2011...
: Space Shuttle DiscoverySpace Shuttle DiscoverySpace Shuttle Discovery is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States, and was operational from its maiden flight, STS-41-D on August 30, 1984, until its final landing during STS-133 on March 9, 2011...
launches from Kennedy Space CenterKennedy Space CenterThe John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program...
for the final time, carrying the Permanent Multipurpose Module to the International Space StationInternational Space StationThe International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
. - February 27
- 83rd Academy Awards83rd Academy AwardsThe 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
: The King's Speech wins four Oscars including the Academy Award for Best PictureAcademy Award for Best PictureThe Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best Picture category is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible not only...
. The awards are marked by the reintroduction of Best Picture having 10 nominations. - Frank BucklesFrank BucklesFrank Woodruff Buckles was the last surviving American veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1917 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.During World War II, he was captured by Japanese forces...
, America's last surviving World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
veteran and one of only three verified surviving veterans of the war worldwide, dies at the age of 110. Buckles, who lived in West VirginiaWest VirginiaWest Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
, served in EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
as an ambulance driver for 11 months until the war's end in November 1918.
- 83rd Academy Awards
March
- March 1 – The U.S. House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
passes a small spending bill that funds the federal government until March 18 and cuts $4 billion in spending, averting a potential government shutdownGovernment shutdownIn U.S. politics, a government shutdown is a situation in which the government stops providing all but "essential" services. Typically, services that continue despite a shutdown include police, fire fighting, postal service, armed forces, utilities, air traffic management, and corrections.- Causes...
. - March 2
- Serena WilliamsSerena WilliamsSerena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
' spokeswoman confirmed that Williams had suffered from a life threatening pulmonary embolismPulmonary embolismPulmonary embolism is a blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream . Usually this is due to embolism of a thrombus from the deep veins in the legs, a process termed venous thromboembolism...
. - The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a controversial 8–1 decisionSnyder v. PhelpsSnyder v. Phelps was a case heard by Supreme Court of the United States on whether the First Amendment protected protests of public protestors at a funeral against tort liability. It involved a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress made by Albert Snyder, the father of Matthew...
that the controversial protests of the Westboro Baptist ChurchWestboro Baptist ChurchThe Westboro Baptist Church is an independent Baptist church known for its extreme stance against homosexuality and its protest activities, which include picketing funerals and desecrating the American flag. The church is widely described as a hate group and is monitored as such by the...
at fallen US military members' funerals are a form of protected speechFreedom of speechFreedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used...
under the First AmendmentFirst Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...
. - The U.S. SenateUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
passes the same small spending bill that funds the federal government through March 18 and cuts $4 billion in spending.
- Serena Williams
- March 9
- Space Shuttle DiscoverySpace Shuttle DiscoverySpace Shuttle Discovery is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States, and was operational from its maiden flight, STS-41-D on August 30, 1984, until its final landing during STS-133 on March 9, 2011...
lands at the Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida on its final mission, STS-133STS-133STS-133 was the 133rd mission in NASA's Space Shuttle program; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station. It was Discoverys 39th and final mission. The mission launched on 24 February 2011, and landed on 9 March 2011...
. The vehicle clocked 365 days in orbit during its 27-year career, beginning with STS-41-DSTS-41-DSTS-41-D was the first flight of NASA's Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery. It was the 12th mission of the Space Shuttle program, and was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 30 August 1984...
in fall 1984. - In Illinois, GovernorGovernor of IllinoisThe Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state....
Pat QuinnPat Quinn (politician)Patrick Joseph "Pat" Quinn III is the 41st and current Governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Previously elected three times to statewide office, Quinn was the sitting lieutenant governor and became governor on January 29, 2009, when the previous governor, Rod Blagojevich,...
signed legislation abolishing the state's death penaltyCapital punishment in the United StatesCapital punishment in the United States, in practice, applies only for aggravated murder and more rarely for felony murder. Capital punishment was a penalty at common law, for many felonies, and was enforced in all of the American colonies prior to the Declaration of Independence...
, and commuted the death sentences of the fifteen inmates on Illinois' death rowDeath rowDeath row signifies the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution , even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.After individuals are found...
to life imprisonmentLife imprisonmentLife imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime under which the convicted person is to remain in jail for the rest of his or her life...
without the possibility of parole. - The Wisconsin Senate approves a bill that ends most collective bargainingCollective bargainingCollective bargaining is a process of negotiations between employers and the representatives of a unit of employees aimed at reaching agreements that regulate working conditions...
rights for nearly all unionsLabor unions in the United StatesLabor unions in the United States are legally recognized as representatives of workers in many industries. The most prominent unions are among public sector employees such as teachers and police...
; it was able to pass the legislation without a quorumQuorumA quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly necessary to conduct the business of that group...
by removing the budget oriented parts of it (a quorum would have necessitated the presence of at least one of the absent Democratic members). - The world's largest bond fund, Pimco, announces it is dumping all of its U.S. government-related securities, including U.S. Treasurys and agency debt.
- Space Shuttle Discovery
- March 10 – The Wisconsin State AssemblyWisconsin State AssemblyThe Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin....
passes the law that restricts bargaining rights for unions in a 53–42 vote. - March 15 – The House passes another small spending bill, avoiding a government shutdown until April 8.
- March 16 – Wholesale food prices rose by the largest monthly increase in February since November 1974, with an increase of 3.9%. Some economists claim that it will only get worse.
- March 17
- The House cuts all federal funding for NPRNPRNPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
. - The US Senate passes a small spending bill, avoiding a government shutdown until April 8.
- The House cuts all federal funding for NPR
- March 18 – NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's MESSENGERMESSENGERThe MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging space probe is a robotic NASA spacecraft in orbit around the planet Mercury. The spacecraft was launched aboard a Delta II rocket in August 2004 to study the chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field of Mercury...
spacecraft becomes the first man-made technology to establish an orbit around MercuryMercury (planet)Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 Earth days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits...
. - March 19 – In light of the continuing attacks on Libyan rebels by Gaddafi forces, military intervention authorized under UNSCR 1973United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, on the situation in Libya, is a measure that was adopted on 17 March 2011. The Security Council resolution was proposed by France, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom....
began as French fighter jetFighter aircraftA fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets...
s flew reconnaissance flights over Libya. United States NavyUnited States NavyThe United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
ships were said to be preparing for bombardment of Libyan air defenses. - March 21 – AT&TAT&TAT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
announces plans to buy T-MobileT-MobileT-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
for $39 billion. If allowed by the Federal Communications CommissionFederal Communications CommissionThe Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
, AT&T would become the largest US phone carrier, surpassing Verizon WirelessVerizon WirelessCellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
. If allowed, the number of major US phone carriers would decrease from 4 to 3, leaving AT&T, Verizon, and SprintSprint NextelSprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
. - March 24 – According to a landmark study in The New England Journal of Medicine, an orally administered Takeda Pharmaceutical called pioglitazonePioglitazonePioglitazone is a prescription drug of the class thiazolidinedione with hypoglycemic action.Pioglitazone is marketed as trademarks Actos in the USA, Canada, the UK and Germany, Glustin in Europe,"Glizone" and "Pioz" in India by Zydus CND and USV respectively and Zactos in Mexico by Takeda...
, marketed as Actos, shows 72 percent effectiveness at the prevention of the development of type 2 diabetes in pre-diabetic subject participants. Ralph DeFronzo, M.D., study leader and professor in the School of Medicine and chief of the diabetes division at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, stated that "It's a blockbuster study. The 72 reduction is the largest decrease in the conversion rate of pre-diabetes to diabetes that has ever been demonstrated by any intervention, be it diet, exercise or medication. - March 25 – ArchaeologistsArchaeologyArchaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
report that they have found new artifacts in an archaeological site in TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
which indicates of human existence in America 15,500 years ago – around 2,000 years earlier than the alleged Clovis cultureClovis cultureThe Clovis culture is a prehistoric Paleo-Indian culture that first appears 11,500 RCYBP , at the end of the last glacial period, characterized by the manufacture of "Clovis points" and distinctive bone and ivory tools...
took place, which until recently was considered the first human culture in North America. - March 29 – More than 1.5 million web sites around the world have been infected by the LizaMoonLizaMoonLizaMoon is a piece of malware that infected thousands of websites beginning in September, 2010. It is an SQL injection attack that spreads scareware encouraging users to install needless and rogue "anti-virus software"...
SQL injectionSQL injectionA SQL injection is often used to attack the security of a website by inputting SQL statements in a web form to get a badly designed website in order to dump the database content to the attacker. SQL injection is a code injection technique that exploits a security vulnerability in a website's software...
attack spread by scarewareScarewareScareware comprises several classes of scam software with malicious payloads, or of limited or no benefit, that are sold to consumers via certain unethical marketing practices. The selling approach uses social engineering to cause shock, anxiety, or the perception of a threat, generally directed at...
since Tuesday. Novice computer users should be warned that when a pop up window opens the best way to insure you are not infected is to close the window from the task manager. - March 31
- Because of U. S. federal budget woes and a general migration of information from printed to digital format, starting in April 2011, most U.S. workers will no longer receive their annual Social Security benefit estimates in the mail. "In light of the current budget situation, we are suspending the mailing of the annual statements beginning in April," said Social Security spokesman Mark Lassiter. Congress has failed to agree on a budget for the current fiscal year, which means that most federal agencies, including the Social Security Administration, are operating at last year's spending levels. The annual Social Security benefit statement, which contains a summary of an individual's earnings history and estimated retirement benefits at various ages, generally arrives about three months before the worker's birth month. "So folks born in July will likely be the first ones who won't get the annual statement," Lassiter says. However, workers can still get an estimate of their projected retirement benefits based on their actual work history at www.ssa.gov/estimator. Thus, U. S. citizens need to look at their social security account retirement benefit estimator at that link instead of passively waiting each year for a paper statement (which from now on they will not receive) – thus, they should make a bookmark of this government link for yearly use.
- A data breach at one of the world's largest providers of marketing-email services, Dallas-based Epsilon, a subsidiary of Alliance Data Systems Corporation, may have enabled unauthorized people to access the names and email addresses for customers of major financial-services, retailing and other companies, (Citigroup Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Barclays PLC, U.S. Bancorp, Capital One Financial Corp., Walgreen Co., New York & Co., Kroger Co., Brookstone, McKinsey & Co., Marriott International Inc., Ritz-Carlton, and TiVo Inc.).
April
- April 4
- The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
Upholds Arizona School VouchersArizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. WinnArizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, , was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The case was consolidated with Gale Garriott, Director, Arizona Department of Revenue, Petitioner v. Kathleen M...
in a 5–4 ruling. - In college basketball, The University of ConnecticutUniversity of ConnecticutThe admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
defeats Butler UniversityButler UniversityButler University is a private university located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university offers 60 degree programs to 4,400 students through six colleges: business, communication, education, liberal Arts and sciences, pharmacy and health...
to win the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball TournamentThe following sites were selected to host each round of the 2011 tournament:First Four*March 15 and 16**University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OhioSecond and third rounds*March 17 and 19**Verizon Center, Washington, D.C....
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- The U.S. Supreme Court
- April 5 – CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
and its partners announce plans to drill for oil in Cuban waters in The Gulf of MexicoGulf of MexicoThe Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...
. - April 6 – A United States Air ForceUnited States Air ForceThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
F/A-18 crashes near Naval Air Station LemooreNaval Air Station LemooreNaval Air Station Lemoore or NAS Lemoore is a United States Navy base, located in Kings County and Fresno County, California. Lemoore Station, California, a census-designated place, is located inside the base's borders....
in CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, both crew members were killed. - April 8 – President Obama, House Republicans, and Senate Democrats agree on a week-long stopgap spending bill preventing a government shutdownGovernment shutdownIn U.S. politics, a government shutdown is a situation in which the government stops providing all but "essential" services. Typically, services that continue despite a shutdown include police, fire fighting, postal service, armed forces, utilities, air traffic management, and corrections.- Causes...
resulting from a failure to pass the 2011 federal budget2011 United States federal budgetThe 2011 United States federal budget is the United States federal budget to fund government operations for the fiscal year 2011, which is October 2010–September 2011. The budget is the subject of a spending request by President Barack Obama...
. - April 13 – An Air FranceAir FranceAir France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...
Airbus A380Airbus A380The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It is the largest passenger airliner in the world. Due to its size, many airports had to modify and improve facilities to accommodate it...
, operating as Air FranceAir FranceAir France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...
Flight 007, collided with a ComairComairComair is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines headquartered on the grounds of Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport in unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, United States, west of Erlanger, and south of Cincinnati, Ohio...
BombardierBombardier AerospaceBombardier Aerospace is a division of Bombardier Inc. and is the third-largest airplane manufacturer in the world. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.- History :...
CRJ-700, operating as Comair flight 553/Delta ConnectionDelta ConnectionDelta Connection is the name under which a number of individually owned regional airlines and one wholly owned regional carrier operate short and medium haul routes in association with Delta Air Lines Inc...
flight 6293 in Delta Connection livery, on a taxiway at John F. Kennedy International AirportJohn F. Kennedy International AirportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located in the borough of Queens in New York City, about southeast of Lower Manhattan. It is the busiest international air passenger gateway to the United States, handling more international traffic than any other airport in North...
in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. The double-deck Airbus A380 is the world’s largest commercial passenger jet. The A380 had 520 people on board, and the smaller plane had 66. There were no injuries. The incident brings into question the spatial taxiway requirements for the new large A380's wingspan on existing airport taxiways. - April 14 – April 16 – A tornado outbreak and severe thunderstorms kill at least 43 people across the Southern United StatesSouthern United StatesThe Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...
, with fatalities occurring in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama, North Carolina, and Virginia. It is the deadliest U.S. tornado outbreak to occur in three years. - April 18 – Standard & Poor'sStandard & Poor'sStandard & Poor's is a United States-based financial services company. It is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds. It is well known for its stock-market indices, the US-based S&P 500, the Australian S&P/ASX 200, the Canadian...
downgrades its outlook on long-term sovereign debt of the United States to negative from stable for the first time in history, citing "very large budget deficits and rising government indebtedness" as for why it did so. A statement from Standard & Poor's explained its reasoning; "We believe there is a material risk that U. S. policy-makers might not reach an agreement on how to address medium- and long-term budgetary challenges by 2013; if an agreement is not reached…this would…render the U.S. fiscal profile meaningfully weaker than [its peers]". This could possibly mean the US losing its AAA credit rating. - April 25 – April 28 – The most active tornado outbreakApril 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreakAn extremely large and violent tornado outbreak, the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded, and popularly known as the 2011 Super Outbreak, occurred from April 25 to 28, 2011. The outbreak affected the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States, leaving catastrophic destruction in...
in United States history kills 339 people across the Southeastern United StatesSoutheastern United StatesThe Southeastern United States, colloquially referred to as the Southeast, is the eastern portion of the Southern United States. It is one of the most populous regions in the United States of America....
, becoming the 2nd deadliest tornado outbreak in United States history, falling behind the Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak of April 1936. - April 27
- Responding to continued coverage by the mainstream mediaMainstream mediaMainstream media are those media disseminated via the largest distribution channels, which therefore represent what the majority of media consumers are likely to encounter...
of Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theoriesBarack Obama citizenship conspiracy theoriesConspiracy theories about the citizenship of Barack Obama claim that Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen of the United States and is therefore not eligible to be President of the United States under Article Two of the U.S. Constitution. Some theories allege that Obama was born in Kenya, not...
, that PresidentPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, HawaiiHonolulu, HawaiiHonolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
, Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
releases his long-form birth certificate. - In a first ever, unprecedented meeting with reporters, The U.S. Federal Reserve chairmanChairman of the Federal ReserveThe Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is the head of the central banking system of the United States. Known colloquially as "Chairman of the Fed," or in market circles "Fed Chairman" or "Fed Chief"...
Ben BernankeBen BernankeBen Shalom Bernanke is an American economist, and the current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States. During his tenure as Chairman, Bernanke has overseen the response of the Federal Reserve to late-2000s financial crisis....
expects less economic growth for 2011 as the economy has been weaker in recent months than he had thought it would be. Bernanke refused to speculate on when he would discontinue with The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus policy, known as quantitative easing. - Eight American troops and one contractor were shot and killed by an Afghan National Army Air Force pilot. Five Afghan soldiers were also wounded in the attack, for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility.
- Responding to continued coverage by the mainstream media
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- May 1 – President of the United StatesPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
declared in a media statement that Osama bin LadenOsama bin LadenOsama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
, the founder and leader of the militant Islamist group Al-QaedaAl-QaedaAl-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
and the most-wanted fugitive on the US list, was killedDeath of Osama bin LadenOsama bin Laden, then head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1 a.m. local time by a United States special forces military unit....
during an American military operation in PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and that his body is in U.S. custody. - May 2
- bin Laden's body, which was handled in accordance with Islamic practice and traditionIslamic funeralFunerals in Islam follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom. In all cases, however, sharia calls for burial of the body, preceded by a simple ritual involving bathing and shrouding the body, followed by salah...
, is buried by the U.S. forces at seaBurial at seaBurial at sea describes the procedure of disposing of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship or boat. It is regularly performed by navies, but also can be done by private citizens in many countries.-By religion:...
less than a day after his death, thus preventing a burial site from becoming a "terrorist shrine". - In order to save the city of Cairo, IllinoisCairo, IllinoisCairo is the southernmost city in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the county seat of Alexander County. Cairo is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The rivers converge at Fort Defiance State Park, an American Civil War fort that was commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant...
from severe flooding, the Army Corps of Engineers blows up the levee on the Missouri of the MississippiMississippi RiverThe Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
flooding acres of farmland and forcing some to go homeless. The issue went all the way to the Supreme Court.
- bin Laden's body, which was handled in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition
- May 7 – JockeyJockeyA jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
John R. Velazquez wins the 2011 Kentucky Derby2011 Kentucky DerbyThe 2011 Kentucky Derby was the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, on May 7. The race was won by Animal Kingdom, ridden by John Velazquez, trained by H. Graham Motion and owned by Team Valor....
riding Animal KingdomAnimal Kingdom (horse)Animal Kingdom by the Brazilian-bred Leroidesanimaux out of the German mare Dalicia is a Thoroughbred race horse, notable for winning the 137th Kentucky Derby. The race was run on May 7, 2011 before a record crowd of 164,858...
. - May 8 – Mississippi flooding2011 Mississippi River floodsThe Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 were among the largest and most damaging recorded along the U.S. waterway in the past century, comparable in extent to the major floods of 1927 and 1993. In April 2011, two major storm systems deposited record levels of rainfall on the Mississippi...
worsened, killing 15 more than the 337 in preceding storms, with the Army Corps of EngineersUnited States Army Corps of EngineersThe United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 38,000 civilian and military personnel, making it the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency...
saying an area between Simmesport, LouisianaSimmesport, LouisianaSimmesport is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,239 at the 2000 census.During the American Civil War, Union General Nathaniel P. Banks was superseded in command by E.R.S. Canby. General Ulysses S. Grant had sought Banks' removal for months, but U.S....
and Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LouisianaBaton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
would be inundated 20–30 feet. - May 10 – 360,000 CitigroupCitigroupCitigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate...
credit card accounts are hacked. - May 12 – Plans are cancelled to install prismatic glass on One World Trade Center's bottom base.
- May 13 – The federal government predicts that the MedicareMedicare (United States)Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over; to those who are under 65 and are permanently physically disabled or who have a congenital physical disability; or to those who meet other...
hospital fund will run out in 2024, 5 years earlier than the 2029 previously projected. They also predicted that the Social SecuritySocial Security (United States)In the United States, Social Security refers to the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program.The original Social Security Act and the current version of the Act, as amended encompass several social welfare and social insurance programs...
trust fund would run out in 2036, instead of the 2037 previously projected. - May 14
- The Morganza SpillwayMorganza SpillwayThe Morganza Spillway or Morganza Control Structure is a flood-control structure in the U.S. state of Louisiana along the western bank of the Mississippi River at river mile 280, near Morganza in Pointe Coupee Parish. The spillway stands between the Mississippi and the Morganza Floodway, which...
on the Mississippi RiverMississippi RiverThe Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
is opened for the second time in its history, deliberately flooding 3000 square miles (7,770 km²) of rural Louisiana2011 Mississippi River floodsThe Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 were among the largest and most damaging recorded along the U.S. waterway in the past century, comparable in extent to the major floods of 1927 and 1993. In April 2011, two major storm systems deposited record levels of rainfall on the Mississippi...
and placing three nuclear power plants at risk to save most of Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LouisianaBaton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
and New OrleansNew Orleans, LouisianaNew Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
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- The President of the International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
and candidate for President of France, Dominique Strauss-KahnDominique Strauss-KahnDominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn , often referred to in the media, and by himself, as DSK, is a French economist, lawyer, politician, and member of the French Socialist Party...
charged with raping a maid in a New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
hotel room.
- The President of the International Monetary Fund
- May 16
- STS-134STS-134STS-134 was the penultimate mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The mission marked the 25th and final flight of . This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station. Mark Kelly served as the mission commander...
: Space Shuttle EndeavourSpace Shuttle EndeavourSpace Shuttle Endeavour is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States. Endeavour was the fifth and final spaceworthy NASA space shuttle to be built, constructed as a replacement for Challenger...
is launched for the final time at 8:56 A. M. EDT. - The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a controversial 8–1 decisionKentucky v. KingKentucky v. King is a legal dispute that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011, holding in an 8-1 opinion that warrantless searches conducted in exigent circumstances do not violate the Fourth Amendment so long as the police did not create the exigency by violating or threatening to violate...
that the exigent circumstanceExigent circumstanceAn exigent circumstance, in the American law of criminal procedure, allows law enforcement to enter a structure without a warrant, or if they have a "knock and announce" warrant, without knocking and waiting for refusal under certain circumstances...
warrantless searches do not violate the Fourth AmendmentFourth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause...
when it is believed that there is an imminent destruction of evidence.”. Writing for the majority, Associate Justice Samuel AlitoSamuel AlitoSamuel Anthony Alito, Jr. is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and has served on the court since January 31, 2006....
said that citizens are under no obligation to respond when law enforcement knocks at the door or, if they do open the door, allow the police to come in. In cases where no exigent circumstances exist, police officers who desire entry would have to persuade a judge to issue a search warrant. But Alito said, "Occupants who choose not to stand on their constitutional rights but instead elect to attempt to destroy evidence have only themselves to blame." - Congress is currently considering whether and by how much to extend the debt ceiling again. In a May 16, 2011 letter to Congress, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner declared a “debt issuance suspension period,” which provides the Secretary with certain extraordinary authorities to prevent a breach of the debt limit. Geithner had previously sent letters to Congress requesting an increase in the debt ceiling on January 6, April 4, and May 2, 2011.
- STS-134
- May 19 – During a speech in support of the 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protestsThe Arab Spring , otherwise known as the Arab Awakening, is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on Saturday, 18 December 2010...
, Obama stated that the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflictIsraeli-Palestinian conflictThe Israeli–Palestinian conflict is the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is also used in reference to the earlier phases of the same conflict, between Jewish and Zionist yishuv and the Arab population living in Palestine under Ottoman or...
must include Israel reverting its borders back to the pre-1967 borders. - May 20
- During a meeting between President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
and the Prime Minister of IsraelPrime Minister of IsraelThe Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel . The prime minister is the country's chief executive. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Rosh Hamemshala is in Jerusalem...
Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin NetanyahuBenjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as the Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the Economic Strategy Minister of Israel.Netanyahu is the first and, to...
at the White HouseWhite HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
Netanyahu emphasized that Israel would not make a full withdraw to the pre-1967 borders as Obama requested yesterday, because these borders are not defensible. - Travel on the Mississippi River closed for five miles (8 km) near the US city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana due to flooding.
- During a meeting between President Barack Obama
- May 21
- U.S. businessman Herman CainHerman CainHerman Cain is a candidate for the 2012 U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination.Cain has a background as a business executive, syndicated columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He served as chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza from 1986 to 1996...
announces that he will be seekingHerman Cain presidential campaign, 2012Businessman, radio host, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and former United States Senate candidate Herman Cain of Georgia began a campaign for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States shortly after the 2010 midterm elections.Although he was...
the Republican Party nominationRepublican Party (United States) presidential primaries-1972: no main article exists Richard Nixon was a popular incumbent. The Vietnam War was winding down and Nixon had achieved détente with China and the Soviet Union. He had challengers but won 1323 of the 1324 delegates on his way to the GOP convention...
in the 2012 U.S. presidential electionUnited States presidential election, 2012The United States presidential election of 2012 is the next United States presidential election, to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. It will be the 57th quadrennial presidential election in which presidential electors, who will actually elect the President and the Vice President of the United...
. - The Minnesota House of RepresentativesMinnesota House of RepresentativesThe Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house in the Minnesota State Legislature. There are 134 members elected to two-year terms, twice the number of members in the Minnesota Senate. Each senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B...
votes to put a constitutional referendum on marriage before voters in the US state of MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
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- U.S. businessman Herman Cain
- May 22 – A tornado2011 Joplin tornadoThe 2011 Joplin tornado was a devastating EF5 multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, USA late in the afternoon of Sunday, May 22, 2011. It was part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak sequence and reached a maximum width of in excess of during its path through the southern part of...
touched down in Joplin, MissouriJoplin, MissouriJoplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the US state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 50,150...
, causing widespread damage. 159+ were killed and 1,150 were injured, making it the deadliest U.S. tornado in 64 years. - May 23 – The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a controversial 5–4 decisionBrown v. PlataBrown v. Plata was a 2011 decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that a court-mandated population limit was necessary to remedy a violation of prisoners’ Eighth Amendment constitutional rights...
that court-mandated population limit was necessary to remedy a violation of prisoners’ Eighth AmendmentEighth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights which prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishments. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that this amendment's Cruel and Unusual...
constitutional rights (United States Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment). The court requires that there be a controversial prisoner reduction plan forced on California prison administrators whereby the state reduces its inmate population by tens-of-thousands to ease overcrowding. Writing for the majority, Associate Justice Anthony KennedyAnthony KennedyAnthony McLeod Kennedy is an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, having been appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Since the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor, Kennedy has often been the swing vote on many of the Court's politically charged 5–4 decisions...
said that "after years of litigation, it became apparent that a remedy for the constitutional violations would not be effective absent a reduction in the prison system population." - May 25 – Jared LoughnerJared Lee LoughnerJared Lee Loughner is an American man who is charged with the January 8, 2011 Tucson, Arizona shooting that killed six people, including Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Roll. The shooting also left 14 others injured, including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords...
, the man who is charged with the 2011 Tucson shooting2011 Tucson shootingOn January 8, 2011, a mass shooting occurred near Tucson, Arizona. Nineteen people were shot, six of them fatally, with one other person injured at the scene during an open meeting that U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding with members of her constituency in a Casas Adobes Safeway...
, was found by a federal judge to be incompetent to stand trial. - May 26 – The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a controversial 5–3 decisionChamber of Commerce v. WhitingChamber of Commerce v. Whiting, 563 U.S. ___ is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that upheld an Arizona state law that punished businesses that hire illegal aliens.Chamber of Commerce v. WhitingChamber of Commerce v...
which upheld the Arizona state law that monetarily (up to and including seizure, but not criminally) punished businesses that hire illegal aliens. - May 27 – The Space ShuttleSpace ShuttleThe Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
spacewalk portions of the International Space StationInternational Space StationThe International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
are completed. - May 28 – U.S.-based missile producer Lockheed MartinLockheed MartinLockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
, the largest military contractor in the world, is targeted by a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack. - May 29
- IndyIndyCar SeriesThe IZOD IndyCar Series is the premier level of American open wheel racing. The current championship, founded by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George, began in 1996 as a competitor to CART known as the Indy Racing League . Citing CART's increasing reliance on expensive machinery and...
-style British racer Dan WheldonDan WheldonDaniel Clive "Dan" Wheldon was a British racing driver from England. He was the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion, and winner of the Indianapolis 500 in both 2005 and 2011...
wins the 2011 Indianapolis 5002011 Indianapolis 500The 95th Indianapolis 500 was held on May 29, 2011 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the premier event of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The track opened for practice on May 14, and time trials were held on May 21–22. The race was won by Dan Wheldon and was the final win of his...
. - The Wallow FireWallow Fire-External links:* - InciWeb Incident Information System* at University of Maryland* by the U.S. Forest Service at Flickr.com*...
, named for the Bear Wallow WildernessBear Wallow WildernessThe Bear Wallow Wilderness is an 11,080 acre wilderness area in eastern Arizona, United States. The wilderness is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.-See also:*Wilderness*Wilderness Act*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas...
area where the fire originated, is a currently ongoing wildfireWildfireA wildfire is any uncontrolled fire in combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area. Other names such as brush fire, bushfire, forest fire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, squirrel fire, vegetation fire, veldfire, and wilkjjofire may be used to describe the same...
located in eastern ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, in the White MountainsWhite Mountains (Arizona)The White Mountains of Arizona are a mountain range and mountainous region in the eastern part of the state, near the border with New Mexico; it is a continuation from the west of the Arizona transition zone–Mogollon Rim, with the Rim ending in western New Mexico...
near AlpineAlpine, ArizonaAlpine is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States, in Bush Valley in the east central part of the state. Alpine was settled in 1876 by Anderson Bush who built a log house originally known as "Fort Bush". Bush sold his holdings in 1879 to William Maxwell and Fred...
. As of June 7, 2011, it has burned about 389000 acre (607.8 sq mi; 157,422.9 ha).
- Indy
- May 31
- The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a limited-usage (narrow in scope and application) 8–0 decisionAl-Kidd v AshcroftAshcroft v. Al-Kidd is a 2011 case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. It was a civil suit filed in federal court challenging the detention of Muslim-Americans in the wake of the September 11 attacks....
which sided with former United States Attorney GeneralUnited States Attorney GeneralThe United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The attorney general is considered to be the chief lawyer of the U.S. government...
John AshcroftJohn AshcroftJohn David Ashcroft is a United States politician who served as the 79th United States Attorney General, from 2001 until 2005, appointed by President George W. Bush. Ashcroft previously served as the 50th Governor of Missouri and a U.S...
in a claim for damages against a public official. - The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a limited-usage (narrow in scope and application) 8–1 decisionGlobal-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A.Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A. was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 2011. The case considered whether a party, in order to "actively [induce] infringement of a patent" under 35 U.S.C...
which sided with SEB S. A. in a patent infringement case.
- The U.S. Supreme Court
June
- June 1
- The Obama administration states that it will boycott a United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
anti-racism conference because of concerns over Anti-SemitismAnti-SemitismAntisemitism is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage. According to a 2005 U.S...
. - The new United States military strategy explicitly states that a cyberattack is casus belliCasus belliis a Latin expression meaning the justification for acts of war. means "incident", "rupture" or indeed "case", while means bellic...
for a traditional act of warCasus belliis a Latin expression meaning the justification for acts of war. means "incident", "rupture" or indeed "case", while means bellic...
. - STS-134STS-134STS-134 was the penultimate mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The mission marked the 25th and final flight of . This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station. Mark Kelly served as the mission commander...
: Space Shuttle EndeavourSpace Shuttle EndeavourSpace Shuttle Endeavour is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States. Endeavour was the fifth and final spaceworthy NASA space shuttle to be built, constructed as a replacement for Challenger...
lands for the final time, after 19 years of orbital spaceflight.
- The Obama administration states that it will boycott a United Nations
- June 2
- The Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Bureau of InvestigationThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
investigate claims that hackers in ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
attacked the GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
email accounts of officials in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Asian countries, as well as Chinese pro-democracy activists. - Mitt RomneyMitt RomneyWillard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and politician. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.The son of George W...
announces plansMitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012The Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign began informally shortly after the 2008 presidential election. Having campaigned for the Republican nomination in 2008, the former Governor of Massachusetts was frequently mentioned as a possible candidate for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for U.S....
to seek the Republican PartyRepublican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012The 2012 Republican presidential primaries are the selection processes in which voters of the Republican Party will choose their nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election. The primary contest began with a fairly wide field, and is the first presidential primary...
nomination as President of the United StatesPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
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- The Federal Bureau of Investigation
- June 3 – John EdwardsJohn EdwardsJohnny Reid "John" Edwards is an American politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in...
, former United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
presidential candidate and Senator representing North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, is indictedIndictmentAn indictment , in the common-law legal system, is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that maintain the concept of felonies, the serious criminal offence is a felony; jurisdictions that lack the concept of felonies often use that of an indictable offence—an...
on charges of conspiracy and violating campaign financeCampaign financeCampaign finance refers to all funds that are raised and spent in order to promote candidates, parties or policies in some sort of electoral contest. In modern democracies such funds are not necessarily devoted to election campaigns. Issue campaigns in referendums, party activities and party...
laws in connection to his affair with Rielle HunterRielle HunterRielle Hunter , August 1, 2008, San Jose Mercury-News. is an American actress and film producer. She is known for having had an affair with and conceiving a child with 2004 Democratic Party vice-presidential nominee John Edwards., August 8, 2008, Chicago Tribune. She is said to be the basis of a...
; Edwards denies he broke any laws. - June 6
- The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a 7–2 decisionBoard of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., 563 U.S. --- , was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that title in a patented invention vests first in the inventor, even if the inventor is a researcher at a federally funded lab...
that inventors do not give up their patent rights to their employers if that employer received federal funding. The ruling went against Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in a disute of patent infringement over a Roche HIVHIVHuman immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
PCR detection test. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John RobertsJohn RobertsJohn Glover Roberts, Jr. is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the United States. He has served since 2005, having been nominated by President George W. Bush after the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist...
said that "Since 1790, the patent law has operated on the premise that rights in an invention belong to the inventor. The question here is whether the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980—commonly referred to as the Bayh-Dole ActBayh-Dole ActThe Bayh–Dole Act or Patent and Trademark Law Amendments Act is United States legislation dealing with intellectual property arising from federal government-funded research. Adopted in 1980, Bayh-Dole is codified in -212, and implemented by 37 C.F.R. 401. Among other things, it gave U.S...
—displaces that norm and automatically vests title to federally funded inventions in federal contractors. We hold that it does not." - Anthony Weiner photo scandal: RepresentativeUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
Anthony Weiner (NYNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
–DDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
) admits he sent a lewd photo of himself over TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
to a Washington woman. He also admits sending explicit photos and messages to at least 6 other woman over the past 3 years. He states that he will not resign.
- The U.S. Supreme Court
- June 8 – Fazul Abdullah MohammedFazul Abdullah MohammedFazul Abdullah Mohammed was a member of al-Qaeda, and the leader of its presence in East Africa as of November 2009. Mohammed was born in Moroni, Comoros Islands and had Kenyan as well as Comorian citizenship...
, mastermind of the 1998 United States embassy bombings1998 United States embassy bombingsThe 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998, in which hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous truck bomb explosions at the United States embassies in the East African capitals of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. The date of the...
in KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
and TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
, is killed in SomaliaSomaliaSomalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
. - June 9 – The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes an 8–0 decisionMicrosoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. PartnershipMicrosoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership, 564 U.S. ---, was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that an invalidity defense in a patent infringement lawsuit must be proved by clear and convincing evidence.-External links:*...
that in patent dispute challenges against inventors the standard of proof required is more than a preponderance of evidence. The ruling upholds a 2009 jury verdict in favor of i4iI4ii4i is a small technology company in Toronto, Canada founded by Michel Vulpe in 1993.- Patent dispute :In 1994, Michel Vulpe and Stephen Owens filed for a patent for an invention that makes it possible for computer users to use regular word processors as XML /SGML editors...
in a disute of patent infringement over a Microsoft WordMicrosoft WordMicrosoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
software editing subprogram. Writing for the majority, Associate Justice Sonia SotomayorSonia SotomayorSonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice....
said that "Under §282 of the Patent Act of 1952, “[a] patent shall be presumed valid” and “[t]he burden of establishing in-validity of a patent or any claim thereof shall rest on the party asserting such invalidity.” 35 U. S. C. §282. We consider whether §282 requires an invalidity defense to beproved by clear and convincing evidence. We hold that it does." - June 12
- The Dallas MavericksDallas MavericksThe Dallas Mavericks are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association , and the reigning NBA champions, having defeated the Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals.According to a 2011...
win their first NBA title 4–2 over the Miami HeatMiami HeatThe Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
in the 2011 NBA Finals2011 NBA FinalsThe 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2010–11 season of the National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat, 4–2, to win their first NBA title...
. - The coat of Mad MenMad MenMad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
star Christina HendricksChristina HendricksChristina Rene Hendricks is an actress known for her role as Joan Holloway in the AMC cable television series Mad Men, and as Saffron in Fox's short-lived series Firefly. Hendricks was named "the sexiest woman in the world" in 2010 in a poll of female readers taken by Esquire magazine.-Personal...
at the Tony Awards afterparty caught fire and burst into flames. She was said to be unharmed.
- The Dallas Mavericks
- June 13 – Hackers Break Into US Senate Computers.
- June 15 – The Boston BruinsBoston BruinsThe Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
win their first NHL title in 39 years over the Vancouver CanucksVancouver CanucksThe Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals2011 Stanley Cup FinalsThe 2011 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League , and the culmination of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was the 118th year of the Stanley Cup's presentation. The Eastern Conference Champion Boston Bruins defeated the Western Conference Champion Vancouver...
. - June 16
- Anthony Weiner photo scandal: RepresentativeUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
Anthony Weiner (NYNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
–DDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
) resigns. - The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a controversial 5–4 decision that, in the interrogations of minors, a MirandaMiranda warningThe Miranda warning is a warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody before they are interrogated to preserve the admissibility of their statements against them in criminal proceedings. In Miranda v...
statement must be made. The ruling involves a 13-year old child under schoolroom police interview. The court ruled in favor of the child, J. D. B., in a dispute of his confession made during a North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
theft investigation. Writing for the majority, Associate Justice Sonia SotomayorSonia SotomayorSonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice....
said that "This case presents the question whether the age of a child subjected to police questioning is relevant to the custody analysis of Miranda v. ArizonaMiranda v. ArizonaMiranda v. Arizona, , was a landmark 5–4 decision of the United States Supreme Court. The Court held that both inculpatory and exculpatory statements made in response to interrogation by a defendant in police custody will be admissible at trial only if the prosecution can show that the defendant...
, 384 U. S. 436 (1966). It is beyond dispute that children will often feel bound to submit to police questioning when an adult in the same circumstances would feel free to leave. Seeing no reason for police officers or courts to blind themselves to that commonsense reality, we hold that a child’s age properly informs the MirandaMiranda warningThe Miranda warning is a warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody before they are interrogated to preserve the admissibility of their statements against them in criminal proceedings. In Miranda v...
custody analysis." - On March 19, because of the continuing attacks on Libyan rebels by Gaddafi forces, there was a military intervention authorized under UNSCR 1973United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, on the situation in Libya, is a measure that was adopted on 17 March 2011. The Security Council resolution was proposed by France, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom....
. Various forces including ones from the United States attacked with fighter jetFighter aircraftA fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets...
s in bombardment over Libya. Ten Congressman announce plans to sue President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
in Federal court over violation of the War Powers ResolutionWar Powers ResolutionThe War Powers Resolution of 1973 is a federal law intended to check the power of the President in committing the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States Congress joint resolution; this provides that the...
. The 10 Congressman include 3 DemocratsDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
, Dennis KucinichDennis KucinichDennis John Kucinich is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He was furthermore a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections....
of OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, John ConyersJohn ConyersJohn Conyers, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1965 . He is a member of the Democratic Party...
of MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, and Michael Capuano of MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, as well as 7 RepublicansRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
, Ron PaulRon PaulRonald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...
of TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, Walter JonesWalter B. JonesWalter Beaman Jones, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses the Outer Banks and areas near the Pamlico Sound. Jones' father was Walter B. Jones, Sr., a Democratic Party congressman from the neighboring 1st district...
and Howard CobleHoward CobleJohn Howard Coble is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1985. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and pre-political career:Coble was born in Greensboro, North Carolina...
of North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, Tim Johnson of IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, Dan BurtonDan BurtonDanny "Dan" Lee Burton is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the , serving since 1983. He is a member of the Republican Party....
of IndianaIndianaIndiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, Jimmy Duncan of TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, and Roscoe BartlettRoscoe BartlettRoscoe Gardner Bartlett, Ph.D. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus...
of MarylandMarylandMaryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
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- Anthony Weiner photo scandal: Representative
- June 19 – In an amazing feat of superior play where multiple records were broken, Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
golfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er Rory McIlroyRory McIlroyRory McIlroy is a Northern Irish professional golfer from Holywood in County Down. He has represented Europe, Great Britain & Ireland, and Ireland as both an amateur and a professional. He had a successful amateur career, topping the World Amateur Golf Ranking for one week as a 17-year-old in 2007...
wins the 2011 U.S. Open2011 U.S. Open (golf)The 2011 United States Open Championship, the 111th U.S. Open, was played June 16–19 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. It was won by Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, who set 11 U.S. Open records on the weekend, including the lowest total 72-hole score and the lowest total under...
. The margin of victory was an astonding 8-shots. - June 20
- The internet domain names can now be any "dot"-suffix. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANNICANNThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...
) approved the change. - The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a controversial 9–0 decisionDukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a sexual discrimination lawsuit, was the largest civil rights class action suit in United States history. It charged Wal-Mart with discriminating against women in promotions, pay, and job assignments in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The case...
that, in large class-action lawsuits, a cohesive element must exist. The ruling involves the class-action status of a sex discrimination case against Wal-martWal-MartWal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
containing 1.6 million litigants. The court ruled in favor of Wal-mart, only on the class action status of the dispute of the women's claims. The ruling rejects the lower courts lowering of standards in class-action status certification. Writing for the majority, Associate Justice Antonin ScaliaAntonin ScaliaAntonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...
said that "We are presented with one of the most expansive class actions ever. The District Court and the Court of Appeals approved the certification of a class comprising about one and a half million plaintiffs, current and former female employees of petitioner Wal-Mart who allege that the discretion exercised by their local supervisors over pay and promotion matters violates Title VII by discriminating against women. In addition to injunctive and declaratory relief, the plaintiffs seek an award of backpay. We consider whether the certification of the plaintiff class was consistent with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23(a) and (b)(2)."
- The internet domain names can now be any "dot"-suffix. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN
- June 21 – Starting in 2012, the Food and Drug AdministrationFood and Drug AdministrationThe Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments...
requires new warning labels featuring graphic images that convey the dangers of smoking be on U.S. cigarette packs. - June 22
- The Congressional Budget OfficeCongressional Budget OfficeThe Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government that provides economic data to Congress....
predicts the US debt-to-GDP ratio will top 101% by 2021, 10% higher than the 91% previously projected. Further predictions show an increase to 150% by 2030, and 200% by 2037. This assumes current spending levels continue. - 82-year-old Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, wanted for his alleged role in 19 murders, was captured by the FBI in Santa Monica, CaliforniaSanta Monica, CaliforniaSanta Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...
after 16 years as a fugitive.
- The Congressional Budget Office
- June 23 – The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a 5–4 decisionMarshall v. MarshallMarshall v. Marshall, 547 U.S. 293 , is a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a federal district court had equal or concurrent jurisdiction with state probate courts over tort claims under state common law...
that, in will lawsuits, bankruptcy state courts are superseded by will courts in matters of core proceedings. The ruling involves the US$1.6 billion estate of J. Howard Marshall, Jr.J. Howard MarshallJames Howard Marshall II was an American business magnate, university professor, attorney, and federal government official...
between Anna Nicole SmithAnna Nicole SmithIn 1992 Smith was chosen by Hugh Hefner to appear on the cover of the March issue of Playboy, where she was listed as Vickie Smith, wearing a low-cut evening gown. The centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. Smith said she planned to be "the next Marilyn Monroe". Becoming one of Playboys...
and Pierce Marshall. The court ruled in favor of the estate of the deceased Pierce Marshall and the Texas Probate Court versus the estate of the deceased Vickie Lynn Marshall (a.k.a. Anna Nicole SmithAnna Nicole SmithIn 1992 Smith was chosen by Hugh Hefner to appear on the cover of the March issue of Playboy, where she was listed as Vickie Smith, wearing a low-cut evening gown. The centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. Smith said she planned to be "the next Marilyn Monroe". Becoming one of Playboys...
) and the California Bankruptcy Court. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John RobertsJohn RobertsJohn Glover Roberts, Jr. is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the United States. He has served since 2005, having been nominated by President George W. Bush after the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist...
said that "... the Texas state decision controlled, after concluding that the Bankruptcy Court lacked the authority to enter final judgment on a counter claim that Vickie brought against Pierce in her bankruptcy proceeding. 1 To determine whether the Court of Appeals was correct in that regard, we must resolve two issues: (1) whether the Bankruptcy Court had the statutory authority under 28 U. S. C. §157(b) to issue a final judgment on Vickie’s counterclaim; and (2) if so, whether conferring that authority on the Bankruptcy Court is constitutional ... We conclude that, although the Bankruptcy Court had the statutory authority to enter judgment on Vickie’s counterclaim, it lacked the constitutional authority to do so." - June 24 – New York becomes the sixth state to allow same-sex marriageSame-sex marriageSame-sex marriage is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender. Supporters of legal recognition for same-sex marriage typically refer to such recognition as marriage equality....
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- The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a 7–2 decision that strikes down a CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
law enacted in 2005 that bans the sale of certain violent video games to children without parental supervision. The Court upholds the lower court decisions and revokes the law, ruling that video games were protected speech under the First AmendmentFirst Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...
as other forms of media. The ruling involves a freedom of speechFreedom of speechFreedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used...
case by The Entertainment Merchants AssociationEntertainment merchants associationThe Entertainment Merchants Association is the not-for-profit international trade association dedicated to advancing the interests of the $32 billion home entertainment industry....
against a CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
law. The court ruled in favor of The Entertainment Merchants Association, only on the overly-broad status of the statute's wording of the minors' rights. Writing for the majority, Associate Justice Antonin ScaliaAntonin ScaliaAntonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...
said that "We consider whether a California law imposing restrictions on violent video games comports with the First AmendmentFirst Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...
...Because the Act imposes a restriction on the content of protected speech, it is invalid unless California can demonstrate that it passes strict scrutiny—that is, unless it is justified by a compelling government interest and is narrowly drawn to serve that interest. R. A. V., 505 U. S., at 395. The State must specifically identify an “actual problem” in need of solving, Playboy, 529 U. S., at 822–823, and the curtailment of free speech must be actually necessary to the solution, see R. A. V., supra, at 395. That is a demanding standard. “It is rare that a regulation restricting speech because of its content will ever be permissible.” Playboy, supra, at 818. California cannot meet that standard...And finally, the Act’s purported aid to parental authority is vastly overinclusive. Not all of the children who are forbidden to purchase violent video games on their own have parents who care whether they purchase violent video games." - Former IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
Governor Rod BlagojevichRod BlagojevichRod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago...
is found guilty of 17 of the 20 counts against him, including trying to sell President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
's Senate seat.
- The U.S. Supreme Court
- June 28 – In baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, a judge in the U.S. stateU.S. stateA U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of DelawareDelawareDelaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
authorizes the Los Angeles DodgersLos Angeles DodgersThe Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
to enter into a $150 million bankruptcy financing deal after the club addresses concerns of Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
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- The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
reports that the sexual assault caseDominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault caseNew York v. Strauss-Kahn was a criminal case relating to allegations of sexual assault and attempted rape made by a hotel maid, Nafissatou Diallo, against Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the Sofitel New York Hotel on May 14, 2011. The charges were dismissed at the request of the prosecution which pointed...
against former International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
head Dominique Strauss-KahnDominique Strauss-KahnDominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn , often referred to in the media, and by himself, as DSK, is a French economist, lawyer, politician, and member of the French Socialist Party...
is on the verge of collapse due to concerns over the credibility of the alleged victim's testimony. A judge releases him from house arrest as prosecutors said that the maid had made false statements. - Owners in the North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n National Basketball AssociationNational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
start a lock out after failing to reach a new collective bargainingCollective bargainingCollective bargaining is a process of negotiations between employers and the representatives of a unit of employees aimed at reaching agreements that regulate working conditions...
agreement. - The MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
government shuts down after budget talks fail between DemocratDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Governor Mark DaytonMark DaytonMark Brandt Dayton is an American politician, the 40th and current Governor of the state of Minnesota. Dayton previously served as United States Senator from Minnesota from 2001 to 2007 in the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses...
and the RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
-controlled Minnesota LegislatureMinnesota LegislatureThe Minnesota Legislature is the legislative branch of government in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is a bicameral legislature located at the Minnesota Capitol in Saint Paul and it consists of two houses: the lower Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate...
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- The New York Times
- July 2 – ExxonMobilExxonMobilExxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company, and was formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. Its headquarters are in Irving, Texas...
workers attempt to contain an oil spillOil spillAn oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is mostly used to describe marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters...
on the Yellowstone RiverYellowstone RiverThe Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the western United States. Considered the principal tributary of the upper Missouri, the river and its tributaries drain a wide area stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of the Yellowstone National...
in the US state of MontanaMontanaMontana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
. - July 3 – A tourist boat sinks in the Sea of Cortez off the coast of Baja CaliforniaBaja CaliforniaBaja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
in MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
with 23 people missing. - July 5
- The US city of PhoenixPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
is hit by a large dust stormDust stormA dust / sand storm is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. Particles are transported by saltation and suspension, causing soil to move from one place and deposition...
leaving thousands of people without power and grounding flights at Phoenix AirportPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located southeast of the central business district of the city of Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States...
. - Casey Anthony is found not guilty of first degree murder and manslaughter in the death of her daughter Caylee, but found guilty of 4 misdemeanor counts of giving false information to police.
- The US city of Phoenix
- July 7
- The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
makes a controversial 5–4 decisionLeal Garcia v. TexasLeal Garcia v. Texas, No. 11-5001 , was a ruling in which the Supreme Court of the United States denied Humberto Leal García's application for stay of execution and application for writ of habeas corpus. Leal was subsequently executed by lethal injection...
that Humberto Leal García, a MexicanMexican peopleMexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
national, should be executed in the US state of TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
despite concerns over whether the circumstances of his execution would breach international lawInternational lawPublic international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...
. - Casey Anthony is sentenced to four years for lying to law enforcement regarding the death of her child Caylee in the U.S. state of FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
but after credit for time served will be released on July 17. - Seven people are shot dead in the US city of Grand RapidsGrand Rapids, MichiganGrand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...
, MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
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- The U.S. Supreme Court
- July 8 – STS-135STS-135STS-135 was the final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July and was originally scheduled to land on 20 July 2011, but the mission was...
: In an added flight, Space Shuttle AtlantisSpace Shuttle AtlantisThe Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States...
of the US Space ShuttleSpace ShuttleThe Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
program is launched for its final time. This is also the final launch for the entire NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Space ShuttleSpace ShuttleThe Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
program. - July 12
- A three judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of AppealsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona...
rules that Jared Lee LoughnerJared Lee LoughnerJared Lee Loughner is an American man who is charged with the January 8, 2011 Tucson, Arizona shooting that killed six people, including Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Roll. The shooting also left 14 others injured, including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords...
, the suspect in the 2011 Tucson shooting2011 Tucson shootingOn January 8, 2011, a mass shooting occurred near Tucson, Arizona. Nineteen people were shot, six of them fatally, with one other person injured at the scene during an open meeting that U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding with members of her constituency in a Casas Adobes Safeway...
, has the right to refuse antipsychoticAntipsychoticAn antipsychotic is a tranquilizing psychiatric medication primarily used to manage psychosis , particularly in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. A first generation of antipsychotics, known as typical antipsychotics, was discovered in the 1950s...
medication while he appeals the treatment prescribed by prison mental health authorities. - CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
reports that the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has lost track of 1,400 guns involved in Operation Fast and FuriousOperation Fast and FuriousOperation Fast and Furious was a sting operation run by the United States via the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Phoenix Field Division between 2009 and 2010. Part of Project Gunrunner, the Southwest Border strategy first implemented it in 2006 to stem the flow of illegal...
aimed at tracing the flow of weapons to Mexican drug cartels. - The United States Coast GuardUnited States Coast GuardThe United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...
ends aerial searches for seven Americans still missing after a charter fishing boat sank in the Sea of Cortez off MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
on July 3.
- A three judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
- July 14
- U.S. district courtUnited States District Court for the District of ColumbiaThe United States District Court for the District of Columbia is a federal district court. Appeals from the District are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a...
judge Reggie WaltonReggie WaltonReggie Barnett Walton is a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.-Early life and education :...
declares a mistrial in the perjuryPerjuryPerjury, also known as forswearing, is the willful act of swearing a false oath or affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to a judicial proceeding. That is, the witness falsely promises to tell the truth about matters which affect the outcome of the...
trial of former baseball star Roger ClemensRoger ClemensWilliam Roger Clemens , nicknamed "Rocket", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the league with the Boston Red Sox, whose pitching staff he would help anchor for 12 years. Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other pitcher. He played for four different teams over...
after prosecutors present evidence that Walton had previously ruled inadmissible. Walton will hold a hearing on September 2 to determine whether to hold a new trial. - News International phone hacking scandal: The FBI is investigating reports that News CorporationNews CorporationNews Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
sought to hack the phones of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. - Borders GroupBorders GroupBorders Group, Inc. was an international book and music retailer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company employed approximately 19,500 throughout the U.S., primarily in its Borders and Waldenbooks stores....
, the once-major bookstore chain now in chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United StatesBankruptcy in the United StatesBankruptcy in the United States is governed under the United States Constitution which authorizes Congress to enact "uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States." Congress has exercised this authority several times since 1801, most recently by adopting the Bankruptcy...
, says that its arrangement with stalking horseStalking horseA stalking horse is a person who tests a concept with someone or mounts a challenge against them on behalf of an anonymous third party. If the idea proves viable and/or popular, the anonymous figure can then declare their interest and advance the concept with little risk of failure...
bidder Najafi Companies has collapsed, and it will seek a modification of bid procedures.
- U.S. district court
- July 15 – The Dawn spacecraft arrives and settles into its one year orbit around the minor planetMinor planetAn asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
4 Vesta4 VestaVesta, formally designated 4 Vesta, is one of the largest asteroids, with a mean diameter of about . It was discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on March 29, 1807, and is named after the Roman virgin goddess of home and hearth, Vesta....
. - July 17 – JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
wins the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011FIFA Women's World Cup 2011The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It was held from 26 June to 17 July 2011 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in October 2007...
by beating the USA 3–2 in the Penalty Shootout. - July 18 – The U.S. city of Phoenix, ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, is hit by a haboobHaboobA haboob is a type of intense duststorm carried on an atmospheric gravity current. Haboobs are regularly observed in arid regions throughout the world. They have been observed in the Sahara desert , as well as across the Arabian Peninsula, throughout Kuwait, and in the most arid regions of Iraq...
or dust storm. - July 19
- Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial and Guam Governor Eddie Calvo state that they are in serious talks to potentially merge the U.S. territories of GuamGuamGuam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
and the Northern Mariana IslandsNorthern Mariana IslandsThe Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
. - Sixteen alleged members of the computer hackingHacker (computer security)In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
group AnonymousAnonymous (group)Anonymous is an international hacking group, spread through the Internet, initiating active civil disobedience, while attempting to maintain anonymity. Originating in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, the term refers to the concept of many online community users simultaneously existing as an anarchic,...
are arrested in FBI raids across several states in the US. - The Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Bureau of InvestigationThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
(FBI) arrests an alleged agent of PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
's Inter-Services IntelligenceInter-Services IntelligenceThe Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence , is Pakistan's premier intelligence agency, responsible for providing critical national security intelligence assessment to the Government of Pakistan...
in the US state of VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
for making illegal campaign contributions.
- Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial and Guam Governor Eddie Calvo state that they are in serious talks to potentially merge the U.S. territories of Guam
- July 21
- Two dozen people have died this week in a heat waveHeat waveA heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity. There is no universal definition of a heat wave; the term is relative to the usual weather in the area...
in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. - STS-135STS-135STS-135 was the final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July and was originally scheduled to land on 20 July 2011, but the mission was...
: Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space CenterKennedy Space CenterThe John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program...
, ending the 30-year shuttle program, which began with the launch of shuttle ColumbiaSpace Shuttle ColumbiaSpace Shuttle Columbia was the first spaceworthy Space Shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet. First launched on the STS-1 mission, the first of the Space Shuttle program, it completed 27 missions before being destroyed during re-entry on February 1, 2003 near the end of its 28th, STS-107. All seven crew...
on April 12, 1981. - MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
Governor Mark DaytonMark DaytonMark Brandt Dayton is an American politician, the 40th and current Governor of the state of Minnesota. Dayton previously served as United States Senator from Minnesota from 2001 to 2007 in the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses...
signs a budget agreement with Republicans in the Minnesota LegislatureMinnesota LegislatureThe Minnesota Legislature is the legislative branch of government in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is a bicameral legislature located at the Minnesota Capitol in Saint Paul and it consists of two houses: the lower Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate...
, ending a 20 day government shutdown.
- Two dozen people have died this week in a heat wave
- July 23 – Nearly 4,000 employees of the US Federal Aviation AdministrationFederal Aviation AdministrationThe Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
are furloughFurloughIn the United States a furlough is a temporary unpaid leave of some employees due to special needs of a company, which may be due to economic conditions at the specific employer or in the economy as a whole...
ed due to CongressionalUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
authorisation for its programs lapsing. - July 24 – Democratic PartyDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
leaders call for the United States House Committee on Ethics to investigate claims that Rep David WuDavid WuDavid Wu is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes most of Portland west of the Willamette River, as well as all of Yamhill, Columbia, Clatsop, and Washington Counties...
of OregonOregonOregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
had sexually assaultedSexual assaultSexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature on another person, or any sexual act committed without consent. Although sexual assaults most frequently are by a man on a woman, it may involve any combination of two or more men, women and children....
a teenager. - July 25 – In American footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, the NFL Players Association executive unanimously accepts a 10 year pay deal with team owners in the US National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. - July 26
- United States Post Office closure list sent. Some 3,653 post offices are being reviewed for possible closure.
- David WuDavid WuDavid Wu is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes most of Portland west of the Willamette River, as well as all of Yamhill, Columbia, Clatsop, and Washington Counties...
resigns as a member of the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
following allegations of an unwanted sexual encounter with an 18 year old.
- July 27
- Maria Ridulph: 7-year-old 1957 murder victim exhumed.
- The United States SenateUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
, in an exception to the 10-year limit, extends the term of the current FBI director, Robert MuellerRobert MuellerRobert Swan Mueller III is the 6th and current Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation .-Early life:...
.
August
- August 1 – The United States CongressUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
votes on a deal to resolve the United States debt-ceiling crisisUnited States debt-ceiling crisisThe United States debt-ceiling crisis was a financial crisis in 2011 that started as a debate in the United States Congress about increasing the debt ceiling. The immediate crisis ended when a complex deal was reached that raised the debt ceiling and reduced future government spending...
with the House of Representatives passing it. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle GiffordsGabrielle GiffordsGabrielle Dee "Gabby" Giffords is an American politician. A Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, she has represented since 2007. She is the third woman in Arizona's history to be elected to the U.S. Congress...
(DDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
--ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
) casts her first vote since her traumatic brain injury2011 Tucson shootingOn January 8, 2011, a mass shooting occurred near Tucson, Arizona. Nineteen people were shot, six of them fatally, with one other person injured at the scene during an open meeting that U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding with members of her constituency in a Casas Adobes Safeway...
at the hands of a deranged assassin. - August 2
- The United States SenateUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
passes legislation to raise the debt ceiling in order to avert the 2011 US debt ceiling crisis and PresidentPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
signs it into law; it thus became the Budget Control Act of 2011Budget Control Act of 2011The Budget Control Act of 2011 was passed by the 112th United States Congress signed into law by President Barack Obama. It brought conclusion to the 2011 United States debt ceiling crisis, which had threatened to lead the United States into sovereign default on or about August 3, 2011.The law...
. - Baruj BenacerrafBaruj BenacerrafBaruj Benacerraf was a Venezuelan-born American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and...
died today at the age of 90. He was a Venezuelan-born American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complexMajor histocompatibility complexMajor histocompatibility complex is a cell surface molecule encoded by a large gene family in all vertebrates. MHC molecules mediate interactions of leukocytes, also called white blood cells , which are immune cells, with other leukocytes or body cells...
genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self". The MHC genes are critical to organ transplantation medicine.
- The United States Senate
- August 3 – It is announced that Jerry LewisJerry LewisJerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis...
would no longer host any further MDAMuscular Dystrophy AssociationThe Muscular Dystrophy Association is an American organization which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public...
telethons. Earlier this year, it was announced that Lewis was no longer the national chairman of the MDA. - August 4
- Kraft FoodsKraft FoodsKraft Foods Inc. is an American confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate. It markets many brands in more than 170 countries. 12 of its brands annually earn more than $1 billion worldwide: Cadbury, Jacobs, Kraft, LU, Maxwell House, Milka, Nabisco, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Trident, Tang...
announces that it will split into two operations consisting of its North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n grocery business and its global snack foods business. - United States debt-ceiling crisisUnited States debt-ceiling crisisThe United States debt-ceiling crisis was a financial crisis in 2011 that started as a debate in the United States Congress about increasing the debt ceiling. The immediate crisis ended when a complex deal was reached that raised the debt ceiling and reduced future government spending...
: The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average , also called the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, the Dow 30, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index, and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow...
plunges 512 points (−4.3%) on economic worries, becoming the worst day for stocks since December 2008, and, at the time, was the 9th largest drop in United States history (See August 8).
- Kraft Foods
- August 5
- NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's Juno SpacecraftJuno (spacecraft)Juno is a NASA New Frontiers mission to the planet Jupiter. Juno was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011. The spacecraft is to be placed in a polar orbit to study the planet's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere...
launches to JupiterJupiterJupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
. The orbital insertion will occur in August 2016. - United States debt-ceiling crisisUnited States debt-ceiling crisisThe United States debt-ceiling crisis was a financial crisis in 2011 that started as a debate in the United States Congress about increasing the debt ceiling. The immediate crisis ended when a complex deal was reached that raised the debt ceiling and reduced future government spending...
: After the U.S. trading markets close for the weekend, the Standard & Poor'sStandard & Poor'sStandard & Poor's is a United States-based financial services company. It is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds. It is well known for its stock-market indices, the US-based S&P 500, the Australian S&P/ASX 200, the Canadian...
credit rating agency downgrades the credit ratingCredit ratingA credit rating evaluates the credit worthiness of an issuer of specific types of debt, specifically, debt issued by a business enterprise such as a corporation or a government. It is an evaluation made by a credit rating agency of the debt issuers likelihood of default. Credit ratings are...
of the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
from AAA to AA+ with a negative outlook. This was the first downgrade of the US credit rating since it was first issued in 1917. Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
's administration had told Standard and Poor's they made a nearly 2 trillion dollar error in their calculations. S&P acknowledged the error, but proceeded with the downgrade anyway.
- NASA
- August 6
- A NATO Chinook helicopter crashes2011 Chinook shootdown in AfghanistanOn 6 August 2011, a U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter was shot down while transporting a quick reaction force attempting to reinforce an engaged unit of Army Rangers in Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan...
in the Sayd Abad district of AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
's Wardak provinceWardak ProvinceMaidan Wardak Province is one of thirty four provinces of Afghanistan located in the central east region of Afghanistan. It has a population of approximately 540,100. The capital of the province is Maidan Shar...
after being shot down using rocket-propelled grenade by the Taliban with 38 deaths. At least 20 of the U.S. Navy SEALs killed in the attack were members of SEAL Team SixUnited States Naval Special Warfare Development GroupThe United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group , commonly known as DEVGRU and informally by its former name SEAL Team Six , is one of the United States' four secretive counter-terrorism and Special Mission Units .The vast majority of information about DEVGRU is highly classified, and...
, the unit that carried out the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. The Associated Press and CNN later reported that none of the unit members that participated in the raid were involved. This was the single deadliest day for US troops since the Afghanistan War began in 2001. - The computer hackingHacker (computer security)In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
group AnonymousAnonymous (group)Anonymous is an international hacking group, spread through the Internet, initiating active civil disobedience, while attempting to maintain anonymity. Originating in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, the term refers to the concept of many online community users simultaneously existing as an anarchic,...
attacks 70 mostly rural law enforcement websites in the United States. Many of the sheriff's offices outsourced their websites to the media hosting company, Brooks-Jeffrey Marketing. If Brooks-Jeffrey's have been breached, then that would give hackers access to every website that the company hosted.
- A NATO Chinook helicopter crashes
- August 7 – An Ohio man kills seven people before being shot dead by police.
- August 8 – United States debt-ceiling crisisUnited States debt-ceiling crisisThe United States debt-ceiling crisis was a financial crisis in 2011 that started as a debate in the United States Congress about increasing the debt ceiling. The immediate crisis ended when a complex deal was reached that raised the debt ceiling and reduced future government spending...
: The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average , also called the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, the Dow 30, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index, and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow...
plunges another 635 points (−5.6%) in reaction to Standard and Poor's downgrade on August 5. It is the 6th largest drop in United States history and the largest drop since December 2008. - August 9
- United States debt-ceiling crisisUnited States debt-ceiling crisisThe United States debt-ceiling crisis was a financial crisis in 2011 that started as a debate in the United States Congress about increasing the debt ceiling. The immediate crisis ended when a complex deal was reached that raised the debt ceiling and reduced future government spending...
: The U.S. Federal Reserve announces it will keep interest rates at "exceptionally low levels" at least through mid 2013; but, it also makes no commitment for further quantitative easingQuantitative easingQuantitative easing is an unconventional monetary policy used by central banks to stimulate the national economy when conventional monetary policy has become ineffective. A central bank buys financial assets to inject a pre-determined quantity of money into the economy...
. The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average , also called the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, the Dow 30, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index, and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow...
and the New York Stock ExchangeNew York Stock ExchangeThe New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at 13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010...
as well as other world stock markets, recover after recent falls. - The largest group of simultaneous recall electionsWisconsin Senate recall elections, 2011Recall elections for nine Wisconsin state senators were held during the summer of 2011; one was held on July 19 and six on August 9, with two more held on August 16. Voters attempted to put 16 state senators up for recall, eight Democrats and eight Republicans, because of the budget bill proposed...
in United States history ends with RepublicansRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
keeping control of the Wisconsin State SenateWisconsin State SenateThe Wisconsin Senate, the powers of which are modeled after those of the U.S. Senate, is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature, smaller than the Wisconsin State Assembly...
, despite DemocratsDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
picking up 2 seats.
- United States debt-ceiling crisis
- August 10
- New England Journal of Medicine: A therapy destroys leukemia (advanced cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemiaChronic lymphocytic leukemiaB-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia , also known as chronic lymphoid leukemia , is the most common type of leukemia. Leukemias are cancers of the white blood cells . CLL affects B cell lymphocytes. B cells originate in the bone marrow, develop in the lymph nodes, and normally fight infection by...
, or CLL) in three patients. - United States debt-ceiling crisisUnited States debt-ceiling crisisThe United States debt-ceiling crisis was a financial crisis in 2011 that started as a debate in the United States Congress about increasing the debt ceiling. The immediate crisis ended when a complex deal was reached that raised the debt ceiling and reduced future government spending...
: Stocks dive again on Europe and economy fears. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 519.83 points, or 4.62% to 10719.94, more than wiping out the gains posted in Tuesday's sizable late-day rally. It was the Dow's fourth triple-digit move in five days and brings its declines since its April peak to more than 16%.
- New England Journal of Medicine: A therapy destroys leukemia (advanced cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- August 12
- Judge sentences Ohio serial killer Anthony SowellAnthony SowellAnthony Edward Sowell is an American serial killer, identified in press reports as the "Cleveland Strangler". He was arrested in October 2009 as a suspect in the murders of eleven women whose bodies were discovered at his Cleveland, Ohio, duplex at 12205 Imperial Avenue, located in the Mt...
to death by lethal injectionLethal injectionLethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...
– he is believed to be responsible for 11 murders. - United States Post Office considering budget cuts of cutting as many as 120,000 jobs.
- Judge sentences Ohio serial killer Anthony Sowell
- August 13
- Ames Straw PollAmes Straw PollThe Ames Straw Poll is a presidential straw poll taken by Iowa Republicans. It occurs in Ames, Iowa on the campus of Iowa State University, on a Saturday in August of years in an election cycle in which the Republican presidential nomination seems to be undecided...
: Republican candidates for the party's nomination in the 2012 presidential electionUnited States presidential election, 2012The United States presidential election of 2012 is the next United States presidential election, to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. It will be the 57th quadrennial presidential election in which presidential electors, who will actually elect the President and the Vice President of the United...
face off in the informal Iowa contest. Congresswoman Michele BachmannMichele BachmannMichele Marie Bachmann is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing , a post she has held since 2007. The district includes several of the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities, such as Woodbury, and Blaine as well as Stillwater and St. Cloud.She is currently a...
of Minnesota finishes first place, ahead of runner-up Rep. Ron PaulRon PaulRonald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...
of Texas, and former Governor of MinnesotaGovernor of MinnesotaThe Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Forty different people have been governors of the state, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory. Alexander Ramsey, the first territorial...
Tim PawlentyTim PawlentyTimothy James "Tim" Pawlenty , also known affectionately among supporters as T-Paw, is an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Minnesota . He was a Republican candidate for President of the United States in the 2012 election from May to August 2011...
, who comes in third. - Seven people are killed and 45 are injured when the main stage collapsesIndiana State Fair stage collapseThe Indiana State Fair stage collapse occurred in the Indiana State Fairgrounds grandstand on August 13, 2011 at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis...
at the Indiana State FairIndiana State FairThe Indiana State Fair is an annual fair held in Indianapolis, Indiana, usually in the month of August. The first fair was held in 1881 and the 2009 fair had the highest number of attendees at 973,902....
in IndianapolisIndianapolisIndianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
. The tragedy occurred in part from a hurricane-force wind gust ahead of an approaching severe thunderstorm. The scheduled event was to be a performance by the band Sugarland.
- Ames Straw Poll
- August 15 – GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
announces a proposed acquisition of Motorola MobilityMotorola MobilityMotorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. , formerly the Mobile Devices division of Motorola Inc. until January 2011, is a communications corporation headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. Motorola's networks division pioneered the flip phone with the StarTAC in the mid-1990s... - August 17 – University of Miami football scandal2011 University of Miami athletics scandalIn 2011, the University of Miami Hurricanes football and men's basketball programs were investigated for NCAA rules violations alleged to have taken place from 2002 to 2010, centering around improper benefits given by booster Nevin Shapiro, and reported by investigative reporters at Yahoo!...
: NCAA investigating claims by a former booster, Nevin Shapiro, who claims that he provided players with prostitutes, cars and other gifts over the past decade. - August 19
- PresidentPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
provides temporary relief for illegal immigrants who are students, veterans, the elderly, crime victims and those with family, including same-sex partnersSame-sex marriageSame-sex marriage is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender. Supporters of legal recognition for same-sex marriage typically refer to such recognition as marriage equality....
, as part of immigration reformImmigration reformImmigration reform is a term used in political discussion regarding changes to current immigration policy of a country. In its strict definition, "reform " means to change into an improved form or condition, by amending or removing faults or abuses....
in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. - Hewlett-PackardHewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
shares drop 20% on news that the company plans to spin-out its personal computerPersonal computerA personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
division into a separate company. - Doctor Tyron Reece, who last year wrote nearly a million prescriptions for the painkiller hydrocodoneHydrocodoneHydrocodone or dihydrocodeinone is a semi-synthetic opioid derived from either of two naturally occurring opiates: codeine and thebaine. It is an orally active narcotic analgesic and antitussive...
, has been charged with assisting a Mexican prescription drug smuggling ring.
- President
- August 20 – Striking Verizon union workers will return to work starting August 22, 2011, though their contract dispute isn't resolved.
- August 23 – A rare Eastern-seaboard earthquake of magnitude 5.92011 Virginia earthquakeThe 2011 Virginia earthquake occurred on August 23, 2011, at 1:51 pm EDT in the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of Virginia. The epicenter, in Louisa County, was northwest of Richmond and south-southwest of the town of Mineral...
strikes in VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. The extensive fault line across multiple states results in activity being felt in Washington D.C. and New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. - August 24
- A Russian ProgressProgress M-12MProgress M-12M , identified by NASA as Progress 44 or 44P, was an unmanned Progress spacecraft that was lost in a launch failure in August 2011, at the start of a mission to resupply the International Space Station. It was the twelfth modernised Progress-M spacecraft to be launched...
resupply vehicle that was destined for the International Space StationInternational Space StationThe International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
experienced a catastrophic engine failure. The unmanned craft failed to reach orbit and impacted in the Altai RepublicAltai RepublicAltai Republic is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the town of Gorno-Altaysk. The area of the republic is . Population: -Geography:...
. - The ailing head of Apple Inc., Steve JobsSteve JobsSteven Paul Jobs was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc...
resigns.
- A Russian Progress
- August 26 – The filming of government officials while on duty is protected by the First AmendmentFirst Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...
, said the United States First Circuit CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Maine* District of Massachusetts...
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- August 28 – Hurricane IreneHurricane Irene (2011)Hurricane Irene was a large and powerful Atlantic hurricane that left extensive flood and wind damage along its path through the Caribbean, the United States East Coast and as far north as Atlantic Canada in 2011...
: A rare hurricane drives North up the mid-atlantic and Northeast coast. 9 million homes loose power. Total Caribbean and U. S. fatalities and flooding damage are 55 dead and US$10 billion respectively. The New EnglandNew EnglandNew England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
state of VermontVermontVermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
suffers its worst flooding in 100 years. - August 30 – While reportedly on his way to surrender to police in the US city of Atlanta to face murder charges, former National Basketball AssociationNational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player Javaris CrittentonJavaris CrittentonJavaris Cortez Crittenton is an American professional basketball player who has most recently played for the Dakota Wizards of the NBA D-League. He was previously the starting point guard for the Georgia Tech men's basketball team....
is arrested by the FBIFederal Bureau of InvestigationThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
at John Wayne AirportJohn Wayne AirportJohn Wayne Airport is an airport in an unincorporated area in Orange County, California, with its mailing address in the city of Santa Ana, which is also the county seat, hence the International Air Transport Association airport code. The main entrance to the airport is off of MacArthur Blvd in...
in Orange County, CaliforniaOrange County, CaliforniaOrange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
. - August 31
- SolyndraSolyndraSolyndra was a manufacturer of cylindrical panels of CIGS thin-film solar cells based in Fremont, California. Although the company was once touted for its unusual technology, plummeting silicon prices led to the company being unable to compete with more conventional solar panels...
, a CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
solar panel company declares bankruptcy. Only 2 years earlier, Solyndra had received over $500 million dollars from the federal government as requested by the Obama administration. - The United States Department of JusticeUnited States Department of JusticeThe United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
files a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the $39 billion merger between cell phone giants AT&TAT&TAT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
and T-MobileT-MobileT-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
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- Solyndra
September
- September 1 – Tropical Storm LeeTropical Storm Lee (2011)Tropical Storm Lee was the twelfth named storm and thirteenth system overall of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, developing from a broad tropical disturbance over the Gulf on September 1. It was designated as Tropical Storm Lee the next day...
: With memories of Hurricane Katrina, a Gulf of TexasGulf Coast of the United StatesThe Gulf Coast of the United States, sometimes referred to as the Gulf South, South Coast, or 3rd Coast, comprises the coasts of American states that are on the Gulf of Mexico, which includes Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and are known as the Gulf States...
storm lands on New Orleans. After a storm track footprint into the Southeastern states, there are a total of 21 fatalities. - September 2 – An audit report from the United States Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that last year illegal aliens fraudulently collected $4.2 billion from the Additional Child Tax Credit, a refundable credit meant for working families. The audit found that the means for the crime was as a result of vague U.S. law.
- September 3 – A 47-year-old North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
man was convicted of eight counts of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths at a nursing home on March 29, 2009 – the type of conviction means that he will not be eligible for the death penalty. - September 5
- WildfiresBastrop County Complex fireThe Bastrop County Complex fire was a major wildfire that struck Bastrop County in the U.S. state of Texas in September 2011. The fire started on September 4, 2011, during Labor Day weekend, and burned east of the city of Bastrop. 1,645 homes were destroyed by the fire, making it the most...
rage across TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. A fire near Bastrop, TexasBastrop, Texas-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there are 5340 people in Bastrop, organized into 2034 households and 1336 families. The population density is 734.8 people per square mile . There are 2,239 housing units at an average density of 308.1 per square mile...
burns 1500 homes and 34000 acres (137.6 km²), breaking the record for most homes destroyed in a single fire in Texas history. - The new format, prime-time Muscular Dystrophy AssociationMuscular Dystrophy AssociationThe Muscular Dystrophy Association is an American organization which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public...
Telethons begin without Jerry LewisJerry LewisJerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis...
. In six hours, the organization, which leads the fight against progressive muscle diseases, broadcast its 46th annual MDA Labor Day Telethon. The 2011 telethon raised $61,491,393 — up from the $58,919,838 achieved during the prior year’s 21½-hour telethon.
- Wildfires
- September 8 – President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
unveils the American Jobs Act to a joint-session of CongressUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
. Critics label it as a "Third stimulus package". - September 11
- The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
opens ten years after the September 11 attacks. - In tennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Samantha StosurSamantha StosurSamantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
of AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
wins the Women's Singles2011 US Open – Women's SinglesKim Clijsters was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew due to an abdominal injury.Ninth seed Samantha Stosur won her first Grand Slam championship, defeating the favourite Serena Williams, a three-time US Open champion and the 28th seed, 6–2, 6–3 in the final...
in the 2011 US Open2011 US Open (tennis)The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States...
defeating Serena WilliamsSerena WilliamsSerena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
of the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
6–2, 6–3.
- The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York
- September 12
- Bank of AmericaBank of AmericaBank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
announces 30,000 layoffs. - In tennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Novak DjokovicNovak DjokovicNovak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
of SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
wins the Men's Singles2011 US Open – Men's SinglesRafael Nadal was the defending champion, but was defeated in the final by Novak Djokovic with a score of 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1. Djokovic claimed his first US Open title, his third Grand Slam of the year, and his fourth Grand Slam overall.-Seeds:...
at the 2011 US Open2011 US Open (tennis)The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States...
defeating Rafael NadalRafael NadalRafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
of SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
6–2, 6–4, 6–7 (3–7), 6–1.
- Bank of America
- September 13 –
- In what was called a referendumReferendumA referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...
on President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
, RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Bob TurnerBob Turner (politician)Robert L. "Bob" Turner is the United States Representative for New York's 9th congressional district which straddles parts of Brooklyn and Queens. He is a member of the Republican Party, holding his first public office. He was elected in September 2011 to complete the term of Democrat Anthony...
defeats DemocratDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
David Weprin in a special electionNew York's 9th congressional district special election, 2011A 2011 special election in New York's 9th congressional district was held on September 13, 2011 to fill a seat in the U.S. Congress for New York's 9th congressional district, after Representative Anthony Weiner resigned from this seat on June 21, 2011 due to his sexting scandal...
for New York's 9th congressional districtNew York's 9th congressional districtNew York's 9th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It includes parts of southern Brooklyn and south central Queens...
, the seat held previously by Anthony Weiner until he resigned amid a sexting scandal. Turner is the first Republican to represent this district in 88 years. - The Fall television season officially kicks off with the first new show, RingerRinger (TV series)Ringer is an American television series that premiered on The CW on September 13, 2011. The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays twin sisters Bridget Kelly and Siobhan Martin...
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- In what was called a referendum
- September 14
- In a court caseDuPont v. Kolon IndustriesDuPont v. Kolon Industries is an intellectual property dispute centering on the allegation that Kolon Industries , a South Korea-based company, stole trade secrets concerning the production and marketing of Kevlar from DuPont, an American chemical company. Kevlar is a high strength synthetic fiber...
concerning the theft of KevlarKevlarKevlar is the registered trademark for a para-aramid synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. Developed at DuPont in 1965, this high strength material was first commercially used in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires...
-related trade secrets, DuPontDuPontE. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
is awarded US$920 million in damages. - NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
announces plans for a Space Launch SystemSpace Launch SystemThe Space Launch System, or SLS, is a Space Shuttle-derived heavy launch vehicle being designed by NASA, following the cancellation of the Constellation Program, to replace the retired Space Shuttle. The NASA Authorization Act of 2010 envisions the transformation of the Ares I and Ares V vehicle...
to replace the Space ShuttleSpace ShuttleThe Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
program with the first flight tentatively scheduled for 2017.
- In a court case
- September 15
- The HouseUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
passes a bill that would severely limit the power of the National Labor Relations BoardNational Labor Relations BoardThe National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States government charged with conducting elections for labor union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices. Unfair labor practices may involve union-related situations or instances of...
with a vote of 238–186. The NLRB had recently come under fire from Republicans for trying to prevent BoeingBoeingThe Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
from opening a new 747Boeing 747The Boeing 747 is a wide-body commercial airliner and cargo transport, often referred to by its original nickname, Jumbo Jet, or Queen of the Skies. It is among the world's most recognizable aircraft, and was the first wide-body ever produced...
production facility in South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
with non-union workers instead of in Washington State. - Criminal questions arise over a United States Air ForceUnited States Air ForceThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
general being pressured by the Obama administration to approve a plan by telecom company LightSquaredLightSquaredLightSquared is a company that plans to develop a wholesale 4G LTE wireless broadband communications network integrated with satellite coverage across the United States.-History:...
to develop a nationwide satellite phone network. The company has backing by DemocraticDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
donors. LightSquaredLightSquaredLightSquared is a company that plans to develop a wholesale 4G LTE wireless broadband communications network integrated with satellite coverage across the United States.-History:...
technology may be a threat to Global Positioning SystemGlobal Positioning SystemThe Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites...
guidance of U. S. missiles and airline Air traffic controlAir traffic controlAir traffic control is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The primary purpose of ATC systems worldwide is to separate aircraft to prevent collisions, to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide information and other...
systems. - Walter Reed Hospital closes.
- The House
- September 16 – 2011 Reno Air Races crash2011 Reno Air Races crashOn September 16, 2011, at the Reno Air Races, a North American P-51D Mustang flown by James K. "Jimmy" Leeward crashed into spectators, killing 11 people including the pilot, and injuring at least 69. It was the third-deadliest airshow disaster in U.S. history, following accidents in 1972 and 1951,...
: There are 11 dead and at least 75 injured, 25 critically, when a P-51D Mustang airplane crashes into the crowd at the annual Reno Air RacesReno Air RacesThe Reno Air Races, also known as the National Championship Air Races, take place each September at the Reno Stead Airport a few miles north of Reno, Nevada, USA...
in Reno, NevadaReno, NevadaReno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
. - September 17 – Occupy Wall StreetOccupy Wall StreetOccupy Wall Street is an ongoing series of demonstrations initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters which began September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district...
: Thousands march on Wall StreetWall StreetWall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...
in response to high unemployment, record executive bonuses, and extensive bailouts of the financial system. - September 18 – The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards63rd Primetime Emmy AwardsThe 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2010 until May 31, 2011, was held on September 18, 2011, at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Fox televised the ceremony within the United States. Actress Jane Lynch hosted...
for television programs broadcast in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
are held in Los AngelesLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
with Mad MenMad MenMad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
winning the outstanding drama seriesPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama SeriesThis page lists the winners and nominees for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, since its institution in 1951. The award is often cited as one of the "main awards" at the Emmys ceremonies, and has changed names many times in its history. It was first called Best Dramatic Show...
and Modern FamilyModern FamilyModern Family is an American television comedy series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, which debuted on ABC on September 23, 2009. Lloyd and Levitan serve as showrunner and executive producers, under their Levitan-Lloyd Productions label...
winning the Outstanding ComedyPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy SeriesThe Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series is an Emmy given to the best television comedy series of the year.-Winners and nominees:...
. - September 20 – The United States military officially ends its policy of Don't ask, don't tellDon't ask, don't tell"Don't ask, don't tell" was the official United States policy on homosexuals serving in the military from December 21, 1993 to September 20, 2011. The policy prohibited military personnel from discriminating against or harassing closeted homosexual or bisexual service members or applicants, while...
allowing gay and lesbian personal to publicly declare their sexual orientation. - September 22 – The Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Bureau of InvestigationThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
arrests suspected members of the computer hacking groups LulzsecLulzSecLulz Security, commonly abbreviated as LulzSec, is a computer hacker group that claims responsibility for several high profile attacks, including the compromise of user accounts from Sony Pictures in 2011. The group also claimed responsibility for taking the CIA website offline...
and AnonymousAnonymous (group)Anonymous is an international hacking group, spread through the Internet, initiating active civil disobedience, while attempting to maintain anonymity. Originating in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, the term refers to the concept of many online community users simultaneously existing as an anarchic,...
in the US cities of PhoenixPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
and San FranciscoSan Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. - September 23
- 2011 NBA lockout2011 NBA lockoutThe 2011 NBA lockout is the fourth lockout in the history of the National Basketball Association . The owners began the work stoppage at 12:01 am EDT on July 1, 2011. The main issues dividing the owners and the players are revenue sharing and the structure of the salary cap...
: The ongoing labor dispute forces the NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
to cancel the first 43 preseason games of the 2011–12 NBA season2011–12 NBA seasonThe 2011–12 NBA season, the 66th season of the National Basketball Association , will officially begin with the signing of a new collective bargaining agreement between the owners of all 30 NBA teams and the NBA's players. The previous CBA, which was ratified in 2005, expired at 12:01 AM EDT on...
. - The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average , also called the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, the Dow 30, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index, and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow...
has its worst week in nearly 3 years, falling 6.41% as new recession fears grow.
- 2011 NBA lockout
- September 27 – Andy Rooney announces his retirement from 60 Minutes60 Minutes60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation....
after 33 years of providing commentary. - September 28 – The United States Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCenters for Disease Control and PreventionThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta...
links an outbreak of listeriosis that has caused 23 deaths and 116 illnesses in 25 states to infected cantaloupeCantaloupe"Rockmelon" redirects here, for the band see Rockmelons. See also Cantaloupe .Cantaloupe refers to a variety of Cucumis melo, a species in the family Cucurbitaceae which includes nearly all melons and squashes. Cantaloupes range in size from...
s from ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. - September 30 – After a manhunt that lasted more than two years, during a U.S. military operation in northern Yemen's al-JawfAl Jawf GovernorateAl Jawf is a governorate of Yemen.-Districts:*Al Ghayl District*Al Hazm District*Al Humaydat District*Al Khalq District*Al Maslub District*Al Matammah District*Al Maton District*Az Zahir District*Bart Al Anan District*Khabb wa ash Sha'af District...
province, American drones carried out a targeted killingTargeted killingTargeted killing is the deliberate, specific targeting and killing, by a government or its agents, of a supposed terrorist or of a supposed "unlawful combatant" who is not in that government's custody...
of al-Qaida's leader in the Arabian Peninsula Anwar al-AwlakiAnwar al-AwlakiAnwar al-Awlaki was an American and Yemeni imam who was an engineer and educator by training. According to U.S. government officials, he was a senior talent recruiter and motivator who was involved with planning operations for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda...
while he traveled in a convoy together with his senior aides.
October
- October 1 – 700 people are arrested while attempting to cross the Brooklyn BridgeBrooklyn BridgeThe Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River...
during the Occupy Wall StreetOccupy Wall StreetOccupy Wall Street is an ongoing series of demonstrations initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters which began September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district...
movement. - October 3
- Amanda KnoxAmanda KnoxAmanda Marie Knox is an American woman who was accused of the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Umbria, Italy. She served 4 years of a 26-year sentence before the murder conviction was overturned on October 3, 2011. Raffaele Sollecito, Knox's boyfriend at the time of the murder, was also...
is released from Italian prison following a successful appeal of her murder conviction. - The U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
announces that it won't hear a much-noted disputeVernor v. Autodesk, Inc.Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc. was a case in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington regarding the applicability of the first-sale doctrine to software sold under the terms of so-called "shrinkwrap licensing." The court held that when the transfer of software to the...
on the width of the "first sale" doctrine in copyright law. The Supreme Court denied Vernor's petition for certiorari – the action affirms the lower court of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona...
which held that when the transfer of software to the purchaser materially resembled a sale it was, in fact, not a "sale with restrictions on use", giving rise to no right to resell the copy under the first-sale doctrine. As such, Autodesk could pursue an action for copyright infringement against Vernor, who sought to resell used versions of its software on eBay. The Ninth Circuit's decision means that the policy considerations involved in the case might affect motion pictures and libraries as well as sales of used software. The net effect of the Ninth Circuit's ruling (and now the Supreme Court's) is to limit the "You bought it, you own it" principle asserted by such organizations whom would like to resell items. - AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
cell phone service provider Sprint NextelSprint NextelSprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
reportedly pays $20 billion for exclusive rights to Apple's next mobile phoneIPhone 4SThe iPhone 4S is a touchscreen slate smartphone developed by Apple Inc. It is the fifth generation of the iPhone, a device that combines a widescreen iPod with a touchscreen, mobile phone, and internet communicator. It retains the exterior design of its predecessor, iPhone 4, but is host to a range...
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- Amanda Knox
- October 4
- In basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, the North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n National Basketball AssociationNational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
cancels the remainder of the preseason due to the 2011 NBA lockout2011 NBA lockoutThe 2011 NBA lockout is the fourth lockout in the history of the National Basketball Association . The owners began the work stoppage at 12:01 am EDT on July 1, 2011. The main issues dividing the owners and the players are revenue sharing and the structure of the salary cap...
, with cancellation of games in the regular season2011–12 NBA seasonThe 2011–12 NBA season, the 66th season of the National Basketball Association , will officially begin with the signing of a new collective bargaining agreement between the owners of all 30 NBA teams and the NBA's players. The previous CBA, which was ratified in 2005, expired at 12:01 AM EDT on...
occurring if the lockout continues for another week. - Voters in the US state of West VirginiaWest VirginiaWest Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
go to the polls for a gubernatorial special electionWest Virginia gubernatorial special election, 2011The 2011 West Virginia gubernatorial election was a special election held on October 4, 2011 to fill the office of the West Virginia Governor. The office became vacant upon the resignation of Governor Joe Manchin, who was elected to fill the seat of Robert Byrd in the United States Senate in 2010...
with acting Governor, DemocratDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Earl Ray TomblinEarl Ray TomblinEarl Ray Tomblin is an American politician who serves as the 35th and current Governor of West Virginia. Tomblin is a member of the Democratic Party. Tomblin has served as President of the West Virginia State Senate for over 16 years. He became Acting Governor in 2010 following Joe Manchin's...
, being elected as Governor of West Virginia.
- In basketball
- October 5 – Steve JobsSteve JobsSteven Paul Jobs was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc...
dies at the age of 56. He was an American computer engineer, who co-founded in 1976 Apple Inc., an electronics producer, which at many times has been the largest company in the world. Jobs was also one of the founders of Pixar. - October 7 – The NYPD busts a Queens-based identity theftIdentity theftIdentity theft is a form of stealing another person's identity in which someone pretends to be someone else by assuming that person's identity, typically in order to access resources or obtain credit and other benefits in that person's name...
and retail crimeOrganized retail crimeOrganized retail crime refers to professional shoplifting, cargo theft, retail crime rings and other organized crime occurring in retail environments. One person acting alone is not considered an example of organized retail crime. The FBI has estimated that the losses attributed to organized...
ring, arresting over 110 people. It was the largest identity theft ring in the history of the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, making an annual profit of over $13 million. - October 11
- The United States SenateUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
passes economic sanctions on China due to so called low manipulation of the yuanChinese yuanThe yuan is the base unit of a number of modern Chinese currencies. The yuan is the primary unit of account of the Renminbi.A yuán is also known colloquially as a kuài . One yuán is divided into 10 jiǎo or colloquially máo...
. - The United States SenateUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
rejects the American Jobs ActAmerican Jobs ActThe American Jobs Act and are bills proposed by US President Barack Obama in a nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress on September 8, 2011...
in a procedural vote.
- The United States Senate
- October 14
- The United States under President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
deployed 100 troops in UgandaUgandaUganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
to assist in the capture of Lord's Resistance ArmyLord's Resistance ArmyThe Lord's Resistance Army insurgency is an ongoing guerrilla campaign waged since 1987 by the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, operating mainly in northern Uganda, but also in South Sudan and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...
leader Joseph KonyJoseph KonyJoseph Kony is an African terrorist who is the head of the Lord's Resistance Army , a guerrilla group that is engaged in a violent campaign to establish theocratic government based on the Ten Commandments in Uganda...
in the current insurgency.
- The United States under President Barack Obama
- October 22 – RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Governor Bobby JindalBobby JindalPiyush "Bobby" Jindal is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana and formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party....
wins a second term as Governor of Louisiana.
November
- November 4 – After announcing his retirement on September 27, Andy Rooney dies at the age of 92.
- November 7 – Jerry SanduskyJerry SanduskyGerald Arthur "Jerry" Sandusky is a retired American football coach. Sandusky served as an assistant coach for his entire career, mostly at Pennsylvania State University under Joe Paterno, and was one of the most notable major college football coaches never to have held a head coaching position. ...
, a former assistant coach for the Penn State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
football team, is arrested on nearly 40 counts of molesting eight boys over a 15-year period. The charges come following a grand jury investigation, which also alleges attempts to cover up the incidents and failure to report the incidents to law enforcement. In the days following the report, longtime coach Joe PaternoJoe PaternoJoseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno is a former college football coach who was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions for 46 years from 1966 through 2011. Paterno, nicknamed "JoePa," holds the record for the most victories by an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football coach with...
and university president Graham SpanierGraham SpanierGraham B. Spanier is an American academic, who served as the 16th president of the Pennsylvania State University from September 1, 1995, until he was forced to resign on November 9, 2011, in the aftermath of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal...
(already heavily criticized for alleged inaction) are fired. - November 8 – Election Day
- RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Phil Bryant wins the 2011 Mississippi Gubernatorial electionMississippi gubernatorial election, 2011The 2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election, occurred on November 8 of that year. Incumbent Governor Haley Barbour was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits....
. - Voters in MississippiMississippiMississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
reject a life-at-conception proposal. - Incumbent DemocratDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Steve BeshearSteve BeshearSteven Lynn "Steve" Beshear is an American politician who is the 61st Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A Democrat, Beshear previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1979, was the state's Attorney General from 1980 to 1983, and was Lieutenant Governor from...
wins the 2011 Kentucky Gubernatorial electionKentucky gubernatorial election, 2011The 2011 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place to elect the governor of Kentucky on November 8, 2011. Incumbent Democrat Steve Beshear won re-election, defeating Republican challenger David L...
. - Republicans gain control of the Virginia Senate, with Republican Lieutenant Governor of VirginiaLieutenant Governor of VirginiaThe Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years along with the Governor and Attorney General. The office is currently held by Republican William T. Bolling. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected...
Bill BollingBill BollingWilliam T. "Bill" Bolling is the current Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Running as a Republican, he was elected twice to the position by defeating his Democratic opponent in both the 2005 and 2009 general elections. He is the first Lieutenant Governor in the Commonwealth of Virginia to serve two...
breaking all tie votes. - Arizona SenateArizona SenateThe Arizona Senate is part of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. The Senate consists of 30 members representing an equal amount of constituencies across the state, with each district having average populations of 219,859 . Members serve two-year terms with...
majority leader Russell PearceRussell PearceRussell Pearce was a Republican Arizona State Senator representing Legislative District 18, which covers most of western and central Mesa and small portions of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Arizona, USA until ousted in a November 2011 recall election by Senator-elect Jerry Lewis...
is recalled from office. - Voters in OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
rejectOhio Senate Bill 5 Voter Referendum, Issue 2 (2011)The Ohio Collective Bargaining Limit Repeal appeared on the November 8, 2011 general election ballot in the state of Ohio as a veto referendum. Senate Bill 5 was repealed by Ohio voters after a campaign that pitted firefighters, police officers and teachers against the Republican establishment...
a law that would ban collective bargainingCollective bargainingCollective bargaining is a process of negotiations between employers and the representatives of a unit of employees aimed at reaching agreements that regulate working conditions...
for government employees.
- Republican
- November 14 – The United States Supreme Court announces it will make its ruling on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress...
sometime in 2012. - November 21 – The US national debt tops the United States's GDPGross domestic productGross domestic product refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living....
for the first time since the late 1940's. - November 26 – NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's Mars Science LaboratoryMars Science LaboratoryThe Mars Science Laboratory is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration mission with the aim to land and operate a rover named Curiosity on the surface of Mars. The MSL was launched November 26, 2011, at 10:02 EST and is scheduled to land on Mars at Gale Crater between August 6 and 20, 2012...
launches with the Curiosity rover. The scheduled landing date is August 6, 2012. - November 29 – AMR Corporation, the parent company of American AirlinesAmerican AirlinesAmerican Airlines, Inc. is the world's fourth-largest airline in passenger miles transported and operating revenues. American Airlines is a subsidiary of the AMR Corporation and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas adjacent to its largest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport...
announces a sudden bankruptcy. The company's stock plunges 84% on the news.
Ongoing
- War in AfghanistanWar in Afghanistan (2001–present)The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, as the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Afghan United Front launched Operation Enduring Freedom...
(2001–present) - War in Iraq (2003–present)
Predicted and scheduled events
- December 31 – All United States troops are scheduled to leave IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
.
Unknown dates- Blue WatersBlue WatersBlue Waters is the name of a petascale supercomputer to be deployed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...
, a petascalePetascaleIn computing, petascale refers to a computer system capable of reaching performance in excess of one petaflop, i.e. one quadrillion floating point operations per second. The standard benchmark tool is LINPACK and Top500.org is the organisation which tracks the fastest supercomputers...
supercomputerSupercomputerA supercomputer is a computer at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation.Supercomputers are used for highly calculation-intensive tasks such as problems including quantum physics, weather forecasting, climate research, molecular modeling A supercomputer is a...
being designed and built as a joint effort between the National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsNational Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsThe National Center for Supercomputing Applications is an American state-federal partnership to develop and deploy national-scale cyberinfrastructure that advances science and engineering. NCSA operates as a unit of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign but it provides high-performance...
, the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
and IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
is expected to be completed in this year.
January
Deaths in January 2011Deaths in 2011 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2011.-31:...
- January 1
- Charles FambroughCharles FambroughCharles Fambrough was a Jazz bassist, composer and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Fambrough was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers during the early 1980s...
, jazz musician and composer (b. 19501950 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S.* January 12 – Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivers his 'Perimeter Speech', outlining the boundary of U.S...
) - Billy Joe PattonBilly Joe PattonWilliam Joseph Patton was an American amateur golfer best known for almost winning the 1954 Masters Tournament.Patton was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1943....
, amateur golfer (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
)
- Charles Fambrough
- January 2
- William Richard RatchfordWilliam R. RatchfordWilliam Richard Ratchford was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Danbury, Connecticut, Ratchford graduated from Danbury High School, Danbury, Connecticut, in 1952. He received a B.A. from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, in 1956, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity....
, politician (b. 19341934 in the United States-January:* January 24 – Albert Einstein visits the White House.* January 26 – The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.-February:* February 22 – Frank Capra's It Happened One Night , starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, is released. It becomes a smash hit and the first...
) - Anne FrancisAnne FrancisAnne Lloyd Francis was an American actress, best known for her role in the science fiction film classic Forbidden Planet , and as the female private detective in the television series Honey West . She won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy award for her role in Honey West...
, actress (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
) - Peter HobbsPeter Hobbs (actor)Peter Hobbs was a French-born American character actor, known for roles on Broadway, television and film.Hobbs was born on January 19, 1918, in Étretat, France, to Dr. Austin L. Hobbs and Mabel Foote Hobbs. However, he was raised in New York City...
, French-born American actor (b. 1918) - Richard WintersRichard WintersMajor Richard "Dick" D. Winters was a United States Army officer and decorated war veteran. He commanded Company "E", 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during World War II....
, World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
soldier (b. 19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
)
- William Richard Ratchford
- January 5 – John Ertle Oliver, geophysicist (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - January 6 – Donald J. TysonDonald J. TysonDonald John Tyson was an American businessman who was the President and CEO of Tyson Foods during its rise to the top of the food business.-Early life:Don Tyson was born in Olathe, Kansas...
, businessman (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
) - January 8
- John Roll, US federal judge and 2011 Tucson shooting2011 Tucson shootingOn January 8, 2011, a mass shooting occurred near Tucson, Arizona. Nineteen people were shot, six of them fatally, with one other person injured at the scene during an open meeting that U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding with members of her constituency in a Casas Adobes Safeway...
victim (b. 19471947 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.* January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles...
) - Christina-Taylor Green, documentary subject and 2011 Tucson shooting2011 Tucson shootingOn January 8, 2011, a mass shooting occurred near Tucson, Arizona. Nineteen people were shot, six of them fatally, with one other person injured at the scene during an open meeting that U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding with members of her constituency in a Casas Adobes Safeway...
victim (b. 20012001 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Bill Clinton , George W. Bush * Vice President: Al Gore , Dick Cheney * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist...
)
- John Roll, US federal judge and 2011 Tucson shooting
- January 10 – John DyeJohn DyeJohn Carroll Dye was an American film and television actor known for his role as Andrew in the television series Touched by an Angel.-Early life:...
, actor (b. 19631963 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - John F. Kennedy until November 22, Lyndon B. Johnson*Vice President - Lyndon B. Johnson until November 22, vacant-January:* January 14 – George C. Wallace becomes governor of Alabama...
) - January 14 – Mississippi WinnMississippi WinnMississippi Winn was an American supercentenarian. At the age of , she was the 7th oldest person in the world at the time of her death. She became the oldest resident in Louisiana upon the death of Maggie Renfro on January 22, 2010. After Daisey Bailey's death on March 7, 2010, Winn became the...
, last living child of former American slaves (b. 18971897 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Grover Cleveland , William McKinley * Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson I , Garret Hobart...
) - January 18 – Sargent ShriverSargent ShriverRobert Sargent Shriver, Jr., known as Sargent Shriver, R. Sargent Shriver, or, from childhood, Sarge, was an American statesman and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family, serving in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations...
, Peace CorpsPeace CorpsThe Peace Corps is an American volunteer program run by the United States Government, as well as a government agency of the same name. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand US culture, and helping...
founder (b. 19151915 in the United States-January–March:* January – While working as a cook at New York's Sloan Hospital under an assumed name, Typhoid Mary infects 25 people, and is placed in quarantine for life....
) - January 21 – Dennis Oppenheim, artist (b. 19381938 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The March of Dimes is established by Franklin D. Roosevelt.* January 16 – Two landmark live recordings are produced this day: the very first of Mahler's Ninth by the Vienna Philharmonic under Bruno Walter in the face of dire circumstance; and Benny Goodman...
) - January 23 – Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanneJack LaLanneFrancois Henri "Jack" LaLanne was an American fitness, exercise, and nutritional expert and motivational speaker who is sometimes called "the godfather of fitness" and the "first fitness superhero." He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was 15...
, fitness and dietary health trainer (b. 19141914 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.* January 9 – The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc...
) - January 24 – Bernd EichingerBernd EichingerBernd Eichinger was a German film producer and director.- Life and career :Eichinger was born in Neuburg an der Donau. He attended the University of Television and Film Munich in the 1970s, and bought a stake in the fledgling studio company Neue Constantin Film in 1979, becoming its executive...
, German film producer and director, died in Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
(b. 1949) - January 25 – Daniel BellDaniel BellDaniel Bell was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, best known for his seminal contributions to the study of post-industrialism...
, sociologist (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - January 27 – Charlie CallasCharlie CallasCharlie Callas was an American comedian and actor most commonly known for his work with Mel Brooks, Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin and his many stand-up appearances on television talk shows in the 1970s...
, comedian and actor (b. 19271927 in the United States-January–March:* January 7 – The first transatlantic telephone call is made from New York City to London.* February 23 – The U.S. Federal Radio Commission begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.* March 11 – In New York City, the Roxy Theater is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.*...
) - January 29 – Milton BabbittMilton BabbittMilton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.-Biography:...
, composer (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
) - January 30 – John BarryJohn Barry (composer)John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...
, British film score composer, died in Oyster BayOyster Bay (town), New YorkThe Town of Oyster Bay is easternmost of the three towns in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County that extends from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the town population was...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
(b. 19331933 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1933 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - Ramsay MacDonald, national coalition-Events:* January - The London Underground diagram designed by Harry Beck is introduced to the public....
) - January 31
- Eunice Sanborn, supercentenarian (b. 18961896 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1896 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: Grover Cleveland * Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson I * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller...
) - Charles KamanCharles KamanCharles Huron Kaman was an American aeronautical engineer, businessman, inventor and philanthropist, known for his work in rotary-wing flight and also in musical instrument design via the Kaman Music Corporation.-Biography:...
, aeronautical engineer (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
)
- Eunice Sanborn, supercentenarian (b. 1896
February
Deaths in February 2011Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2011.-28:*Netiva Ben-Yehuda, 82, Israeli author and radio personality....
- February 3 – LeRoy GrannisLeRoy GrannisLeRoy 'Granny' Grannis was a veteran photographer. His portfolio of photography of surfing and related sea images from the 1960s enjoys a reputation that led The New York Times to dub him "the godfather of surfphotography." He was born in Hermosa Beach, California.-Life:Living a beachfront...
, surfing photographer (b. 19171917 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The University of Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14–0 in college football's 3rd Annual Rose Bowl.* January 11 – German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey , one of the events leading to U.S...
) - February 4 – Tura SatanaTura SatanaTura Satana was an American actress and former exotic dancer. She was best known for her role as "Varla" in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.-Early life:...
, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1938) - February 5 – Peggy ReaPeggy ReaPeggy Jane Rea was an American character actress known for her many roles in television, often playing matronly characters...
, actress (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
) - February 6 – Kenneth Harry Olsen, electrical engineer (b. 19261926 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.* March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.-April–June:...
) - February 7 – Maria AltmannMaria AltmannMaria Altmann was a Jewish refugee from Nazi Austria, noted for her ultimately successful legal campaign to reclaim five family-owned paintings by the artist Gustav Klimt, stolen by the Nazis during World War II, from the Government of Austria.She was born Maria Victoria Bloch, in Vienna...
, Austrian-born American litigant versus Nazi AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
(b. 1916) - February 8
- Marvin SeaseMarvin SeaseMarvin Sease aka "The Candy Licker" was an American blues and soul Singer/Songwriter known for his racy lyrics....
, blues singer (b. 19461946 in the United States-Events:-January–March:* January 6 – A revised and streamlined revival of Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat opens on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre.* January 25 – The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor....
) - Tony MalinoskyTony MalinoskyAnthony Francis Malinosky was a third baseman and shortstop in Major League baseball who played 35 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the season...
, baseball player (b. 19091909 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , William Howard Taft * Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks , James S...
)
- Marvin Sease
- February 10 – Bill JusticeBill JusticeWilliam Barnard "Bill" Justice was an animator and engineer for the Walt Disney Company.Justice joined Walt Disney Studios as an animator in 1937 and worked on such features as 1940's Fantasia, 1944's The Three Caballeros, 1951's Alice in Wonderland, and 1953's Peter Pan...
, cartoonist (b. 19141914 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.* January 9 – The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc...
) - February 11 – Nubia Barahona, murder victim (b. 20002000 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Bill Clinton * Vice President: Al Gore * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert * Senate Majority Leader: Trent Lott * Congress: 106th...
) - February 12
- Betty GarrettBetty GarrettBetty Garrett was an American actress, comedienne, singer and dancer who originally performed on Broadway before being signed to a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
, actress (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - Kenneth MarsKenneth MarsKenneth Mars was an American television, movie, and voice actor. He may be best-remembered for his roles in several Mel Brooks films: the insane Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in 1968's The Producers, and the relentless Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Fredrich Kemp in 1974's Young Frankenstein...
, actor (b. 19351935 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., begins in Flemington, New Jersey....
)
- Betty Garrett
- February 14 – George ShearingGeorge ShearingSir George Shearing, OBE was an Anglo-American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles, he had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s...
, jazz pianist (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - February 15 – Charles EpsteinCharles Epstein (geneticist)Charles Joseph Epstein of Tiburon, California, was a geneticist who was severely injured in 1993 when he became a victim of a mail bomb attack by the Unabomber.He died of pancreatic cancer.-References:...
, geneticist and Unabomber victim (b. 19331933 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Herbert Hoover until March 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt*Vice President - Charles Curtis until March 4, John N. Garner-January–March:* January 5 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay....
) - February 16
- Neal R. AmundsonNeal AmundsonNeal R. Amundson was an American chemical engineer. He was the Cullen Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Houston...
, mathematical modeling in chemical engineering (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
) - Leonard King "Len" LesserLen LesserLeonard King "Len" Lesser was an American actor. He was known for a key role in the Clint Eastwood movie Kelly's Heroes and his recurring role as Uncle Leo in Seinfeld, which began during the show's second season in "The Pony Remark" episode.-Early life:Lesser was born in The Bronx in 1922...
, actor (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
)
- Neal R. Amundson
- February 18 – Walter Seltzer, film producer (b. 19141914 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.* January 9 – The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc...
) - February 19 – Ollie MatsonOllie MatsonOllie Genoa Matson II was an American Olympic medal winning sprinter and professional American football running back who played in the National Football League, in 1952 and from 1954 to 1966...
, American football player (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
) - February 21
- Edwin D. KilbourneEdwin D. KilbourneEdwin Dennis Kilbourne was an American research scientist. Born in Buffalo, New York, he received his AB and MD degrees from Cornell University. After completion of service in the Medical Corps of the Army of the United States at the end of World War II, he trained in virus research at The...
, physician and vaccine scientist (b. 19201920 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities....
) - Dwayne McDuffieDwayne McDuffieDwayne Glenn McDuffie was an American writer of comic books and television, known for creating the animated television series Static Shock, writing and producing the animated series Justice League Unlimited, and co-founding the pioneering minority-owned-and-operated comic-book company Milestone...
, comic book writer, editor and animator (b. 19621962 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs are activated. SEAL Team One is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.* January 2 – NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins praises U.S. President John F...
) - Russell W. PetersonRussell W. PetersonRussell Wilbur "Russ" Peterson was an American scientist and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He served as Governor of Delaware as a member of the Republican Party...
, 66th Govenor of Delaware (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
) - Haila StoddardHaila StoddardHaila Stoddard was an American actor, producer, writer and director. During her career as an actress, Stoddard appeared in a number of plays, movies, and television series, including sixteen years as Pauline Rysdale in The Secret Storm from 1954 to 1970...
, actress (b. 19131913 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft , Woodrow Wilson * Vice President: vacant , Thomas R...
) - Judith SulzbergerJudith SulzbergerJudith P. Sulzberger of New York, New York, was a physician. Her family has been associated with The New York Times since her grandfather, Adolph Ochs purchased the paper in 1896.-Early Life and Childhood:...
, physician and newspaper director (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
)
- Edwin D. Kilbourne
- February 26 – Greg GoossenGreg GoossenGregory Bryant Goossen was an American catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball, playing from 1965 through 1970 for four different clubs in the American and National leagues...
, American baseball player and actor (b. 19451945 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1945 in the United States. World War II ends this year following the surrender of Germany in May and Japan in September.-Incumbents:*President - Franklin D. Roosevelt until April 12, Harry S. Truman...
) - February 27
- Frank BucklesFrank BucklesFrank Woodruff Buckles was the last surviving American veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1917 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.During World War II, he was captured by Japanese forces...
, soldier, last living U.S. World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
veteran (b. 19011901 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William McKinley , Theodore Roosevelt * Vice President: vacant , Theodore Roosevelt , vacant...
) - Duke SniderDuke SniderEdwin Donald "Duke" Snider , nicknamed "The Silver Fox" and "The Duke of Flatbush", was a Major League Baseball center fielder and left-handed batter who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers , New York Mets , and San Francisco Giants .Snider was elected to the National Baseball Hall of...
, American baseball player (b. 19261926 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.* March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.-April–June:...
) - Gary WinickGary WinickGary Winick was an American film director and producer who directed films such as Tadpole and 13 Going on 30...
, film director (b. 19611961 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Dwight Eisenhower until January 20, John F. Kennedy*Vice President - Richard Nixon until January 20, Lyndon B. Johnson-January–March:...
)
- Frank Buckles
- February 28
- Peter J. GomesPeter J. GomesPeter John Gomes was an American preacher and theologian,the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard Divinity School and Pusey Minister at Harvard's Memorial Church—in the words of Harvard's president "one of the great preachers of our generation, and a living symbol of courage and...
, professor and theologian (b. 19421942 in the United States-January:* January 1 – WWII: The United States and Philippines troops fight the Battle of Bataan.* January 10 – WWII: The last German air-raid on Liverpool destroys the home of William Patrick Hitler, Adolf Hitler's nephew...
) - Nick LaTourNick LaTourEdgar Daniel Nixon, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nick LaTour, was an American television, film, and stage actor. LaTour was the son of African American civil rights leader Edgar Nixon. On February 28, 2011, LaTour died of cancer at the age of 82.-Filmography:-External links:...
, actor (b. 19261926 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.* March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.-April–June:...
) - Jane RussellJane RussellJane Russell was an American film actress and was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s....
, actress (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
)
- Peter J. Gomes
March
Deaths in March 2011Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2011.-31:...
- March 1
- Leonard LomellLeonard LomellLeonard G. “Bud” Lomell was a highly decorated former United States Army Ranger who served in World War II. He is best known for his actions in the first hours of D-Day at Pointe du Hoc on the coast of Normandy, France...
, soldier (b. 19201920 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities....
) - John M. LoungeJohn M. LoungeJohn Michael "Mike" Lounge was an American engineer, a US Navy officer, a Vietnam war veteran, and a NASA astronaut. A veteran of three space shuttle flights, Lounge logged over 482 hours in space...
, astronaut (b. 19461946 in the United States-Events:-January–March:* January 6 – A revised and streamlined revival of Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat opens on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre.* January 25 – The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor....
)
- Leonard Lomell
- March 4
- Charles JarrottCharles JarrottCharles Jarrott was a British film and television director. He was best known for costume dramas he directed for producer Hal B...
, British movie director, died in Woodland Hills, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
(b. 1927) - Johnny PrestonJohnny PrestonJohnny Preston was an American pop music singer, who was best known for his international number one hit in 1960, "Running Bear".-Life and career:...
, singer (b. 19391939 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The Hewlett-Packard Company is founded.* January 1 – Texas A&M University wins its only football national championship.* January 5 – Amelia Earhart is officially declared dead after her 1937 disappearance.-February:...
)
- Charles Jarrott
- March 6 – Jean BartelJean BartelJean Bartel was Miss California and Miss America 1943. She won the talent and swimsuit awards at the national pageant. At 5 feet 8 inches tall, Bartel was the tallest pageant winner at the time...
, Miss AmericaMiss AmericaThe Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
Pageant winner and actress (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - March 8 – Mike StarrMike Starr (musician)Michael Christopher "Mike" Starr was an American musician, best known as the original bassist in Alice in Chains, with whom he played from the band's formation in 1987 until 1993.- Career :...
, musician (b. 19661966 in the United StatesThis is a list of notable events that took place in 1966 in the United States.-January:* January 2 – A strike of public transportation workers in New York City begins ....
) - March 9 – David S. BroderDavid S. BroderDavid Salzer Broder was an American journalist, writing for The Washington Post for over forty years. He also was an author, television news show pundit, and university lecturer....
, journalist (b. 19291929 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1929 in the United States.-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge until March 4, Herbert Hoover*Vice President - Charles G...
) - March 11 – Hugh MartinHugh MartinHugh Martin was an American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright. He is best known for his score for the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me In St...
, movie music composer (b. 19141914 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.* January 9 – The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc...
) - March 15
- Nate DoggNate DoggNathaniel Dwayne Hale , better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, was an American musician. He is noted for his membership of rap trio 213 and his solo career in which he collaborated with Dr. Dre, Warren G, Tupac and Snoop Dogg on many hit releases. Nate Dogg released three solo albums, G-Funk...
, hip hop artist (b. 19691969 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Lyndon B. Johnson until January 20, Richard Nixon*Vice President - Hubert Humphrey until January 20, Spiro Agnew-Events:-January:* January 1 – Ohio State defeats USC in the Rose Bowl to win the national title for the 1968 season....
) - Marty MarionMarty MarionMartin Whiteford Marion was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball from to . Marion played with the St. Louis Cardinals for the majority of his career before ending with the St. Louis Browns as a player-manager...
, American baseball player (b. 19171917 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The University of Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14–0 in college football's 3rd Annual Rose Bowl.* January 11 – German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey , one of the events leading to U.S...
)
- Nate Dogg
- March 17
- Ferlin HuskyFerlin HuskyFerlin Eugene Husky was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky honk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes...
, country music artist (b. 19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
) - Mirabelle Thao-Lo, murder victim (b. 20102010 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Barack Obama * Vice President: Joe Biden * Chief Justice: John Roberts* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nancy Pelosi * Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid * Congress: 111th...
)
- Ferlin Husky
- March 18
- Warren ChristopherWarren ChristopherWarren Minor Christopher was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State. He also served as Deputy Attorney General in the Lyndon Johnson administration, and as Deputy Secretary of State in the Jimmy...
, politician (b. 19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
) - Drew HillDrew HillAndrew Hill was a former professional American football player who was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the 12th round of the 1979 NFL Draft....
, American football player (b. 19561956 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.* January 22 – Redondo Junction train wreck in Los Angeles kills 30 people...
)
- Warren Christopher
- March 19 – Robert Ross (entrepreneur), medical school founder (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - March 23
- Jean BartikJean BartikJean Bartik was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer.She was born Betty Jean Jennings in Gentry County, Missouri, in 1924 and attended Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, majoring in mathematics. In 1945, she was hired by the University of Pennsylvania to work for Army...
, computer engineer (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
) - Elizabeth TaylorElizabeth TaylorDame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE was a British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age...
, Anglo-American actress (b. 19321932 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.* January 12 – Hattie W...
)
- Jean Bartik
- March 24 – Lanford WilsonLanford WilsonLanford Wilson was an American playwright who helped to advance the Off-Off-Broadway theater movement. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1980, was elected in 2001 to the Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2004 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters...
, playwright (b. 19371937 in the United States-January–March:* January 11 – The first issue of LOOK Magazine goes on sale in the United States.* January 12 – Adventurer and filmmaker Martin Johnson, of Martin and Osa Johnson fame, is killed along with four others in the crash of Western Air Express Flight 7 in mountainous terrain...
) - March 25 – Thomas EisnerThomas EisnerThomas Eisner was a German-American entomologist and ecologist, known as the "father of chemical ecology."He was a Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology at Cornell University, and Director of the Cornell Institute for Research in Chemical Ecology...
, biologist, died in IthacaIthacaIthaca or Ithaka is an island located in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of and a little more than three thousand inhabitants. It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. It lies off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
(b. 1929) - March 26
- Paul BaranPaul BaranPaul Baran was a Polish American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks.He invented packet switching techniques, and went on to start several companies and develop other technologies that are an essential part of the Internet and other modern digital...
, internet pioneer, died in Palo Alto, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
(b. 1926) - Harry CooverHarry CooverHarry Wesley Coover, Jr. was the inventor of Eastman 910, commonly known as Super Glue.-Life and career:Coover was born in Newark, Delaware, and received his Bachelor of Science from Hobart College before earning his Master of Science and Ph. D. from Cornell University...
, inventor (b. 19171917 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The University of Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14–0 in college football's 3rd Annual Rose Bowl.* January 11 – German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey , one of the events leading to U.S...
) - Geraldine FerraroGeraldine FerraroGeraldine Anne Ferraro was an American attorney, a Democratic Party politician, and a member of the United States House of Representatives. She was the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major American political party....
, politician (b. 19351935 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., begins in Flemington, New Jersey....
)
- Paul Baran
- March 27
- Farley GrangerFarley GrangerFarley Earle Granger was an American actor. In a career spanning several decades, he was perhaps best known for his two collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, Rope in 1948 and Strangers on a Train in 1951.-Early life:...
, actor (b. 19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
) - Dorothea PuenteDorothea PuenteDorothea Helen Puente was a convicted American serial killer. In the 1980s, Puente ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California, and cashed the Social Security checks of her elderly and mentally disabled boarders...
, murderer (b. 19291929 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1929 in the United States.-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge until March 4, Herbert Hoover*Vice President - Charles G...
)
- Farley Granger
- March 28
- Lee HoibyLee HoibyLee Henry Hoiby was an American composer and classical pianist. Best known as a composer of operas and songs, he was a disciple of composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Like Menotti, his works championed lyricism during a time when such compositions were deemed old fashioned and irrelevant to modern society...
, composer (b. 19261926 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.* March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.-April–June:...
) - Guy M. TownsendGuy M. TownsendGuy Mannering Townsend III was a retired United States Air Force Brigadier General, test pilot, and combat veteran...
, Air Force brigadier general and test pilot (b. 19201920 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities....
)
- Lee Hoiby
- March 31 – Mel McDanielMel McDanielMel McDaniel was an American country music artist. His chart making years were mainly the 1980s and his hits from that era include "Louisiana Saturday Night", "Big Ole Brew", "Stand Up", the Number One "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On", "I Call It Love", "Stand on It", and a remake of Chuck Berry's...
, country music artist (b. 19421942 in the United States-January:* January 1 – WWII: The United States and Philippines troops fight the Battle of Bataan.* January 10 – WWII: The last German air-raid on Liverpool destroys the home of William Patrick Hitler, Adolf Hitler's nephew...
)
April
Deaths in April 2011Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2011.-30:...
- April 1 – Lou GormanLou GormanJames Gerald "Lou" Gorman was an American baseball executive, and the former general manager of the Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball...
, American baseball manager (b. 19291929 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1929 in the United States.-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge until March 4, Herbert Hoover*Vice President - Charles G...
) - April 2
- Larry FinchLarry FinchLarry Finch was a player and coach for the University of Memphis men's basketball team. He is perhaps most famous for leading the Memphis State Tigers to the NCAA men's basketball championship game in 1973 in a heroic loss to the UCLA Bruins, led by Bill Walton.- Playing career :Finch was born in...
, college basketball player and coach (b. 19511951 in the United States-January–March:* January 10 – The new United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.* January 17 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul....
) - John C. HaasJohn C. HaasJohn Charles Haas was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the chairman of global chemical company Rohm and Haas from 1974 to 1978. He was the son of the company's co-founder Otto Haas. John Haas died of natural causes on April 2, 2011, at the age of 92.-External links:* bio at Rohm...
, chemical engineer (b. 19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
) - Bill VarneyBill VarneyHarold William Varney , better known as Bill Varney, was an American motion picture sound mixer. A two-time Academy Award winner, Varney shared the Academy Award for Best Sound for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981...
, motion picture sound editor (b. 19341934 in the United States-January:* January 24 – Albert Einstein visits the White House.* January 26 – The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.-February:* February 22 – Frank Capra's It Happened One Night , starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, is released. It becomes a smash hit and the first...
)
- Larry Finch
- April 3 – William PrusoffWilliam PrusoffWilliam Herman Prusoff was a pharmacologist who was an early innovator in antiviral drugs, developing idoxuridine, the first antiviral agent approved by the FDA, in the 1950s, and co-developing stavudine, one of the earliest AIDS drugs, in the mid-1980s.-References:...
, pharmacologist (b. 19201920 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities....
) - April 4 – Ned McWherterNed McWherterNed Ray McWherter was an American politician who served as the 46th Governor of Tennessee from 1987 to 1995. He was a Democrat.McWherter was born in Palmersville, Weakley County, Tennessee...
, politician (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
) - April 5
- Baruch Samuel BlumbergBaruch Samuel BlumbergBaruch Samuel "Barry" Blumberg was an American doctor and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , and the President of the American Philosophical Society from 2005 until his death.Blumberg received the Nobel Prize for "discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin...
, Nobel physician (b. 19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
) - Larry ShepardLarry ShepardLawrence William Shepard was a manager in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1968 to 1969. During his playing days, Shepard was a right-handed pitcher who played minor league baseball from 1941 through 1956, with time out for military service during World War II...
, American baseball manager (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
)
- Baruch Samuel Blumberg
- April 6
- Skip O'BrienSkip O'BrienBernard Francis O'Brien , better known as Skip O'Brien, was an American actor. Although he appeared in such films as 1997's Liar Liar and 2007's The Hitcher, he is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Detective Ray O'Riley from 2000–2003 on the American television show CSI...
, actor (b. 19501950 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S.* January 12 – Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivers his 'Perimeter Speech', outlining the boundary of U.S...
) - F. Gordon A. StoneF. Gordon A. StoneFrancis Gordon Albert Stone CBE, FRS, FRSC was an English chemist who was a prolific and decorated scholar. He specialized in the synthesis of main group and transition metal organometallic compounds. He received his B.A. in 1948 and Ph.D. in 1951, both from Cambridge University, England, where...
, chemist (b. 19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
).
- Skip O'Brien
- April 7 – Edward EdwardsEdward Edwards (serial killer)Edward Wayne Edwards was a convicted American serial killer. Edwards escaped from jail in Akron, Ohio in 1955 by pushing past a guard and fled across the country, holding up gas stations for money. He never wore a mask because he wanted to be famous. In 1961, he landed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted...
, murderer and one time member of the FBI's most wanted list (b. 19331933 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Herbert Hoover until March 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt*Vice President - Charles Curtis until March 4, John N. Garner-January–March:* January 5 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay....
) - April 9
- Jerry Lawson (engineer)Jerry Lawson (engineer)Gerald Anderson "Jerry" Lawson was an American electronic engineer known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console....
, video game pioneer (b. 19401940 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – RKO release Walt Disney's second full-length animated film, Pinocchio.* February 20 – Tom and Jerry make their debut in Puss Gets the Boot.* February 27 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14....
) - Sidney LumetSidney LumetSidney Lumet was an American director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit. He was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Director for 12 Angry Men , Dog Day Afternoon , Network and The Verdict...
, motion picture director (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
)
- Jerry Lawson (engineer)
- April 12
- Sidney HarmanSidney HarmanSidney Harman was an American businessman active in education, government, industry, and publishing. He was the Chairman Emeritus of Harman International Industries, Inc. Harman served as the U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce in 1977 and 1978. As of August 2010 Harman was also the publisher of...
, businessman and publisher (b. 19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
) - Eddie JoostEddie JoostEdwin David Joost was a shortstop and manager in American Major League Baseball. In 1954, Joost became the third and last manager in the 54-year history of the Philadelphia Athletics. Under Joost, the A's finished last in the American League and lost over 100 games...
, American baseball player and manager (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
)
- Sidney Harman
- April 14
- Walter BreuningWalter BreuningWalter Breuning 1896 2011) was an American supercentenarian. He was the last known surviving man who was born in 1896. Breuning is the oldest undisputed American-born man on record. He was the last verified American man born in the 19th Century. At the time of his death, Breuning was the third...
, former current oldest living man and third oldest man ever (b. 18961896 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1896 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: Grover Cleveland * Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson I * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller...
) - Cyrus Harvey, Jr.Cyrus Harvey, Jr.Cyrus "Cy" Isadore Harvey, Jr. was an American film distributor, the co-founder of Janus Films, and part-owner of the Brattle Theatre with his longtime business partner Bryant Haliday. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he was the son of Jewish immigrants...
, film distributor (b. 19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
) - William LipscombWilliam LipscombWilliam Nunn Lipscomb, Jr. was a Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist working in nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical chemistry, boron chemistry, and biochemistry.-Overview:...
, Nobel chemist (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - Arthur MarxArthur MarxArthur Julius Marx was an American author, a former ranked amateur tennis player, and son of entertainer Groucho Marx and his first wife, Ruth Johnson....
, writer (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
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- Walter Breuning
- April 16
- William A. RusherWilliam A. RusherWilliam Allen Rusher was an American lawyer, author, activist, speaker, debater, and conservative syndicated columnist. He was one of the founders of the conservative movement and was one of its most prominent spokesmen for thirty years.- Early life :Rusher was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1923...
, magazine publisher (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - Sol SaksSol SaksSol Saks was an American screenwriter best known as the creator of television sitcom Bewitched.-Career:...
, television writer (b. 19101910 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft * Vice President: James S. Sherman * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller , Edward Douglass White...
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- William A. Rusher
- April 17 – Joel ColtonJoel ColtonJoel G. Colton of Durham, North Carolina, was a modern history author. His textbook, A History of the Modern World, was included in the 1987 The New York Times list of the 19 textbooks considered classics in the field....
, historian (b. 19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
) - April 18 – William Donald SchaeferWilliam Donald SchaeferWilliam Donald Schaefer was an American politician who served in public office for 50 years at both the state and local level in Maryland. A Democrat, he was mayor of Baltimore from 1971 to 1987, the 58th Governor of Maryland from January 21, 1987 to January 18, 1995, and the Comptroller of...
, politician (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
) - April 19
- Lynn ChandnoisLynn ChandnoisLynn Chandnois was a former standout professional American football player who earned All-American honors for the Michigan State Spartans in 1949, the NFL Player Of The Year award for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1952 and twice made it to the Pro Bowl.After both his parents died, Lynn, who was born...
, American football player (b. 19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
) - Norm MastersNorm MastersNorman Donald Masters was an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers. He was originally drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1956 NFL Draft. He was 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighted 249 pounds...
, American football player (b. 19331933 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Herbert Hoover until March 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt*Vice President - Charles Curtis until March 4, John N. Garner-January–March:* January 5 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay....
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- Lynn Chandnois
- April 20
- Chris HondrosChris HondrosChris Hondros was an American Pulitzer Prize-nominated war photographer.-Biography:Chris Hondros was born in New York City to immigrant Greek and German parents who were child refugees after World War II...
, photojournalist (b. 19701970 in the United States-January:* January 5 – The first episode of All My Children is broadcast on the ABC television network.* January 11 – Super Bowl IV: The Kansas City Chiefs beat the heavily favored Minnesota Vikings 23–7....
) - Madelyn PughMadelyn PughMadelyn Pugh , sometimes credited as Madelyn Pugh Davis, Madelyn Davis, or Madelyn Martin, was a television writer who became known in the 1950s for her work on the I Love Lucy television series....
, television writer (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
)
- Chris Hondros
- April 21
- Harold GarfinkelHarold GarfinkelHarold Garfinkel was a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is known for establishing and developing ethnomethodology as a field of inquiry in sociology.-Biography:...
, sociologist (b. 19171917 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The University of Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14–0 in college football's 3rd Annual Rose Bowl.* January 11 – German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey , one of the events leading to U.S...
) - Max MathewsMax MathewsMax Vernon Mathews was a pioneer in the world of computer music.-Biography:...
, electrical engineer (b. 19261926 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.* March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.-April–June:...
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- Harold Garfinkel
- April 22 – Merle Greene RobertsonMerle Greene RobertsonMerle Greene Robertson was an American artist, art historian, archaeologist, lecturer and Mayanist researcher, renowned for her extensive work towards the investigation and preservation of the art, iconography and writing of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Central America.-Early...
, archaeologist (b. 19131913 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft , Woodrow Wilson * Vice President: vacant , Thomas R...
) - April 23 – Phillip ShriverPhillip ShriverPhillip Raymond Shriver was an American historian and college administrator who was president of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, from 1965 to 1981. -Biography:Phillip R. Shriver was born in Cleveland, Ohio...
, historian and college president (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
) - April 25 – Joe PerryJoe Perry (American football)Fletcher Joseph "Joe" Perry was a professional American football fullback for the San Francisco 49ers from 1948 to 1950 , then 1950 to 1960 when the 49ers were absorbed into the NFL, the Baltimore Colts from 1961–1962, and finally back to the 49ers for his final year in football,...
, American football player (b. 19271927 in the United States-January–March:* January 7 – The first transatlantic telephone call is made from New York City to London.* February 23 – The U.S. Federal Radio Commission begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.* March 11 – In New York City, the Roxy Theater is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.*...
) - April 26 – Jim MandichJim MandichJames Michael "Mad Dog" Mandich was a professional American football tight end with the Miami Dolphins. Mandich was an All-American at the University of Michigan. In 2004 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. As color commentator for the Miami Dolphins , he was teamed with Jimmy...
, American football player (b. 19481948 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The latest New Jersey State Constitution goes into effect.* January 29 – Plane crash at Los Gatos Creek, California kills 4 US citizens and 28 deportees, commemorated in a song by Woody Guthrie.-February:...
) - April 27 – Marian MercerMarian MercerMarian Ethel Mercer was an American actress and singer.Born in Akron, Ohio, she graduated from the University of Michigan, then spent several seasons working in summer stock. She made her Broadway debut in the chorus of the short-lived musical, Greenwillow in 1960...
, actress (b. 19351935 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., begins in Flemington, New Jersey....
) - April 28 – William CampbellWilliam Campbell (film actor)William Campbell was an American actor who appeared in supporting roles in major film productions and also starred in several low-budget B-movies, including two cult horror films.-Career:...
, actor (b. 19261926 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.* March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.-April–June:...
)
May
Deaths in May 2011Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2011.-31:*Pauline Betz, 91, American tennis player....
- May 1
- Steven A. OrszagSteven A. OrszagSteven Alan Orszag was an American mathematician. He was the Percey F. Smith Professor of Mathematics at Yale University from 2000 until his death in 2011, having joined the Yale faculty in 1998. Earlier, he was the Forrest E...
, mathematician (b. 19431943 in the United States-January:* January 4 – Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California, is succeeded by Earl Warren.* January 11 – The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.* January 14 – The Casablanca Conference, where Franklin D...
) - William O. Taylor IIWilliam O. Taylor IIWilliam Osgood "Bill" Taylor II was an American journalist and newspaper executive who served as publisher and chairman emertius of The Boston Globe. He helped broker the sale of The Globe to New York Times Co. in 1992....
, journalist (b. 19321932 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.* January 12 – Hattie W...
) - J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr.J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr.Jesse Ernest Wilkins, Jr. was an African American mathematician and nuclear scientist, who gained first fame on entering the University of Chicago at age 13, becoming its youngest ever student...
, nuclear physicist (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
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- Steven A. Orszag
- May 2 – David SencerDavid SencerDavid Judson Sencer was an American public health official who orchestrated the 1976 immunization program against swine flu. Between 1966 and 1977, he was the longest serving director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
, physician (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
) - May 3
- Robert BroutRobert BroutRobert Brout was an American-Belgian theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions in elementary particle physics...
, American-born Belgian physicist (b. 19281928 in the United States-January:* January 12 – U.S. murderer Ruth Snyder is executed at Ossining.-February:* February 25 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.-March:...
) - Jackie CooperJackie CooperJackie Cooper was an American actor, television director, producer and executive. He was a child actor who managed to make the transition to an adult career. Cooper was the first child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination...
, actor (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
)
- Robert Brout
- May 4
- Mary MurphyMary Murphy (actress)Mary Murphy was an American film actress of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She was born in Washington, D.C. and spent most of her early childhood in Cleveland, Ohio. Her father, James Victor Murphy, died in 1940. Shortly afterwards, she and her mother moved to Southern California...
, actress (b. 19311931 in the United States-January–March:* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.* January 6 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application....
) - Sada ThompsonSada ThompsonSada Carolyn Thompson was an American stage, film, and television actress.-Life and career:Born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1927 to Hugh Woodruff Thompson and his wife Corlyss , and raised in New Jersey, Thompson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, after...
, actress (b. 19271927 in the United States-January–March:* January 7 – The first transatlantic telephone call is made from New York City to London.* February 23 – The U.S. Federal Radio Commission begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.* March 11 – In New York City, the Roxy Theater is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.*...
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- Mary Murphy
- May 5
- Arthur LaurentsArthur LaurentsArthur Laurents was an American playwright, stage director and screenwriter.After writing scripts for radio shows after college and then training films for the U.S...
, screenwriter (b. 19171917 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The University of Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14–0 in college football's 3rd Annual Rose Bowl.* January 11 – German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey , one of the events leading to U.S...
) - Dana WynterDana WynterDana Wynter was a German-born British actress, who was brought up in England and Southern Africa. She appeared in film and television for more than forty years beginning in the 1950s, most notably in the original version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.-Early life:Wynter was born as Dagmar...
, actress, died in OjaiOjai, CaliforniaOjai is a city in Ventura County, California, USA. It is situated in the Ojai Valley , surrounded by hills and mountains. The population was 7,461 at the 2010 census, down from 7,862 at the 2000 census.-History:Chumash Indians were the early inhabitants of the valley...
, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
(b. 1931)
- Arthur Laurents
- May 6
- Lawrence JohnsonLawrence Johnson (inventor)Lawrence Nels Johnson was an American inventor and manufacturer of boat trailers.Born in Spokane, Washington, Johnson held 14 patents on boat trailer design and founded EZ Loader Boat Trailers, Inc, the largest boat trailer manufacturing company in the world. He repaired vehicles for the...
, inventor (b. 19131913 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft , Woodrow Wilson * Vice President: vacant , Thomas R...
) - Horace Freeland JudsonHorace Freeland JudsonHorace Freeland Judson was a historian of molecular biology and the author of several books, including The Eighth Day of Creation, a history of molecular biology, and The Great Betrayal: Fraud In Science, an examination of the deliberate manipulation of scientific data.-Life and career:The Eighth...
, science historian (b. 19311931 in the United States-January–March:* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.* January 6 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application....
) - Dick Walsh, American baseball manager (b. 19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
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- Lawrence Johnson
- May 7
- Ross HagenRoss HagenRoss Hagen was an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer whose television acting credits included Daktari. His film credits included The Sidehackers in 1969 and The Hellcats in 1967....
, actor (b. 19381938 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The March of Dimes is established by Franklin D. Roosevelt.* January 16 – Two landmark live recordings are produced this day: the very first of Mahler's Ninth by the Vienna Philharmonic under Bruno Walter in the face of dire circumstance; and Benny Goodman...
) - Robert StempelRobert StempelRobert Carl Stempel was a former Chairman and CEO of General Motors . He joined GM in 1958 as a design engineer at Oldsmobile and was key in the development of the front-wheel drive Toronado...
, automobile executive (b. 19331933 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Herbert Hoover until March 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt*Vice President - Charles Curtis until March 4, John N. Garner-January–March:* January 5 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay....
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- Ross Hagen
- May 8 – Corwin HanschCorwin HanschCorwin Herman Hansch was a Professor of Chemistry at Pomona College in California. He became known as the 'father of computer-assisted molecule design.'-Early Life and Childhood:...
, chemist (b. 19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
) - May 9
- Henry FefferHenry FefferHenry Leon Feffer of Bethesda, Maryland, was an American neurosurgeon. In the mid-1950s, he was one of the first doctors to systematically test whether low-back pain could be relieved with epidural injections of hydrocortisone. Today, physicians routinely give such injections before resorting to...
, surgeon (b. 19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
) - Jeff GralnickJeff GralnickJeff Gralnick was a television journalist with 47 years of experience, as well as a professor of new media at Columbia University and Fairfield University.-Overview:...
, journalist (b. 19391939 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The Hewlett-Packard Company is founded.* January 1 – Texas A&M University wins its only football national championship.* January 5 – Amelia Earhart is officially declared dead after her 1937 disappearance.-February:...
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- Henry Feffer
- May 10
- Bill BergeschBill BergeschLouis William Bergesch was an American Major League Baseball executive. He is a former front office executive for several teams. He began with the Omaha Cardinals farm team in the 1950s. He was then Assistant GM of the Kansas City Athletics in 1961 and organized the New York Mets farm system in...
, American baseball manager (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
) - Burt ReinhardtBurt ReinhardtBurton "Burt" Reinhardt was an American journalist and news executive, who served as executive Vice President of CNN from 1980 to 1982 and the second President of CNN from 1982 to 1990...
, journalist (b. 19201920 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities....
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- Bill Bergesch
- May 11
- Maurice GoldhaberMaurice GoldhaberMaurice Goldhaber was an Austrian-born American physicist, who in 1957 established that neutrinos have negative helicity.-Early Life and Childhood:...
, Austrian-born American physicist, died in East Setauket, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
(b. 1911) - Leo KahnLeo Kahn (entrepreneur)Leo Kahn was an American businessman and entrepreneur who is credited as the co-founder of Staples Inc.. Kahn is also considered a pioneer of the natural and health food supermarket industry, founding the Fresh Fields and Nature's Heartland chains, which are now part of Whole Foods Market.-Early...
, businessman (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
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- Maurice Goldhaber
- May 12
- Charles F. HaasCharles F. HaasCharles Friedman Haas was an American film and television director. He was born in Chicago, Illinois....
, film and television director (b. 19131913 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft , Woodrow Wilson * Vice President: vacant , Thomas R...
) - Jack JonesJack Jones (journalist)John E. Jones, Jr. , better known as Jack Jones, was an American journalist. He was part of a team Los Angeles Times staff whose coverage of the August 1965 Watts Riots and its aftermath won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in the Local General or Spot News Reporting category.-Biography:John E. Jones, Jr....
, journalist (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
) - Jack Keil WolfJack Keil WolfJack Keil Wolf was an American researcher in information theory and coding theory.-Biography:Wolf was born in 1935 in Newark, New Jersey, received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1956 and his Ph.D...
, electrical engineer (b. 19351935 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., begins in Flemington, New Jersey....
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- Charles F. Haas
- May 13 – Mel Queen, American baseball manager (b. 19421942 in the United States-January:* January 1 – WWII: The United States and Philippines troops fight the Battle of Bataan.* January 10 – WWII: The last German air-raid on Liverpool destroys the home of William Patrick Hitler, Adolf Hitler's nephew...
) - May 14
- Murray HandwerkerMurray HandwerkerMurray Handwerker was an American businessman who expanded Nathan's Famous, a fast food restaurant specializing in hot dogs, from a family-owned hot dog stand to a nationally franchised chain...
, businessman (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
) - Joseph WershbaJoseph WershbaJoseph Wershba was a professional journalist who joined the CBS News team in 1944, where he served as a writer, editor and correspondent. He was one of the six original producers of CBS's 60 Minutes from 1968-88....
, journalist (b. 19201920 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities....
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- Murray Handwerker
- May 15 – Barbara StuartBarbara StuartBarbara Ann Stuart was an American actress.-Major roles:Stuart portrayed "Miss Bunny", the girlfriend of Sergeant Vincent Carter, played by Frank Sutton, on three seasons of CBS's Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C....
, actress (b. 19351935 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., begins in Flemington, New Jersey....
) - May 16 – Douglas BlubaughDouglas BlubaughDouglas Morlan Blubaugh , was an American wrestler and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he received a gold medal in freestyle welterweight, defeating the five-time world champion Emam-Ali Habibi.Blubaugh, born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, was a two-time AAU...
, athlete (b. 19341934 in the United States-January:* January 24 – Albert Einstein visits the White House.* January 26 – The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.-February:* February 22 – Frank Capra's It Happened One Night , starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, is released. It becomes a smash hit and the first...
) - May 17 – Harmon KillebrewHarmon KillebrewHarmon Clayton Killebrew , nicknamed "Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. During his 22-year career in Major League Baseball , he played for the Washington Senators, a team which later became the Minnesota Twins, and...
, American baseball player (b. 19361936 in the United States-January–March:* January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company....
) - May 19
- Phyllis AveryPhyllis AveryPhyllis Avery was an American television and film actress.-Early life and career:Avery was born in New York City to Evelyn and author Stephen Morehouse Avery. Her father hailed from Webster Groves, Missouri, near St. Louis. Her first role was as Marjorie in the 1951 film Queen for a Day based on...
, actress (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
) - David H. KelleyDavid H. KelleyDavid Humiston Kelley was a Canadian American archaeologist and epigrapher, most noted for his work on the phonetic analysis and major contributions toward the decipherment of the writing system used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, the Maya script.-Work and interests:From...
, American-born Canadian archaeologist (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
) - Tom WestTom WestJoseph Thomas "Tom" West III was the protagonist of the Pulitzer Prize winning non-fiction book The Soul of a New Machine. West worked for Data General Corporation as a hardware engineer and vice president, retiring as Chief Technologist in 1998. West died at the age of 71 in his Westport,...
, computer engineer (b. 19391939 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The Hewlett-Packard Company is founded.* January 1 – Texas A&M University wins its only football national championship.* January 5 – Amelia Earhart is officially declared dead after her 1937 disappearance.-February:...
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- Phyllis Avery
- May 20
- Steve RuttSteve RuttSteven Alexander Rutt was a American engineer who in 1972, along with Bill Etra co-created an early video animation synthesizer, the Rutt/Etra synthesizer...
, early pioneer of video animation (b. 19451945 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1945 in the United States. World War II ends this year following the surrender of Germany in May and Japan in September.-Incumbents:*President - Franklin D. Roosevelt until April 12, Harry S. Truman...
) - Randy SavageRandy SavageRandall Mario Poffo , better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler, best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling .Savage held twenty championships during his professional wrestling career and was a...
, wrestler (b. 19521952 in the United States-January:* January 14 – The Today Show premieres on NBC, becoming one of the longest-running television series in America.-February:* February 2 – A tropical storm forms just north of Cuba moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southern Florida the next day...
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- Steve Rutt
- May 22 – Joseph BrooksJoseph Brooks (songwriter)Joseph Brooks was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer. He composed the song "You Light Up My Life" for the film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produced. In his later years he became the subject of an investigation after being accused of a series of...
, songwriter (b. 19381938 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The March of Dimes is established by Franklin D. Roosevelt.* January 16 – Two landmark live recordings are produced this day: the very first of Mahler's Ninth by the Vienna Philharmonic under Bruno Walter in the face of dire circumstance; and Benny Goodman...
) - May 24 – Mark HainesMark HainesMark Haines was a host on the CNBC television network.-Early life and education:Haines grew up in Oyster Bay, New York, and resided in Monmouth County, New Jersey. His alma mater was Denison University, and in 1989, the University of Pennsylvania Law School...
, lawyer and television news anchor (b. 19461946 in the United States-Events:-January–March:* January 6 – A revised and streamlined revival of Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat opens on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre.* January 25 – The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor....
) - May 25 – Paul J. Wiedorfer, World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
soldier (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
) - May 26 – Irwin D. MandelIrwin D. MandelIrwin D. Mandel was an American biochemist and dentist who was known for his reaearch on the biochemistry of saliva. He was a founder of the preventive dentistry movement and established the first department of preventive dentistry at an American university, the Columbia University College of...
, dentist (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
) - May 27
- Jeff ConawayJeff ConawayJeffrey Charles William Michael "Jeff" Conaway was an American actor best known for his roles in the movie Grease and the US television series Taxi and Babylon 5. Conaway was featured on the first season of reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew...
, actor (b. 19501950 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S.* January 12 – Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivers his 'Perimeter Speech', outlining the boundary of U.S...
) - Gil Scott-HeronGil Scott-HeronGilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and '80s...
, poet and musician (b. 19491949 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Harry S. Truman*Vice President - vacant until January 20, Alben W. Barkley-January–March:* January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico....
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- Jeff Conaway
- May 28
- Leo RangellLeo RangellLeo Rangell was an American psychoanalyst and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California. He was also twice president of the International Psychoanalytical Association and the American Psychoanalytic Association, and was accorded the title "Honorary President" in 1997...
, physician (b. 19131913 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft , Woodrow Wilson * Vice President: vacant , Thomas R...
) - John H. SinfeltJohn H. SinfeltJohn H. Sinfelt was an American chemical engineer whose research on catalytic reforming was responsible for the introduction of unleaded gasoline.Sinfelt was working for the Standard Oil Development Company , where he specialized in developing...
, chemical engineer (b. 19311931 in the United States-January–March:* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.* January 6 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application....
)
- Leo Rangell
- May 29 – Bill ClementsBill ClementsWilliam Perry "Bill" Clements, Jr. was the 42nd and 44th Governor of Texas, serving from 1979 to 1983 and 1987 to 1991. Clements was the first Republican to have served as governor of the U.S. state of Texas since Reconstruction...
, 44th Govenor of Texas (b. 19171917 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The University of Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14–0 in college football's 3rd Annual Rose Bowl.* January 11 – German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey , one of the events leading to U.S...
) - May 30
- Clarice TaylorClarice TaylorClarice Taylor was an American stage, film and television actress.-Biography:Born in Buckingham County, Virginia, Taylor was best-known for her recurring role on television on The Cosby Show as Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable's mother, Anna Huxtable. She was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1986...
, actress (b. 19171917 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The University of Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14–0 in college football's 3rd Annual Rose Bowl.* January 11 – German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey , one of the events leading to U.S...
) - Rosalyn Sussman YalowRosalyn Sussman YalowRosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of the radioimmunoassay technique...
, Nobel physicist in medicine (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
)
- Clarice Taylor
- May 31
- Pauline BetzPauline BetzPauline May Betz Addie was an American professional tennis player.She won five Grand Slam singles titles and was the runner-up on three other occasions. Jack Kramer has called her the second best female tennis player he ever saw, behind Helen Wills Moody.-Early life:Betz attended Los Angeles High...
, tennis player (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - Andy RobustelliAndy RobustelliAndrew Richard "Andy" Robustelli was an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams and the New York Giants. He played college football at Arnold College and was drafted in the nineteenth round of the 1951 NFL Draft...
, American football player (b. 19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
) - Philip RosePhilip Rose (theatrical producer)Philip Rose was a Broadway theatrical producer of such productions as A Raisin in the Sun, The Owl and the Pussycat, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Purlie, and Shenandoah...
, stage and film producer (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
)
- Pauline Betz
June
Deaths in June 2011Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2011.-30:...
- June 2
- Walter R. Peterson, Jr.Walter R. Peterson, Jr.Walter Rutherford Peterson, Jr. was an American realtor, educator, and Republican politician from Peterborough, New Hampshire who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and two terms as Governor of New Hampshire....
, 81st Governor of New Hampshire (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
) - Geronimo PrattGeronimo PrattGeronimo Ji Jaga , also known as Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt born: Elmer Pratt, was a high ranking member of the Black Panther Party...
, Black Panther, died in TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
(b. 19471947 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.* January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles...
)
- Walter R. Peterson, Jr.
- June 3
- James ArnessJames ArnessJames King Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon in the television series Gunsmoke for 20 years...
, actor (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - Andrew GoldAndrew GoldAndrew Maurice Gold was an American singer, musician and songwriter. His works include the Top 10 single "Lonely Boy" , as well as the singles "Thank You for Being a Friend" , and "Never Let Her Slip Away" ....
, singer (b. 19511951 in the United States-January–March:* January 10 – The new United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.* January 17 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul....
) - John Henry JohnsonJohn Henry JohnsonJohn Henry Johnson was an American football fullback. He played from 1954 to 1965 for the San Francisco 49ers, the Detroit Lions, and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League...
, American football player (b. 19291929 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1929 in the United States.-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge until March 4, Herbert Hoover*Vice President - Charles G...
) - Jack KevorkianJack KevorkianJacob "Jack" Kevorkian , commonly known as "Dr. Death", was an American pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, composer and instrumentalist. He is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide; he said he assisted at least 130 patients to...
, physician (b. 19281928 in the United States-January:* January 12 – U.S. murderer Ruth Snyder is executed at Ossining.-February:* February 25 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.-March:...
)
- James Arness
- June 4 – Lawrence EagleburgerLawrence EagleburgerLawrence Sidney Eagleburger was an American statesman and former career diplomat, who served briefly as the United States Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush. Previously, he had served in lesser capacities under Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H....
, politician (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
) - June 6 – John R. AlisonJohn R. Alison- External links :* The All-American Airman, Walter J. Boyne, March 2000*John R. Alison Papers, 1945–1957*John R. Alison Collection, including extended video interview available online.*" John R. Alison Enshrinee Biography...
, World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Air Force pilot (b. 19121912 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft * Vice President: James S. Sherman , vacant * Chief Justice: Edward Douglass White* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Champ Clark...
) - June 7
- Genaro HernándezGenaro HernandezGenaro Hernández was a Mexican-American boxer from South Central Los Angeles. Hernández was the former WBC, WBA, & Lineal super featherweight champion.-Pro career:...
, boxer (b. 19661966 in the United StatesThis is a list of notable events that took place in 1966 in the United States.-January:* January 2 – A strike of public transportation workers in New York City begins ....
) - Leonard B. SternLeonard B. SternLeonard Bernard Stern was an American screenwriter, film and television producer, director, and one of the creators, with Roger Price, of the classic word game Mad Libs.-Life and career:...
, television writer, director, and producer (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
)
- Genaro Hernández
- June 8 – Jim Northrup, American baseball player (b. 19391939 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The Hewlett-Packard Company is founded.* January 1 – Texas A&M University wins its only football national championship.* January 5 – Amelia Earhart is officially declared dead after her 1937 disappearance.-February:...
) - June 9 – Godfrey MylesGodfrey MylesGodfrey Clarence Myles was an American college and professional football player who played linebacker in National Football League for six seasons during the 1990s...
, American football player (b. 19681968 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1968 in the United States. The year 1968 in the United States is commonly associated with unrest and the Counterculture of the 1960s.-January:* January 14 – The Green Bay Packers win Super Bowl II....
) - June 11 – James Rahal, Jr., physician (b. 19331933 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Herbert Hoover until March 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt*Vice President - Charles Curtis until March 4, John N. Garner-January–March:* January 5 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay....
) - June 12
- Carl GardnerCarl GardnerCarl Edward Gardner was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters. Known for the 1958 song "Yakety Yak", which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.- Life and career :Gardner was born...
, singer (b. 19281928 in the United States-January:* January 12 – U.S. murderer Ruth Snyder is executed at Ossining.-February:* February 25 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.-March:...
) - Alan HabermanAlan HabermanAlan Haberman was an American supermarket executive who is credited with popularizing the use of the barcode in commerce internationally. Haberman was a founder and board member of the Uniform Code Council.-References:...
, businessman (b. 19291929 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1929 in the United States.-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge until March 4, Herbert Hoover*Vice President - Charles G...
) - Kathryn Tucker WindhamKathryn Tucker WindhamKathryn Tucker Windham was an American storyteller, author, photographer, and journalist. She was born in Selma, Alabama and grew up in nearby Thomasville....
, writer (b. 19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
) - Laura ZiskinLaura ZiskinLaura Ellen Ziskin was an American film producer. In 1990, Ziskin was the sole executive producer of the hit comedy Pretty Woman...
, film producer (b. 19501950 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S.* January 12 – Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivers his 'Perimeter Speech', outlining the boundary of U.S...
)
- Carl Gardner
- June 13 – Betty NeumarBetty NeumarBetty Neumar was an American woman charged with arranging the murder of her fourth husband, Harold Gentry, who died in 1986. Al Gentry, brother of Neumar's fourth husband Harold, had urged police to investigate his death for 22 years, prior to her arrest in 2007...
, murder suspect (b. 19311931 in the United States-January–March:* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.* January 6 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application....
) - June 15 – Bob BannerBob BannerRobert James Banner, Jr. was an American producer, writer and director. From 1967 to 1972 he co-produced The Carol Burnett Show.- Life and career :...
, television producer (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
) - June 16 – Claudia BryarClaudia BryarClaudia Bryar was an American actress who mostly specialized in television. Active from the 1950s to the 1980s, she is perhaps best known for her role as Mrs...
, actress (b. 19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
) - June 17 – George M. WhiteGeorge M. WhiteGeorge M. White, FAIA, was an American architect who served as the Architect of the Capitol from January 27, 1971 to November 21, 1995. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the age of sixteen. He graduated with a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical...
, architect (b. 19201920 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities....
) - June 18
- Clarence ClemonsClarence ClemonsClarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. , also known as The Big Man, was an American musician and actor. From 1972 until his death, he was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone. He released several solo albums and in 1985, had a hit single with "You're a...
, musician (b. 19421942 in the United States-January:* January 1 – WWII: The United States and Philippines troops fight the Battle of Bataan.* January 10 – WWII: The last German air-raid on Liverpool destroys the home of William Patrick Hitler, Adolf Hitler's nephew...
) - Bob PeaseBob PeaseRobert Allen Pease was an analog integrated circuit design expert and technical author. He designed several very successful "best-seller" integrated circuits, many of them in continuous production for multiple decades...
, electrical engineer (b. 19401940 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – RKO release Walt Disney's second full-length animated film, Pinocchio.* February 20 – Tom and Jerry make their debut in Puss Gets the Boot.* February 27 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14....
)
- Clarence Clemons
- June 19 – Don DiamondDon DiamondDonald Alan "Don" Diamond was an American radio, film, and television actor who portrayed "Crazy Cat", the sidekick and heir apparent to Chief Wild Eagle on the popular 1960s television sitcom, F Troop .-Career:...
, actor (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
) - June 20
- Ryan DunnRyan DunnRyan Matthew Dunn was an American reality television personality and daredevil best known for being a member of the Jackass and Viva La Bam crew. He hosted Homewrecker and Proving Ground...
, reality television star (b. 1977) - Robert H. Widmer, aeronautical engineer (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
)
- Ryan Dunn
- June 22 – David RayfielDavid RayfielDavid Rayfiel was an American screenwriter and frequent collaborator of director Sydney Pollack . Born in Brooklyn, New York, his father was congressman Leo F. Rayfiel ....
, film screenwriter (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - June 23
- Gene ColanGene ColanEugene Jules "Gene" Colan was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics, where his signature titles include the superhero series, Daredevil, the cult-hit satiric series Howard the Duck, and The Tomb of Dracula, considered one of comics' classic horror series...
, comic book artist (b. 19261926 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.* March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.-April–June:...
) - Peter FalkPeter FalkPeter Michael Falk was an American actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo...
, actor (b. 19271927 in the United States-January–March:* January 7 – The first transatlantic telephone call is made from New York City to London.* February 23 – The U.S. Federal Radio Commission begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.* March 11 – In New York City, the Roxy Theater is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.*...
) - Fred SteinerFred SteinerFred Steiner was an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, film historian and arranger for television, radio and film. Steiner wrote the theme music for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Perry Mason and The Bullwinkle Show...
, television and film composer (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
)
- Gene Colan
- June 24 – F. Gilman SpencerF. Gilman SpencerFrederick Gilman Spencer III was an American newspaper editor.He was editor at The Trentonian, Philadelphia Daily News from 1975 to 1984, New York Daily News from 1984 to 1989, and The Denver Post, from 1989 to 1993...
, newspaper editor (b. 19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
) - June 25
- Shelby GrantShelby GrantShelby Grant , born Brenda Thompson, was an American actress whose credits included Our Man Flint, Fantastic Voyage and Medical Center.-Early life:...
, actress (b. 19361936 in the United States-January–March:* January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company....
) - Alice PlaytenAlice PlaytenAlice Playten was an American actress and singer.-Life and career:Born Alice Plotkin in New York City, Playten began her career in the Broadway musical Gypsy...
, actress (b. 19471947 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.* January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles...
)
- Shelby Grant
- June 26
- Edith FellowsEdith FellowsEdith Marilyn Fellows was an American actress who began her professional career at age 6.-Personal life:When she was a year old, she and her father and grandmother moved to Charlotte, North Carolina...
, actress (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - Robert MorrisRobert Morris (cryptographer)Robert Morris , was an American cryptographer and computer scientist. -Family and Education:Morris was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Walter W. Morris, a salesman, and Helen Kelly Morris...
, cryptographer (b. 19321932 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.* January 12 – Hattie W...
)
- Edith Fellows
- June 27
- Lorenzo CharlesLorenzo CharlesLorenzo Emile "Lo" Charles was an American college and professional basketball player.Charles was a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School...
, American basketball player (b. 19631963 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - John F. Kennedy until November 22, Lyndon B. Johnson*Vice President - Lyndon B. Johnson until November 22, vacant-January:* January 14 – George C. Wallace becomes governor of Alabama...
) - Elaine StewartElaine StewartElaine Stewart was an American actress and model.-Life:Stewart was born in Montclair, New Jersey as Elsy Steinberg. She was one of five children born into a German Jewish family. In 1961, nearing the end of her television career, she married actor Bill Carter...
, actress (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
)
- Lorenzo Charles
- June 29 – Billy CostelloBilly CostelloBilly Costello was a professional boxer in the United States.-Early Life:...
, boxer (b. 19561956 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.* January 22 – Redondo Junction train wreck in Los Angeles kills 30 people...
)
July
Deaths in July 2011Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2011.-31:...
- July 1 – Bud GrantBud Grant (broadcaster)B. Donald "Bud" Grant was an American television executive. He served as the President of CBS Entertainment from CBS Entertainment 1980 until 1987...
, television producer (b. 19341934 in the United States-January:* January 24 – Albert Einstein visits the White House.* January 26 – The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.-February:* February 22 – Frank Capra's It Happened One Night , starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, is released. It becomes a smash hit and the first...
) - July 4
- Wes CovingtonWes CovingtonJohn Wesley Covington , was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers...
, American baseball player (b. 19321932 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.* January 12 – Hattie W...
) - William G. ThrashWilliam G. ThrashWilliam Gay Thrash was a retired United States Marine Corps three-star general and highly decorated Naval Aviator...
, general in the United States Marine Corps (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
)
- Wes Covington
- July 5 – Armen GilliamArmen GilliamArmen Louis Gilliam nicknamed "The Hammer", was an American professional basketball player who played 13 years in the National Basketball Association from 1987–2000. He also played one season for the Pittsburgh Xplosion of the American Basketball Association...
, American basketball player (b. 19641964 in the United States-January:* January 3 – U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President.* January 7 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba.*...
) - July 6 – John MackeyJohn Mackey (American football)John Mackey was an American Football tight end who grew up in Roosevelt, Long Island and played for the Baltimore Colts and the San Diego Chargers . He played college football at Syracuse University...
, American football player (b. 19411941 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1941 in the United States. At the end of this year, the United States officially enters World War II by declaring war on the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.-Incumbents:*President - Franklin D. Roosevelt...
) - July 7
- Humberto Leal Garcia, Jr., Mexican murderer, died in HuntsvilleHuntsville, TexasHuntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States. The population was 35,508 at the 2010 census. It is the center of the Huntsville micropolitan area....
, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
(b. 1973) - Dick WilliamsDick WilliamsRichard Hirschfeld "Dick" Williams was an American left fielder, third baseman, manager, coach and front office consultant in Major League Baseball. Known especially as a hard-driving, sharp-tongued manager from 1967–69 and 1971–88, he led teams to three American League pennants, one National...
, American baseball player and manager (b. 19291929 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1929 in the United States.-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge until March 4, Herbert Hoover*Vice President - Charles G...
)
- Humberto Leal Garcia, Jr., Mexican murderer, died in Huntsville
- July 8
- Roberts BlossomRoberts BlossomRoberts Scott Blossom was an American theater, film and television actor and poet. He is best known for his roles as Old Man Marley in Home Alone and as Ezra Cobb in the horror film Deranged...
, actor (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
) - William R. CorlissWilliam R. CorlissWilliam Roger Corliss was an American physicist and writer who was known for his interest in collecting data regarding anomalous phenomena. Arthur C. Clarke described him as "Fort's latter-day - and much more scientific - successor."-Biography:Starting in 1974, Corliss published a number of works...
, physicist (b. 19261926 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.* March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.-April–June:...
) - Sam DenoffSam DenoffSamuel Denoff was an American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, television producer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. With his long time collaborator Bill Persky he wrote and created the television show "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas.-External links:*- References :...
, television writer and producer (b. 19281928 in the United States-January:* January 12 – U.S. murderer Ruth Snyder is executed at Ossining.-February:* February 25 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.-March:...
) - Pete DurankoPete DurankoPeter Nicholas Duranko was a college and professional American football player. A defensive end, he played college football at Notre Dame, and his professional career for the Denver Broncos...
, American football player (b. 19431943 in the United States-January:* January 4 – Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California, is succeeded by Earl Warren.* January 11 – The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.* January 14 – The Casablanca Conference, where Franklin D...
) - Betty FordBetty FordElizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren Ford , better known as Betty Ford, was First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977 during the presidency of her husband Gerald Ford...
, wife of 38th United States President (b. 19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
)
- Roberts Blossom
- July 10 – Deacon TurnerDeacon TurnerDavid Lee "Deacon" Turner was a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He attended San Diego State University...
, American football player and alleged murder victim (b. 19551955 in the United States-January–March:* January 7 – Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.* January 22 – The Pentagon announces a plan to develop ICBMs armed with nuclear weapons.* January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes...
) - July 11 – Tom GehrelsTom GehrelsTom Gehrels , was an American astronomer, Professor Planetary Sciences, and Astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson....
, Dutch-born American astronomer (b. 1925) - July 12
- Leiby Kletzky, murder victim (b. 20022002 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: George W. Bush * Vice President: Dick Cheney * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert * Senate Majority Leader: Tom Daschle...
) - Sherwood SchwartzSherwood SchwartzSherwood Charles Schwartz was an American television producer. He worked on radio shows in the 1940s, and created the television series Gilligan's Island on CBS and The Brady Bunch on ABC...
, television writer and producer (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
)
- Leiby Kletzky, murder victim (b. 2002
- July 13 – Jerry RagovoyJerry RagovoyJordan "Jerry" Ragovoy was an American songwriter and record producer.His best-known composition "Time Is on My Side" was made famous by The Rolling Stones, although it had been recorded earlier by Kai Winding and Irma Thomas...
, songwriter and producer (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
) - July 14 – Noel GaylerNoel GaylerNoel Arthur Meredyth Gayler was an Admiral in the United States Navy, who served as the sixth Director of the National Security Agency from 1969 to 1972, and ninth Commander of Pacific Command from 1972 to 1976. Gayler was awarded three Navy Cross medals as a World War II flying ace and is credited...
, World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
naval aviator, admiral, and bureacrat (b. 19141914 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.* January 9 – The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc...
) - July 15
- Cornell MacNeilCornell MacNeilCornell MacNeil , was an American operatic baritone known for his exceptional voice and long career with the Metropolitan Opera, which spanned 642 performances in twenty-six roles. F...
, operatic baritone (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
) - John S. TollJohn S. TollJohn Sampson Toll was an American physicist and educational administrator.Toll received his bachelor's degree in physics from Yale in 1944, after which he served in the Navy in World War II. He finished his Ph.D...
, physicist and University chancellor (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
)
- Cornell MacNeil
- July 17
- Jim KincaidJim KincaidJim Kincaid was a former news correspondent for ABC News and local news anchor for WVEC in Norfolk, Virginia for over 18 years. Great Great man!!!- Biography and early career :...
, television news correspondent (b. 19341934 in the United States-January:* January 24 – Albert Einstein visits the White House.* January 26 – The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.-February:* February 22 – Frank Capra's It Happened One Night , starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, is released. It becomes a smash hit and the first...
) - Alex SteinweissAlex SteinweissAlexander "Alex" Steinweiss was a graphic designer known for inventing the album cover.-Early life:Alex Steinweiss was born on March 24, 1917, in Brooklyn. His father was a women's shoe designer from Warsaw and his mother was a seamstress from Riga, Latvia...
, album cover artist (b. 19171917 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The University of Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14–0 in college football's 3rd Annual Rose Bowl.* January 11 – German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey , one of the events leading to U.S...
)
- Jim Kincaid
- July 18
- Nat AllbrightNat AllbrightNathan Matthew "Nat" Allbright was an American sports announcer who specialized in doing play-by-play radio broadcasts of games that he had never seen, using information sent using Morse code from the stadiums where the games were played to provide listeners with vivid recreations of the actual...
, sports commentator (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - Rudiger D. Haugwitz, German-born American chemist (b. 1932)
- Edson StrollEdson StrollEdson Stroll was an American actor. He made over 20 film and television appearances since 1958.-Career:Stroll began his career as a bodybuilder in the 1950s. He then moved to acting in 1958 with bit parts on television shows such as How to Marry a Millionaire, Sea Hunt and The Twilight Zone...
, actor (b. 19291929 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1929 in the United States.-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge until March 4, Herbert Hoover*Vice President - Charles G...
)
- Nat Allbright
- July 21
- Franz AltFranz AltFranz Leopold Alt was an Austrian-born American mathematician who made major contributions to computer science in its early days...
, Austrian-born American mathematician (b. 1910) - Elliot HandlerElliot HandlerElliot Handler was the co-founder of Mattel. With his wife, he was a developer of some of the biggest-selling toys in American history, including Barbie dolls, Chatty Cathy, Creepy Crawlers and Hot Wheels....
, businessman (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
) - Harold J. Kosasky, Canadian-born American physician (b. c. 19281928 in Canada-Events:*April 2 - Camillien Houde elected mayor of Montreal*April 24 - The Supreme Court of Canada rules that women are not persons who can hold office according to the British North America Act—reversed a year later by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain*May 7 - The St. Roch is...
) - Bruce SundlunBruce SundlunBruce Sundlun was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as 71st Governor of Rhode Island from 1991 to 1995. He was Rhode Island's second Jewish governor, and the only Jewish governor in the United States during his two terms...
, 71st Governor of Rhode Island (b. 19201920 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities....
)
- Franz Alt
- July 22
- Tom AldredgeTom AldredgeThomas Ernest "Tom" Aldredge was an American television, film and stage actor.-Life and career:Aldredge was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Lucienne Juliet and W. J. Aldredge, a colonel in the United States Army Air Corps...
, actor (b. 19281928 in the United States-January:* January 12 – U.S. murderer Ruth Snyder is executed at Ossining.-February:* February 25 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.-March:...
) - Linda ChristianLinda ChristianLinda Christian was a Mexican movie actress, who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film Tarzan and The Mermaids...
, Mexican-born American actress, first Bond girlBond girlA Bond girl is a character or actress portraying a love interest, of James Bond in a film, novel, or video game. They occasionally have names that are double entendres or puns, such as "Pussy Galore", "Plenty O'Toole", "Xenia Onatopp", or "Holly Goodhead"...
(b. 1923) - Charles Taylor ManattCharles Taylor ManattCharles Taylor Manatt was a U.S. Democratic Party political figure. He was an American lawyer, politician and businessman....
, political party leader (b. 19361936 in the United States-January–March:* January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company....
)
- Tom Aldredge
- July 23
- Robert EttingerRobert EttingerRobert Chester Wilson Ettinger was an American academic, known as "the father of cryonics" because of the impact of his 1962 book The Prospect of Immortality...
, academic (b. 19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
) - John Shalikashvili, Polish-born American 13th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffChairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffThe Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is by law the highest ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces, and is the principal military adviser to the President of the United States, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council and the Secretary of Defense...
(b. 1936) - Elmer B. StaatsElmer B. StaatsElmer Boyd Staats was a public servant whose career from the late 1930s to the early 1980s was primarily associated with the Bureau of the Budget and the GAO. Staats was born June 6, 1914, in Richfield, Kansas, to Wesley F. and Maude Staats...
, 5th Comptroller General of the United StatesComptroller General of the United StatesThe Comptroller General of the United States is the director of the Government Accountability Office , a legislative branch agency established by Congress in 1921 to ensure the fiscal and managerial accountability of the federal government...
(b. 19141914 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.* January 9 – The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc...
)
- Robert Ettinger
- July 24
- Dan PeekDan PeekDaniel Milton 'Dan' Peek was a musician best known as a member of the rock band America from 1970 to 1977, together with Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell...
, singer (b. 19501950 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S.* January 12 – Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivers his 'Perimeter Speech', outlining the boundary of U.S...
) - G. D. SpradlinG. D. SpradlinGervase Duan "G.D." Spradlin was an American actor. He often played devious authority figures. He is credited in over 70 television and film productions, and performed alongside actors including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, and George C. Scott.-Early life:Spradlin was born in Pauls...
, actor (b. 19201920 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities....
) - Skip ThomasSkip ThomasAlonzo "Skip" Thomas, a.k.a. "Dr. Death", was an American football cornerback who played in the National Football League.-College career:...
, American football player (b. 19501950 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S.* January 12 – Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivers his 'Perimeter Speech', outlining the boundary of U.S...
)
- Dan Peek
- July 26 – Elmer LowerElmer LowerElmer Wilson Lower was an American journalist and president of ABC News from 1963 to 1974.Lower received his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1933...
, television journalist and executive (b. 19131913 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft , Woodrow Wilson * Vice President: vacant , Thomas R...
) - July 27
- Hideki IrabuHideki Irabuwas a professional baseball player of Okinawan and American mixed ancestry. He played professionally in both Japan and the United States.-Early life:...
, Japanese-American American baseball player (b. 1969) - Jerome LieblingJerome LieblingJerome Liebling was an American photographer, filmmaker, and teacher.He studied photography under Walter Rosenblum and Paul Strand, and joined New York's famed Photo League...
, photographer and film producer (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
) - Polly PlattPolly PlattMary Marr "Polly" Platt was an American film producer, production designer and screenwriter.-Early life:Platt was born Mary Marr Platt in Fort Sheridan, Illinois on January 29, 1939, later using the name Polly. Her father John was a colonel in the army while her mother Vivian worked in...
, film producer (b. 19391939 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The Hewlett-Packard Company is founded.* January 1 – Texas A&M University wins its only football national championship.* January 5 – Amelia Earhart is officially declared dead after her 1937 disappearance.-February:...
)
- Hideki Irabu
- July 28 – John MarburgerJohn MarburgerJohn Harmen Marburger, III was an American physicist who directed the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the administration of President George W. Bush, thus serving as the Science Advisor to the President...
, physicist (b. 19411941 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1941 in the United States. At the end of this year, the United States officially enters World War II by declaring war on the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.-Incumbents:*President - Franklin D. Roosevelt...
) - July 29
- John Edward AndersonJohn Edward AndersonJohn Edward Anderson was the president and sole shareholder of Topa Equities, Ltd. Anderson oversaw more than 40 wholly owned subsidiaries in diverse industries such as agriculture, automotive dealerships, insurance, real estate, oil, and wholesale beverage distribution...
, businessman (b. 19171917 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The University of Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14–0 in college football's 3rd Annual Rose Bowl.* January 11 – German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey , one of the events leading to U.S...
) - Max Harry Weil, Swiss-born American physician (b. 1927)
- John Edward Anderson
- July 30 – Daniel D. McCrackenDaniel D. McCrackenDaniel D. McCracken was a computer scientist in the United States. He was a Professor of Computer Sciences at the City College of New York, and the author of over two dozen textbooks on computer programming. His A Guide to Fortran Programming and its successors were the standard textbooks on...
, computer scientist (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
)
August
Deaths in August 2011Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2011.-31:...
- August 2
- Baruj BenacerrafBaruj BenacerrafBaruj Benacerraf was a Venezuelan-born American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and...
, Venezuelan-born American Nobel immunologist (b. 1920) - James Ford SealeJames Ford SealeJames Ford Seale was a Ku Klux Klan member charged by the U.S. Justice Department on January 24, 2007, and subsequently convicted on June 14, 2007, for the May 1964 kidnapping of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, two African-American young men in Meadville, Mississippi...
, murderer (b. 19351935 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., begins in Flemington, New Jersey....
)
- Baruj Benacerraf
- August 3
- Ray PattersonRay Patterson (basketball)Raymond Albert Patterson, Jr. was general manager of the NBA's Houston Rockets from 1972 to 1990. He was named NBA Executive of the Year in 1977, and his Rockets appeared in the NBA Finals in 1981 and 1986. Among his most notable player acquisitions were Ralph Sampson in 1983 and Hakeem Olajuwon...
, American basketball executive (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
) - Bubba SmithBubba SmithCharles Aaron "Bubba" Smith was an American professional football player who became an actor after his retirement from the sport. He first came into prominence at Michigan State University, where he twice earned All-American honors as a defensive end on the Spartans football team...
, American football player (b. 19451945 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1945 in the United States. World War II ends this year following the surrender of Germany in May and Japan in September.-Incumbents:*President - Franklin D. Roosevelt until April 12, Harry S. Truman...
)
- Ray Patterson
- August 4 – Sherman WhiteSherman White (basketball)Sherman White was an American college basketball player at Long Island University who is best remembered for being indicted in a point shaving scandal that resulted in him being stripped of numerous honors and awards, having to serve an 8-month jail sentence, and being prohibited from ever...
, American college basketball player and convicted game fixerCity Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball ScandalCity Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal is a 1998 documentary film by George Roy and Steven Hilliard Stern, produced by Black Canyon Productions, and HBO Sports about the CCNY Point Shaving Scandal...
(b. 19281928 in the United States-January:* January 12 – U.S. murderer Ruth Snyder is executed at Ossining.-February:* February 25 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.-March:...
) - August 5 – Francesco QuinnFrancesco QuinnFrancesco Daniele Quinn was an Italian-born actor. The third son of Oscar winner Anthony Quinn and Jolanda Addorlori , Francesco is perhaps best known for his breakout role as Rhah in Oliver Stone’s Academy Award-winning Platoon...
, Italian-born American actor (b. 1963) - August 6
- Bernadine HealyBernadine HealyBernadine Patricia Healy was an American physician, cardiologist, academic and a former head of the National Institutes of Health . She was a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, professor and dean of the College of Medicine and Public Health at the Ohio State University, and served...
, physician (b. 19441944 in the United States-January:* January 20 – The U.S. Army 36th Infantry Division, in Italy, attempts to cross the Rapido River.* January 22 – World War II – Operation Shingle: The Allies begin the assault on Anzio, Italy. The U.S...
) - Fe del MundoFe del MundoFe del Mundo was a Filipino pediatrician. The first woman admitted as a student of the Harvard Medical School, she founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines...
, Filipino pediatrician and first woman to attend Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
, died in Quezon CityQuezon CityQuezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...
, PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
(b. 1911) - John W. RyanJohn W. RyanJohn William Ryan was an American academic administrator who most notably served as the President of Indiana University for sixteen years.-Early life and career:...
, academic administrator (b. 19291929 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1929 in the United States.-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge until March 4, Herbert Hoover*Vice President - Charles G...
)
- Bernadine Healy
- August 7
- Hugh CareyHugh CareyHugh Leo Carey was an American attorney, the 51st Governor of New York from 1975 to 1982, and a seven-term United States Representative .- Early life :...
, 51st Governor of New York (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - Charles C. Edwards, physician (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - Mark HatfieldMark HatfieldMark Odom Hatfield was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served for 30 years as a United States Senator from Oregon, and also as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee...
, 29th Governor of Oregon (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
) - Paul MeierPaul Meier (statistician)Paul Meier was a statistician who promoted the use of randomized trials in medicine. He is also known for introducing, with Edward L. Kaplan, the Kaplan–Meier estimator, a tool for measuring how many patients survive a medical treatment.-External links:...
, mathematician (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
) - Charles WylyCharles WylyCharles Wyly Jr. was an American entrepreneur and businessman, philanthropist, civic leader, and a major contributor to Republican causes and Dallas art projects. This included $20 million to build a performing arts center in Dallas. In 2006, Forbes magazine estimated his net worth at $1 billion...
, businessman (b. 19331933 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Herbert Hoover until March 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt*Vice President - Charles Curtis until March 4, John N. Garner-January–March:* January 5 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay....
)
- Hugh Carey
- August 8 – Harry Hillel WellingtonHarry Hillel WellingtonHarry Hillel Wellington was the Dean of Yale Law School from 1975 to 1985 and the dean of New York Law School from 1992 to 2000.- Biography :...
, lawyer (b. 19261926 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.* March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.-April–June:...
) - August 11
- Don ChandlerDon ChandlerDonald Gene "Don" Chandler was an American college and professional football player who was a punter and placekicker in the National Football League for twelve seasons in the 1950s and 1960s...
, American football player (b. 19341934 in the United States-January:* January 24 – Albert Einstein visits the White House.* January 26 – The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.-February:* February 22 – Frank Capra's It Happened One Night , starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, is released. It becomes a smash hit and the first...
) - George DevolGeorge DevolGeorge Charles Devol, Jr. was an American inventor who was awarded the patent for Unimate, the first industrial robot. Devol's patent for the first digitally operated programmable robotic arm represented the foundation of the modern robotics industry.As an inventor he had over 40 patents and was...
, first industrial robotUnimateUnimate was the first industrial robot,which worked on a General Motors assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey, in 1961.It was created by George Devol in the 1950s using his original patents...
inventor (b. 19121912 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft * Vice President: James S. Sherman , vacant * Chief Justice: Edward Douglass White* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Champ Clark...
)
- Don Chandler
- August 12
- Ernie JohnsonErnie Johnson (pitcher)Ernest Thorwald Johnson was a Major League Baseball pitcher. The 6'4", 195 lb. right-hander was signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent before the season. He played for the Boston Braves , Milwaukee Braves , and Baltimore Orioles .-Playing career:After serving three years in the U.S...
, American baseball player (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
) - Charles P. Murray, Jr.Charles P. Murray, Jr.Charles Patrick Murray, Jr., was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.-Early life:...
, World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
soldier (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
)
- Ernie Johnson
- August 14 – Fritz H. Bach, Austrian-born American physician (b. 1934)
- August 16 – Pete PihosPete PihosPeter Louis Pihos was a professional American football player in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was a high school junior when his mother moved the family to Chicago. His father was a murder victim, and when a suspect was acquitted, Pete decided to become a lawyer...
, American football player (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - August 18
- Maurice M. RapportMaurice M. RapportMaurice M. Rapport was leading biochemist who described the structure of serotonin...
, neuroscience biochemist (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - Scotty RobertsonScotty RobertsonRobert Scott Robertson, III, known as Scotty Robertson , was an American basketball coach of four NBA teams. He was the first coach for the New Orleans Jazz , and he later coached the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons...
, American basketball coach (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
) - Jerome J. ShestackJerome J. ShestackJerome Joseph "Jerry" Shestack , was a Philadelphia lawyer and human rights advocate active in Democratic Party politics who served as president of the American Bar Association from 1997 to 1998...
, lawyer (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
)
- Maurice M. Rapport
- August 20
- Reza BadiyiReza BadiyiReza Sayed Badiyi was an Iranian-American film director. Badiyi was well known for directing episodes of many popular television series...
, Iranian-born American television director (b. 1930) - William B. Kannel, physician (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - William I. Wolff, physician and ColonoscopyColonoscopyColonoscopy is the endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus. It may provide a visual diagnosis and grants the opportunity for biopsy or removal of suspected...
co-developer (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
)
- Reza Badiyi
- August 22
- Nickolas Ashford, singer (b. 19421942 in the United States-January:* January 1 – WWII: The United States and Philippines troops fight the Battle of Bataan.* January 10 – WWII: The last German air-raid on Liverpool destroys the home of William Patrick Hitler, Adolf Hitler's nephew...
) - Jerry Leiber, songwriter (b. 19331933 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Herbert Hoover until March 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt*Vice President - Charles Curtis until March 4, John N. Garner-January–March:* January 5 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay....
) - Sanford H. Winston, World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
army veteran (b. 19201920 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities....
)
- Nickolas Ashford, singer (b. 1942
- August 24 – Mike Flanagan, American baseball player and manager (b. 19511951 in the United States-January–March:* January 10 – The new United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.* January 17 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul....
) - August 26
- Patrick C. FischerPatrick C. FischerPatrick Carl Fischer was an American computer scientist, a noted researcher in computational complexity theory and database theory, and a target of the Unabomber.-Biography:...
, computer scientist and Unabomber target (b. 19351935 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., begins in Flemington, New Jersey....
) - Donn A. StarryDonn A. StarryGeneral Donn Albert Starry was a United States Army four star general who served as Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from 1977 to 1981; and as Commander in Chief, U.S...
, soldier (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
)
- Patrick C. Fischer
- August 27 – Keith TantlingerKeith TantlingerKeith Walton Tantlinger was a mechanical engineer and inventor whose inventions played a major role in globalization. Working with Malcom McLean, who spearheaded the container ship revolution in the 1950s, Tantlinger developed much of the early technology that made modern container shipping...
, mechanical engineer (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - August 29
- Pauline Morrow AustinPauline Morrow AustinPauline Morrow Austin is an American meteorologist.Austin received a BA from Wilson College in 1938, an MA from Smith College in 1939, and a PhD in Physics from MIT in 1942....
, meteorologist (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
) - David P. ReynoldsDavid P. ReynoldsDavid P. Reynolds was Chairman emeritus of Reynolds Metals Co. and an owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. He is the son of Richard S. Reynolds, Sr...
, businessman (b. 19151915 in the United States-January–March:* January – While working as a cook at New York's Sloan Hospital under an assumed name, Typhoid Mary infects 25 people, and is placed in quarantine for life....
)
- Pauline Morrow Austin
September
Deaths in September 2011Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2011.-30:...
- September 3 – Don FambroughDon Fambrough-External links:...
, American college football coach (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
) - September 4 – Lee Roy SelmonLee Roy SelmonLee Roy Selmon was a Hall of Fame NFL football defensive lineman.-Early life:Selmon was the youngest of nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon, raised on a farm near Eufaula, Oklahoma...
, American football player (b. 19541954 in the United States-Events:-January:* January 14 – Marilyn Monroe marries baseball player Joe DiMaggio.* January 20 – The U.S.-based National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations....
) - September 5 – Charles S. DubinCharles S. DubinCharles Samuel Dubin was an American film and television director.From the early 1950s to 1991, Dubin worked in television, directing episodes of Tales of Tomorrow, Omnibus, The Defenders, The Big Valley, The Virginian, Hawaii Five-O, M*A*S*H, Matlock, The Rockford Files, Murder, She Wrote and...
, television director (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - September 6
- Bruce B. Dan, physician (b. 19461946 in the United States-Events:-January–March:* January 6 – A revised and streamlined revival of Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat opens on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre.* January 25 – The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor....
) - Michael S. HartMichael S. HartMichael Stern Hart was an American author, best known as the inventor of the electronic book and the founder of Project Gutenberg, a project to make ebooks freely available via the Internet...
, the founder of Project GutenbergProject GutenbergProject Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks". Founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books...
(b. 19471947 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.* January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles...
) - Malcolm Prine, American baseball executive (b. 19281928 in the United States-January:* January 12 – U.S. murderer Ruth Snyder is executed at Ossining.-February:* February 25 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.-March:...
)
- Bruce B. Dan, physician (b. 1946
- September 10 – Cliff RobertsonCliff RobertsonClifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson III was an American actor with a film and television career that spanned half of a century. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film PT 109, and won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie Charly...
, film actor (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - September 13
- John CalleyJohn CalleyJohn Calley was an American film studio executive and producer. He was quite influential during his years at Warner Bros...
, film studio executive (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
) - Sam DeLucaSam DeLucaSaverio Frank "Sam" DeLuca was an American Professional Football offensive lineman in the American Football League and later a radio and television football coverage broadcaster. He played six seasons, three for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers and three for the New York Jets. He was a member of...
, American footall player (b. 19361936 in the United States-January–March:* January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company....
)
- John Calley
- September 14 – Malcolm WallopMalcolm WallopMalcolm Wallop was a Republican politician and former three-term United States Senator from Wyoming.-Early years:...
, United States Senator (b. 19331933 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Herbert Hoover until March 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt*Vice President - Charles Curtis until March 4, John N. Garner-January–March:* January 5 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay....
) - September 15
- Frances BayFrances BayFrances Bay was a U.S.-based Canadian character actress, best known for playing quirky, elderly women on film and television...
, Canadian film and television actress, died in Tarzana, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
(b. 19191919 in Canada-January to June:*January 19 - Canadian troops take part in the Battle of Shenkursk, part of the Russian Civil War.*February 17 - Wilfrid Laurier, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, dies in office.*April 17 - New Brunswick women are permitted to vote....
) - Bill TaylorBill Taylor (baseball)William Michael Taylor was a former Major League Baseball player who played outfield for the New York Giants and Detroit Tigers....
, American baseball player (b. 19291929 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1929 in the United States.-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge until March 4, Herbert Hoover*Vice President - Charles G...
)
- Frances Bay
- September 16 – Dave GavittDave GavittDavid "Dave" Gavitt was a American college basketball coach and athletic director at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island...
, American basketball coach and administrator (b. 19371937 in the United States-January–March:* January 11 – The first issue of LOOK Magazine goes on sale in the United States.* January 12 – Adventurer and filmmaker Martin Johnson, of Martin and Osa Johnson fame, is killed along with four others in the crash of Western Air Express Flight 7 in mountainous terrain...
) - September 17
- Julius BlankJulius BlankJulius Blank was a semiconductor pioneer and a member of the so-called Traitorous Eight associated with Nobel-winning physicist William Shockley....
, mechanical engineer (b. 19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
) - Charles H. PercyCharles H. PercyCharles Harting "Chuck" Percy was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964. He was elected United States Senator from Illinois in 1966, re-elected through his term ending in 1985; he concentrated on business and foreign relations...
, United States Senator (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
)
- Julius Blank
- September 18 – Bayless ManningBayless ManningBayless A. Manning was an American lawyer, law professor, writer and expert of corporate law. He served as the dean of Stanford Law School from 1964 to 1971...
, lawyer (b. 19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
) - September 19
- Thomas Capano, murderer (b. 19491949 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Harry S. Truman*Vice President - vacant until January 20, Alben W. Barkley-January–March:* January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico....
) - Dolores HopeDolores HopeDolores Hope, DC*SG was an American singer, philanthropist and wife of actor/comedian Bob Hope.-Early life and career:...
, singer (b. 19091909 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , William Howard Taft * Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks , James S...
)
- Thomas Capano, murderer (b. 1949
- September 20 – Oscar HandlinOscar HandlinOscar Handlin was an American historian. As a professor of history at Harvard University for over 50 years, he directed 80 PhD dissertations and helped promote social and ethnic history...
, historian (b. 19151915 in the United States-January–March:* January – While working as a cook at New York's Sloan Hospital under an assumed name, Typhoid Mary infects 25 people, and is placed in quarantine for life....
) - September 21
- Lawrence Russell Brewer, murderer (b. 19671967 in the United States-January:*January 4 – The Doors' self-titled debut album is released.*January 6 – Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch Operation Deckhouse Five in the Mekong River Delta.*January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts....
) - Troy DavisTroy DavisTroy Davis is a Canadian Football League running back who is currently a free agent. He is best known for being the first NCAA Division I-A running back to rush for over 2,000 yards in back to back seasons while at Iowa State...
, murderer (b. 19681968 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1968 in the United States. The year 1968 in the United States is commonly associated with unrest and the Counterculture of the 1960s.-January:* January 14 – The Green Bay Packers win Super Bowl II....
) - Michael Julian DrakeMichael Julian DrakeMichael Julian Drake , Regent’s Professor, was the Director of the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and head of the Department of Planetary Science. He was the principal investigator of the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer ...
, astronomer (b. 19461946 in the United States-Events:-January–March:* January 6 – A revised and streamlined revival of Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat opens on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre.* January 25 – The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor....
)
- Lawrence Russell Brewer, murderer (b. 1967
- September 22 – John H. Dick, American basketball player and United States Navy Admiral (b. 19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
) - September 23
- Orlando Brown, American football player and successful litigant against the National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
(b. 19701970 in the United States-January:* January 5 – The first episode of All My Children is broadcast on the ABC television network.* January 11 – Super Bowl IV: The Kansas City Chiefs beat the heavily favored Minnesota Vikings 23–7....
) - Danny LitwhilerDanny LitwhilerDaniel Webster Litwhiler was an American Major League baseball player who played outfield from 1940-1951. He played for the Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds. He was the first Major Leaguer to have an error-free season...
, American baseball player and college coach (b. 19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
)
- Orlando Brown, American football player and successful litigant against the National Football League
- September 24
- Richard Koch, physician, advocate for phenylketonuriaPhenylketonuriaPhenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive metabolic genetic disorder characterized by a mutation in the gene for the hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase , rendering it nonfunctional. This enzyme is necessary to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine to the amino acid tyrosine...
neonate screening (b. 19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
) - Tony KnapTony KnapAnthony Joseph "Tony" Knap was a college football head coach and former player. He was the head coach at Utah State , Boise State , and UNLV , compiling a career college football record of 143–53–4.-Biography:The oldest son of Polish immigrants, Knap was raised in Milwaukee,...
, American football coach (b. 19141914 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.* January 9 – The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc...
)
- Richard Koch, physician, advocate for phenylketonuria
- September 26
- David Zelag GoodmanDavid Zelag GoodmanDavid Zelag Goodman was a playwright and screenwriter for both TV and film. His most prolific period was from the 1960s to the early 1980s. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Lovers and Other Strangers, though he did not win. He co-wrote, with Sam Peckinpah, the screenplay for 1971's...
, film screenwriter (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
) - Jerry HaynesJerry HaynesJerome Martin "Jerry" Haynes was an American actor from Dallas, Texas. He is most well known as Mr. Peppermint, a role he played for 30 years as the host of one of the longest-running local children's shows in television, the Dallas-based Mr...
, television actor (b. 19271927 in the United States-January–March:* January 7 – The first transatlantic telephone call is made from New York City to London.* February 23 – The U.S. Federal Radio Commission begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.* March 11 – In New York City, the Roxy Theater is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.*...
)
- David Zelag Goodman
- September 27 – Wilson GreatbatchWilson GreatbatchWilson Greatbatch was an American engineer and inventor whois most widely known as the inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker...
, electrical engineer and the inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - September 28 – Claude R. Kirk, Jr.Claude R. Kirk, Jr.Claude Roy Kirk, Jr. was the 36th Governor of the U.S. state of Florida . He was the first Republican Governor of Florida since Reconstruction.-Early life:...
, 36th Governor of Florida (b. 19261926 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.* March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.-April–June:...
) - September 30 –
- Anwar al-AwlakiAnwar al-AwlakiAnwar al-Awlaki was an American and Yemeni imam who was an engineer and educator by training. According to U.S. government officials, he was a senior talent recruiter and motivator who was involved with planning operations for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda...
, terrorist, died in al-Jawf Governorate, YemenYemenThe Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
(b. 19711971 in the United States-January:* January 2 – A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States.* January 12 – The landmark television sitcom All In The Family, starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS....
) - Lee DavenportLee DavenportLee L. Davenport was an American physicist. He was a member of the MIT Radiation Laboratory during World War II, responsible for the development and deployment of the SCR-584 radar system.-Early Life:...
, physicist (b. 19151915 in the United States-January–March:* January – While working as a cook at New York's Sloan Hospital under an assumed name, Typhoid Mary infects 25 people, and is placed in quarantine for life....
) - Peter GentPeter GentGeorge Davis Peter Gent was a Michigan State University basketball player and National Football League wide receiver turned novelist.-Early days:...
, American football player and writer (b. 19421942 in the United States-January:* January 1 – WWII: The United States and Philippines troops fight the Battle of Bataan.* January 10 – WWII: The last German air-raid on Liverpool destroys the home of William Patrick Hitler, Adolf Hitler's nephew...
) - Mike HeimerdingerMike HeimerdingerMichael "Mike" Heimerdinger was a football coach in the National Football League.-Career:Heimerdinger was most recently the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans, a position he had served in from 2000-2004 and again from 2008-2010...
, American football coach, died in MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
(b. 19521952 in the United States-January:* January 14 – The Today Show premieres on NBC, becoming one of the longest-running television series in America.-February:* February 2 – A tropical storm forms just north of Cuba moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southern Florida the next day...
) - Ralph M. SteinmanRalph M. SteinmanRalph Marvin Steinman was a Canadian immunologist and cell biologist at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 coined the term dendritic cells while working as a postdoc in the lab of Zanvil A. Cohn, also at Rockefeller University....
, Canadian Nobel immunologist, died in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, U.S. (b. 19431943 in Canada-Events:*January 8 - Stuart Garson becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years*May 11 - J. Walter Jones becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Thane Campbell...
) - Marv TarplinMarv TarplinMarvin "Marv" Tarplin was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for The Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their biggest hits, including the 2007 Grammy Hall Of Fame inducted "The Tracks...
, guitarist and songwriter (b. 19411941 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1941 in the United States. At the end of this year, the United States officially enters World War II by declaring war on the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.-Incumbents:*President - Franklin D. Roosevelt...
)
- Anwar al-Awlaki
October
Deaths in October 2011Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2011.-31:...
- October 2 – Don LapreDon LapreDonald D. "Don" Lapre was an American TV pitchman. He became a multi-level marketing and infomercial salesman. His work involved product packages such as "The Greatest Vitamin in the World" and "Making Money Secrets"....
, conartist (b. 19641964 in the United States-January:* January 3 – U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President.* January 7 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba.*...
) - October 3 – Aden MeinelAden MeinelAden B. Meinel was an American astronomer. He retired in 1993 as a Distinguished Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He also held the rank of Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences...
, astronomer (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
) - October 4
- Joseph R. Aceti, televison sports director (b. 19351935 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., begins in Flemington, New Jersey....
) - Kenneth H. DahlbergKenneth H. DahlbergKenneth Harry Dahlberg was an American businessman and highly decorated World War II fighter ace.-Early life:...
, World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
pilot (b. 19171917 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The University of Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14–0 in college football's 3rd Annual Rose Bowl.* January 11 – German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey , one of the events leading to U.S...
)
- Joseph R. Aceti, televison sports director (b. 1935
- October 5
- Derrick BellDerrick BellDerrick Albert Bell, Jr. was the first tenured African-American professor of Law at Harvard University, and largely credited as the originator of Critical Race Theory. He was the former dean of the University of Oregon School of Law.- Education and early career :Born in the Hill District of...
, lawyer (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
) - Steve JobsSteve JobsSteven Paul Jobs was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc...
, computer engineer (b. 19551955 in the United States-January–March:* January 7 – Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.* January 22 – The Pentagon announces a plan to develop ICBMs armed with nuclear weapons.* January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes...
) - Charles NapierCharles Napier (actor)Charles L. Napier was an American actor, known for his portrayals of square-jawed tough guys and military types.-Early life:...
, actor (b. 19361936 in the United States-January–March:* January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company....
) - Fred ShuttlesworthFred ShuttlesworthReverend Fred Shuttlesworth, born Freddie Lee Robinson, was a U.S. civil rights activist who led the fight against segregation and other forms of racism as a minister in Birmingham, Alabama...
, minister (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
)
- Derrick Bell
- October 6 – William S. Dietrich IIWilliam S. Dietrich IIWilliam S. Dietrich II was the successful industrialist who grew Dietrich Industries and late in life made two of the largest charitable contributions to the University of Pittsburgh, Thiel College and Carnegie Mellon University.- Philanthropy :On September 7, 2011 Carnegie Mellon University...
, executive (b. 19381938 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The March of Dimes is established by Franklin D. Roosevelt.* January 16 – Two landmark live recordings are produced this day: the very first of Mahler's Ninth by the Vienna Philharmonic under Bruno Walter in the face of dire circumstance; and Benny Goodman...
) - October 7
- Paul Kent, actor (b. 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
) - Andrew LaszloAndrew LaszloAndrew Laszlo A.S.C. was a Hungarian-American cinematographer. He earned Emmy nominations for The Man Without a Country in 1973 and Shōgun in 1980.-Life:...
, Hungary-born American film cinematographer (b. 1926)
- Paul Kent, actor (b. 1930
- October 8
- Al DavisAl DavisAllen "Al" Davis was an American football executive. He was the principal owner of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League from 1970 to 2011...
, American football executive (b. 19291929 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1929 in the United States.-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge until March 4, Herbert Hoover*Vice President - Charles G...
) - David HessDavid HessDavid Alexander Hess was an American actor, singer, and songwriter.-Music career:In 1956, Hess recorded the original version of the Otis Blackwell composition "All Shook Up" under the stage name David Hill...
, actor and songwriter (b. 19361936 in the United States-January–March:* January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company....
) - Milan PuskarMilan PuskarMilan "Mike" Puskar was an entrepreneur and philanthropist from Morgantown, West Virginia. He was born to Serbian parents....
, pharmaceutical executive (b. 19341934 in the United States-January:* January 24 – Albert Einstein visits the White House.* January 26 – The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.-February:* February 22 – Frank Capra's It Happened One Night , starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, is released. It becomes a smash hit and the first...
) - Dennis RitchieDennis RitchieDennis MacAlistair Ritchie , was an American computer scientist who "helped shape the digital era." He created the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the UNIX operating system...
, computer scientist (b. 19411941 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1941 in the United States. At the end of this year, the United States officially enters World War II by declaring war on the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.-Incumbents:*President - Franklin D. Roosevelt...
) - Mikey WelshMikey WelshMichael Edward "Mikey" Welsh was an American artist and musician, best known as the former bassist of Weezer. He played with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo during Cuomo's time in Boston during the hiatus in the band Homie...
, bassist (b. 19711971 in the United States-January:* January 2 – A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States.* January 12 – The landmark television sitcom All In The Family, starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS....
) - Roger WilliamsRoger Williams (pianist)Roger Williams was an American popular music pianist. As of 2004, he had released 116 albums.-Biography:...
, pianist (b. 19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
)
- Al Davis
- October 10 – Albert RoselliniAlbert RoselliniAlbert Dean Rosellini was the 15th Governor of the state of Washington for two terms, from 1957 to 1965, and was the first Italian American, Roman Catholic governor elected west of the Mississippi River...
, 15th Governor of Washington (b. 19101910 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft * Vice President: James S. Sherman * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller , Edward Douglass White...
) - October 11 – Bob GalvinBob GalvinRobert William "Bob" Galvin was a US executive. He was the son of the founder of Motorola, Paul Galvin, and served as the CEO of Motorola from 1959 to 1986.-Motorola career:...
, electronics executive (b. 19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
) - October 12 – Patricia BreslinPatricia BreslinPatricia Rose Breslin was an American actress known for her guest roles in various television series in the 1950s and 1960s.-Early years:...
, actress (b. 19311931 in the United States-January–March:* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.* January 6 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application....
)
November
- November 4 – Andy Rooney, columnist (b. 19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60....
) - November 7
- Joe FrazierJoe FrazierJoseph William "Joe" Frazier , also known as Smokin' Joe, was an Olympic and Undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a one-fight comeback in 1981....
, boxer (b. 19441944 in the United States-January:* January 20 – The U.S. Army 36th Infantry Division, in Italy, attempts to cross the Rapido River.* January 22 – World War II – Operation Shingle: The Allies begin the assault on Anzio, Italy. The U.S...
) - Andrea TrueAndrea TrueAndrea True was an American adult film star and singer from the disco era. In addition to her given name, she had multiple stage names, including Inger Kissin, Singe Low, Sandra Lips, Andrea Travis, and Catherine Warren, .She is best known for the disco tune "More, More, More", released in 1976,...
, porn performer and singer (b. 19431943 in the United States-January:* January 4 – Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California, is succeeded by Earl Warren.* January 11 – The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.* January 14 – The Casablanca Conference, where Franklin D...
)
- Joe Frazier
- November 8 – Heavy D, hip hop artist and actor (b. 19671967 in the United States-January:*January 4 – The Doors' self-titled debut album is released.*January 6 – Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch Operation Deckhouse Five in the Mekong River Delta.*January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts....
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