In 2011 Lawrence's men's cross country team won the Midwest Conference championships for the first time since 1985, beating Grinell College and ending its 14-year winning streak.

After a 14-year battle, he succumbed to leukemia on March 26, 2011 at Toronto General Hospital at the age of 64.

The country competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, marking its first participation in the contest after a 14-year absence.

Formula One World Championship's control of the rights began from the beginning of 2011, where it took over from sister company Formula One Administration, which controlled the rights for a 14-year period beginning in 1996.

According to Samsung this was because the " Demand for the old ' Square monitors ' has decreased rapidly over the last couple of years ," and " I predict that by the end of 2011, production on all 4: 3 or similar panels will be halted due to a lack of demand.

The discovery of a galaxy more than 13 billion years old, which existed only 480 million years after the Big Bang, was reported in January 2011.

The earliest evidence for modern humans in North West Europe is a jawbone discovered in Devon at Kents Cavern in 1927, which was re-dated in 2011 to between 41, 000 and 44, 000 years old.

Further Homo erectus fossils of a similar age were found at Sangiran in the 1930 ` s by the anthropologist Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, who in the same time period also uncovered fossils at Ngandong alongside more advanced tools, re-dated in 2011 to between 550, 000 and 143, 000 years old.

The oldest Acheulean tools ever discovered anywhere in the world are from West Turkana, and were dated in 2011 through the method of magnetostratigraphy to about 1. 76 million years old.

The old library in building C7A closed at the end of July 2011, and the new library in building C3C became operational on 1 August 2011.

In 2011, South African archeologists reported finding a 100, 000 year old human-made ochre-based mixture which may have been used like paint.

In May 2011, Porsche Cars North America announced plans to spend $ 80 –$ 100 million, but will receive about $ 15 million in economic incentives to move their North American headquarters from Sandy Springs, a suburb of Atlanta, to Aerotropolis Atlanta, a new mixed-use development on the site of the old Ford Hapeville plant adjacent to Atlanta's airport.

After his overthrow in the 2011 revolution, the association of the newly private businesses with the crony capitalism of the old regime along with the new look at long-festering labor and police-state issues have led to calls for re-nationalization.

In 2011, the end of the Mayan Long Count ushers in the " Sixth World ", with once-mythological beings ( e. g. dragons ) appearing and old forms of magic suddenly re-emerging.

He died in Tournai, 18 January 2011 at 80 years old.

Per the Vision for Space Exploration, the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011 due mainly to its old age and high cost of program reaching over a billion dollars per flight.

However, in February 2011, students gained access to the old HRC building, situated at 13 University Gardens ( Hetherington House ) and have now " reopened " it as the Free Hetherington, a social centre for learning and lectures, as well as protesting the shutting down of the club.

A second emblem was revealed during the unveiling of the 2011 Durango, which uses the same five-point shield-shaped outline of the old emblem, but with the ram's head replaced with a chrome cross reminiscent of the brand's signature cross-haired grille.

In June 2011, Luxembourg adopted equal primogeniture, replacing the old Semi-Salic law that might have guaranteed the survival of Bourbon rule for generations.

Other projects include the new district near the Santa Gilla pond ( Piazza Santa Gilla ), a luxurious beauty-center on the Poetto beach, where now is the old abandoned " Marino " hospital, the new university campus, designed by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, and the new " Parco della musica ", a great park with an amphitheatre and fountains, channels and water-games, between T-hotel and the Civic Theatre ; the latter will be finished by the end of the year, while the other works will be finished by 2010 – 2011.

The Academy's new building opened in September 2011, and the demolition of the old school site, making way for new playing fields to be laid out, will be completed by Spring 2012.

In late 2011, illegal loggers burned an 8 year old Awa girl alive, after she wandered out of her village.

On 9 August 2011 a fire broke out at the old Joanna's nightclub, a derelict building situated opposite South Parade Pier.

On 11 October 2011, English singer-songwriter, Kate Bush, released, as a single from her album, " 50 Words for Snow ," the critically acclaimed and evocative, seven minute song, " Wild Man ," described by New Music Express music critic, Priya Elan, as having lyrics " full of geographical intrigue and century old myth.

Per the Vision for Space Exploration, the Space Shuttle is due to be retired in 2011 due mainly to its old age and high cost of the program reaching over a billion dollars per flight.

The University reorganised academically in January 2011 to 7 schools, incorporating 15 old departments.

On 6 November 2009, TNT announced that it had obtained exclusive syndication rights for The Mentalist and would begin airing old episodes of the series starting in the fall of 2011.

Work is proceeding in 2011 on the restoration of the old Matador jail.

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

* 2011: Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema ( Harry Potter series, joined by J. K. Rowling, David Heyman, David Barron, David Yates and Mike Newell, shared with Harry Potter cast and crew )

* 1987 – Michael Baze, American horse racing jockey ( d. 2011 )

Recently, ( 28 February 2011 ) there has been news that Digby has retired leaving Michael Stirling as the new editor of the Beano.

* On 3 April 2011, Fulham unveiled a statue of Michael Jackson inside the stadium before its match with Blackpool.

In 2011, The Marlins brought in several relief pitchers ( Randy Choate, Edward Mujica, Ryan Webb, and Michael Dunn among them ) to revamp a depleted bullpen ; All-Stars John Buck and Omar Infante, and former All-Star Javier Vázquez were also added to their roster.

* Children: Michael Francis Compton ( b. 25 November 1940 ) Doreen Crick ; Gabrielle Anne ( b. 15 July 1951 ) and Jacqueline Marie-Therese Nichols ( b. 12 March 1954, d. 28 February 2011 ) Odile Crick ;

On 3 May 2011, Michael O ' Flaherty with the United Nations Human Rights Committee published General Comment No. 34 on the ICCPR, which among other comments expresses concern that many forms of " hate speech " do not meet the level of seriousness set out in Article 20.

In 2011 Lemmy appeared on the song " Debauchery As A Fine Art " from Michael Monroe's solo album Sensory Overdrive.

* 2011 – Michael Monroe – Sensory Overdrive guests on " Debauchery As A Fine Art "

A statue of Michael Jackson was unveiled by Al-Fayed in April 2011 at Fulham's Craven Cottage stadium.

* 1923 – Michael Legat, England writer ( d. 2011 )

* 1916 – Michael Gough, English actor ( d. 2011 )

Project Gutenberg founder, Michael Hart, died on September 6, 2011 at his home at Urbana, IL at the age of 64.

Peter Michael Falk ( September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011 ) was an American actor, best known for his role as Lt. Frank Columbo in the television series Columbo.

The current president is Michael D. Higgins, who was elected on 29 October 2011.

In 2011, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery exhibited its second show of the artist's work, Romare Bearden ( 1911-1988 ): Collage, A Centennial Celebration, an intimate grouping of 21 collages produced between 1964 and 1983.

On February 18, 2011, a federal jury found Michael Ciavarella guilty of racketeering because of his involvement in accepting illegal payments from Robert Mericle, the developer of PA Child Care, and Attorney Robert Powell, a co-owner of the facility.

The fourth installment of the novel series is titled The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm, by Michael A. Martin was announced in Star Trek Magazine issue 154, released in trade paperback format on October 25 2011 and is the final novel in The Romulan War series, taking the story to the end of the Romulan War and the decommission of the Enterprise.

* Spenard, Michael ( 11 April 2011 ) " Dueling with Dualism: the forlorn quest for the immaterial soul ", essay.

* Spenard, Michael ( April 11, 2011 ) " Dueling with Dualism: the forlorn quest for the immaterial soul ", essay.

In July 2011, fellow Canadian superstar Michael Bublé confirmed in a live video chat with fans that he recorded a duet of ' White Christmas ' with Twain for his 2011 Christmas album.

In early 2011, Tom Waits completed a set of 23 poems entitled Seeds on Hard Ground, which were inspired by Michael O ' Brien's portraits of the homeless in his upcoming book, Hard Ground, which will include the poems alongside the portraits.