events of the year
Nobel prize 2011
Dec 31, 2011A trio of astronomers, Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess, wins the Nobel physics prize for discovering that the expansion
Sports events of the year
Dec 31, 2011Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic defeats Russia’s Maria Sharapova in the Wimbledon women's singles final at London
Events of the year
Dec 31, 2011Pakistan's Punjab’s liberal Governor Salman Taseer is assassinated by his security guard for calling the blasphemy law a “black law.”
Passages
Dec 31, 2011Elizabeth Taylor, the actor who stole a million hearts, passes away at 79 after a dazzling career spanning five decades.






