A presence during the unrest in Côte d ' Ivoire, 2010 – 2011, were not officially confirmed.

* 2011 – In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 bodies were exhumed from several mass graves made by Los Zetas.

* 1917 – Leonora Carrington, British surrealist painter ( d. 2011 )

* 1916 – Russell Garcia, American composer ( d. 2011 )

* 1936 – Charles Napier, American actor ( d. 2011 )

* 1921 – Tove Maës, Danish actress ( d. 2011 )

* 1943 – Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia ( d. 2011 )

* 1915 – Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2011 )

* 1925 – Nat Lofthouse, English footballer ( d. 2011 )

* 1941 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer ( d. 2011 )

* 2011 – A peaceful march in protest of the death of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, London ends in a riot, sparking off a wave of rioting throughout the country over the following four nights.

* 1919 – George Shearing, English-American pianist ( d. 2011 )

Chris Tremlett bowls Michael Beer ( cricketer ) | Michael Beer to complete England's 3 – 1 Ashes victory on 7 January 2011

* 1951 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer ( Wax ) ( d. 2011 )

* 1946 – Rick Coonce, American drummer ( The Grass Roots ) ( d. 2011 )

* 1932 – Edward Hardwicke, English actor ( d. 2011 )

* 1937 – Zoltán Berczik, Hungarian table tennis player ( d. 2011 )

* 1993 – Ben Breedlove, American blogger ( d. 2011 )

* 1947 – Gerry Rafferty, Scottish musician and songwriter ( The Humblebums and Stealers Wheel ) ( d. 2011 )

* 2011 – Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton.

* 1936 – Trevor Bannister, English actor ( d. 2011 )

* 1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, England cricketer ( d. 2011 )

* 1928 – Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( d. 2011 )

* 1934 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author ( d. 2011 )

* 1945 – Bubba Smith, American football player and actor ( d. 2011 )

* February 28 – Bubba Smith, American football player and actor ( d. 2011 )

* Bubba Starling, 5th overall selection in the 2011 Major League Baseball draft by the Kansas City Royals.

First Baptist Church of Kingsland offers services with traditional hymns at 9 a. m. Sundays and contemporary music and worship at 10: 45 a. m .; senior pastor Bubba Stahl ( 2011 )

On January 3, 2011 Bubba announced he will be the first major radio announcer to have an internet show.

In February 2011, Bubba began an irregular editorial segment, Bring It on Bubba, for WTSP's 10 News at 11.

On August 15, 2011 WHTQ in Orlando ( now WDBO-FM ) and WFYV-FM in Jacksonville dropped Bubba the Love Sponge from their morning lineup — in WHTQ's case, it was due to a format change in which the station began a simulcast with WDBO.

In early March 2011, Rick and Bubba were cut by WSB on their Sunday schedule.

Charles Aaron " Bubba " Smith ( February 28, 1945 – August 3, 2011 ) was an American professional football player who became an actor after his retirement from the sport.

* Bubba Smith ( Charles Aaron Smith, 1945 – 2011 ), American actor and football player

In the Fall of 2011, Coach Dye took part in a weekly segment on the nationally syndicated the " Rick and Bubba Show ".

* Also on August 15, 2011, Boras negotiated a record contract for Bubba Starling, a high school phenom with a football scholarship to the University of Nebraska, who was selected fifth overall by the Kansas City Royals.

* We Be Big: The Mostly True Story of How We Became Rick and Bubba, ( ISBN 1-4016-0400-5 ) March 2011

In 2011, Rick and Bubba launched a line of beef jerky.

As of 2011 the Atlanta Falcons Executive Committee consisted of ten people: Arthur Blank, Owner and Chairman ; Rich McKay, President & CEO ; Thomas Dimitroff, General Manager ; Kim Shreckengost, Executive Vice President / Chief of Staff for AMB Group, LLC ; Greg Beadles, Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer ; Jim Smith, Chief Marketing Officer ; Danny Branch, Vice President of Information Technology ; Dave Cohen, Vice President of Sales and Service ; Reggie Roberts, Vice President of Football Communications and Tim Zulawski, VP of Sponsorship Sales and Service.

* 2011 – Gerard Smith, American musician ( Tv on the Radio ) ( b. 1974 )

The current Premier is Orlando Smith ( since 9 November 2011 ).

Things got heated in 2011 during a game when Roman Harper illegally hit Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith after Smith scored a touchdown.

With the 9th pick of the 1st round of the 2011 draft, the Cowboys selected USC tackle Tyron Smith.

* Smith, Gary Scott, Heaven in the American Imagination ( Oxford University Press ; 2011 ) 339 pages ; draws on art, music, folklore, sermons, literature, psychology, and other realms in a study of how Americans since the Puritans have imagined heaven.

Following a 1 – 0 victory against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in February 2011, described by Alan Smith as " a quite brilliant display in terms of discipline and spirit " and a " defensive masterplan " by David Pleat, Henry Winter wrote, " it can only be a matter of time before he is confirmed as long-term manager ".

* " The Danger of Legacy Systems " by Steve R. Smith, May 3, 2011

On May 18, 2011, Target Field was named " The Sports Facility of the Year " by Street and Smith ’ s SportsBusiness Journal at the magazine's 2011 Sports Business Awards Ceremony in New York City.

On May 2, 2012 it was announced that four players who played for the team between 2009 and 2011 would receive suspensions for their alleged participation in " Bountygate ": Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma ( 16 games ), Saints defensive lineman Will Smith ( 4 games ), former Saints / current Browns linebacker Scott Fujita ( 3 games ), and former Saints / current Packers defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove ( 8 games ).

During the 2011 preseason, the Giants lost Kevin Boss, Steve Smith, Rich Seubert, Keith Bulluck, Derek Hagan, and pro-bowl center Shaun O ' Hara to free agency.

* 1931 – Homer Smith, American football coach ( d. 2011 )

After La Russa retired as manager of the Cardinals in 2011, Smith became active in the organization again, starting with his stint as a special instructor for the team's 2012 spring training camp.

On May 3, 2011, it was announced that Patti Smith is one of the winners of the Polar Music Prize: " By devoting her life to art in all its forms, Patti Smith has demonstrated how much rock ’ n ' roll there is in poetry and how much poetry there is in rock ’ n ' roll.

On June 19, 2011, Patti Smith made her television acting debut on the TV series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, appearing in an episode called " Icarus ".

Smith has recorded a cover of Buddy Holly's classic " Words of Love " for the CD Rave On Buddy Holly, a tribute album tied to Holly's seventy-fifth birthday year which was released June 28, 2011.

In 2011, Smith announced the first museum exhibition of her photography in the United States, Camera Solo.

In 2011 Smith starred as Ms. Miller in the movie The Chaperone alongside Triple H and Ariel Winter.

** Jean Smith, American professional baseball player ( d. 2011 )