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 )

In the Fall of 2011, the nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement made its appearance at two locales in Berkeley: on the campus of the University of California and as an encampment in Civic Center Park.

A male protester at Occupy Wall Street playing the instrument, September 2011

Her son Aubrey, a photographer and film-maker who is " committed to social justice ", received media attention in 2011, when he participated in Occupy Dame Street.

" Occupy Video Showcases Live Streaming ," New York Times, December 11, 2011

A woman protesting the state of protections for whistleblowers of banking fraud at the Occupy Wall Street rally, September 17, 2011

In response to the Occupy Wall Street protests and the worldwide occupy movement calling for U. S. campaign finance reform eliminating corporate influence in politics, among other reforms, Representative Ted Deutch introduced the " Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy " ( OCCUPIED ) constitutional amendment on November 18, 2011.

Harvard law professor and Creative Commons board member Lawrence Lessig had called for a constitutional convention in a September 24 – 25, 2011 conference co-chaired by the Tea Party Patriots ' national coordinator, in Lessig's October 5 book, Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress – and a Plan to Stop It, and at the Occupy protest in Washington, DC.

A protester at Occupy Wall Street surrounded by signs that demand social justice, September 2011

On October 10, 2011, protesters and civic activists began " Occupy Oakland " demonstrations directed against national social and economic inequality at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Downtown Oakland.

On 7 December 2011, the anniversary of his death, a memorial march by members of Norwich Occupy and Norwich Green Party took place and a wreath was laid by the gates of Norwich Castle.

On September 27, 2011, Sarandon spoke to reporters and other interested parties at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City.

In November 2011, Miller posted incendiary remarks pertaining to the Occupy Wall Street movement in his personal blog.

Del Naja and Thom Yorke of Radiohead threw an unofficial party at the occupied USB bank in the city of London in December 2011, in support for the international Occupy movement.

On November 16, 2011 Ellsberg camped on the UC Berkeley Sproul Plaza as part of an effort to support the Occupy Cal movement.

Occupy Oakland, November 12, 2011, Howard Zinn quote

The finances of the cathedral came under public scrutiny during the anti-capitalism Occupy London encampment in front of the cathedral which began in October 2011.

It has been argued that this unemployment rate and poor economic situation has given Generation Y a rallying call with the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement.

On October 10, 2011, Rivera was filmed by Russia Today being jeered by the Occupy Wall Street protesters at Liberty Square.

Most recently, the band played an acoustic set at the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City on October 8, 2011.

The Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square was the initial target for the protesters of Occupy London on October 15, 2011.

On October 8, 2011, the museum was temporarily closed after demonstrators associated with the Occupy D. C. demonstration attempted to enter the museum.

For example, the symbolic protest of the Occupy movement of 2011-2012, which originated in the 2011 Israeli social justice protests, consisted of camping out in tents in public space ( in Hebrew, Mechaat HaOhalim ), until they were removed, often violently, by the police.

Members march at the Occupy Wall Street protest on September 17, 2011

's 2011 Canadian tour, Keithley gave free solo acoustic performances in 3 of the tent cities that had appeared across Canada in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests, Occupy Ottawa, Occupy Regina and Occupy Vancouver.