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 )

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

* 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 )

Their total population as of the 2011 census numbered 135, 974 " Cape Bretoners "; this is approximately 15 % of the provincial population.

According to the Census of Canada, the population of Cape Breton Island in 2011 was 135, 974, a 4. 4 % decline from 142, 298 in 2006, and a 14. 1 % decline from 158, 260 in 1996.

* 1923 – Aristides Pereira, Cape Verde politician ( d. 2011 )

In November 2011 the Volvo Ocean Race boat Puma's Mar Mostro headed to the island after the mast came down to meet a supporting vessel in the first leg between Alicante ( Spain ) and Cape Town ( South Africa ).

* November 17 – Aristides Maria Pereira, President of Cape Verde ( d. 2011 )

The 2011 population of the Sydney census area, was 31, 597, making it the largest population centre on Cape Breton Island.

( 1990 ), Cape Fear ( 1991 ), Afterglow ( 1997 ), Affliction ( 1997 ), The Thin Red Line ( 1998 ), The Good Thief ( 2003 ), and Warrior ( 2011 ).

Cape May Harbor Fest celebrates life in and around the harbor, with the 2011 event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the harbor's creation.

On Boxing Day in 2011, there was a major rock slide at Cape Arkona, which buried a ten year old girl and seriously injured her mother.

In May 2011 a Miami-Dade Circuit jury awarded Julie Reese, an 82-year-old Cape Coral smoker represented by The Ferraro Law Firm, a total verdict of $ 1 million from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, after she developed laryngeal cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

* A Number ( revival ): B1 / B2 / Michael Black ( 2011 )-directed by Jonathan Munby, ( Fugard Theatre, Cape Town )

Historic examples of intraplate earthquakes include those in Mineral, Virginia in 2011 ( estimated magnitude 5. 8 ), New Madrid in 1811 and 1812 ( estimated magnitude as high as 8. 1 ), the Boston ( Cape Ann ) earthquake of 1755 ( estimated magnitude 6. 0 to 6. 3 ), earthquakes felt in New York City in 1737 and 1884 ( both quakes estimated at about 5. 5 magnitude ), and the Charleston earthquake in South Carolina in 1886 ( estimated magnitude 6. 5 to 7. 3 ).

* Aidan O ' Brien – Desert King ( 1997 ), Galileo ( 2001 ), High Chaparral ( 2002 ), Dylan Thomas ( 2006 ), Soldier of Fortune ( 2007 ), Frozen Fire ( 2008 ), Fame and Glory ( 2009 ), Cape Blanco ( 2010 ), Treasure Beach ( 2011 ), Camelot ( 2012 )

* Michael Tabor – Desert King ( 1997 ), Montjeu ( 1999 ), Galileo ( 2001 ), High Chaparral ( 2002 ), Hurricane Run ( 2005 ), Dylan Thomas ( 2006 ), Soldier of Fortune ( 2007 ), Frozen Fire ( 2008 ), Fame and Glory ( 2009 ), Cape Blanco ( 2010 ), Treasure Beach ( 2011 )

During the nine months of the 2011 – 12 Volvo Ocean Race, which started in Alicante, Spain in October 2011 and concluded in Galway, Ireland, in July 2012, the teams were scheduled to sail over of the world ’ s most treacherous seas via Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Sanya, Auckland, around Cape Horn to Itajaí, Miami, Lisbon, and Lorient.

The air route between Cape Town and Johannesburg was the world's ninth busiest air route in 2011 with an estimated 4, 5 million passengers.

Aristides Maria Pereira (; November 17, 1923 – September 22, 2011 ) was the first President of Cape Verde, serving from 1975 to 1991.

The Aristides Pereira International Airport previously, ( Rabil Airport ) on the Cape Verdean island of Boa Vista, was officially renamed after him on November, 19, 2011.

Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires (; born 29 April 1934 ) was the President of Cape Verde from March 2001 to September 2011.

On 6 February 2011, he was elected to his third term by most Cape Verdean voters, thus reinforcing his party's influence in the Cape Verdean parliament.