What Happened In January 2011 In History

Historical Events for January, 2011

• 1st » A bomb 2011 Alexandria bombing e.g explodes as Copts e.g Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
• 1st » The Administrative divisions of Greece known as Kallikratis plan becomes the new administrative system of Greece.
• 1st » Estonia joins the Eurozone.
• 8th » The attempted assassination of Arizona United States House of Representatives Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent 2011 Tucson shooting shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway Inc. Safeway grocery store, for which Jared Lee Loughner is
• 9th » Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 77 people.
• 10th » 2010–2011 Queensland floods: Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland named South East Queensland, Australia causes severe flash flooding, killing 9 people.
• 14th » The former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for freedom, rights and democracy, considered as the anniversary of the Tunis
• 31st » A January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American blizzard named winter storm hits North America for the January 25–27, 2011 North American blizzard e.g second time in the same month, causing $1.8 billion in damage across the United States and Canada and kil

Famous Birthdays on January in 2011

• 8th » Princess Josephine of Denmark
• 8th » Prince Vincent of Denmark

Famous Deaths for January 2011

• 1st » Marin Constantin, Romanian composer and conductor (b. 1925)
• 1st » Reynaldo Dagsa, Filipino politician
• 1st » Flemming Jørgensen, Danish singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (Bamses Venner) (b. 1947)
• 2nd » Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930)
• 2nd » Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)
• 2nd » Szeto Wah, Hong Kong politician (b. 1931)
• 2nd » Richard Winters, American soldier (b. 1918)
• 2nd » Bali Ram Bhagat, Indian politician, 16th List of Governors of Rajasthan called Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1922)
• 3rd » Fadil Hadžić, Croatian director (b. 1922)
• 3rd » Suchitra Mitra, Indian singer and composer (b. 1924)
• 4th » Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisian activist (b. 1984)
• 4th » Mick Karn, Cypriot-English bass player and songwriter (Japan (band) or Japan, Dalis Car, NiNa, and JBK (music) known as JBK) (b. 1958)
• 4th » Dick King-Smith English author (b. 1922)
• 4th » Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (b. 1937)
• 4th » Ali-Reza Pahlavi, Iranian son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (b. 1966)
• 4th » Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (The Humblebums and Stealers Wheel) (b. 1947)
• 4th » Salmaan Taseer, Pakistani businessman and politician, 26th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan (b. 1944)
• 5th » Malangatana Ngwenya, Mozambican painter and poet(b. 1936)
• 6th » Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1967)
• 7th » Derek Gardner (motorsport) e.g Derek Gardner, English engineer (b. 1931)
• 8th » Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1937)
• 8th » John Roll, American judge (b. 1947)
• 8th » Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1924)
• 9th » Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (b. 1930)
• 10th » Vivek Shauq, Indian actor (b. 1963)
• 10th » Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)
• 13th » Albert Heijn (born 1927) called Albert Heijn, Dutch businessman (b. 1927)
• 14th » Peter Post, Dutch cyclist and manager (b. 1933)
• 15th » Nat Lofthouse, English footballer (b. 1925)
• 17th » Don Kirshner, American composer (b. 1934)
• 18th » Sargent Shriver, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to France (b. 1915)
• 19th » Ernest McCulloch, Canadian biologist (b. 1926)
• 21st » Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (b. 1922)
• 21st » Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (b. 1938)
• 21st » E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1958)
• 23rd » Jack LaLanne, American fitness instructor, author, and television host (b. 1914)
• 24th » Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (b. 1949)
• 24th » Bhimsen Joshi, Indian singer (b. 1922)
• 24th » Gerry Ortega, Filipino environmentalist, journalist, and politician (b. 1963)
• 25th » Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos Greek captain and businessman (b. 1935)
• 25th » Vincent Cronin, Welsh historian and author (b. 1924)
• 26th » Gladys Horton, American singer (The Marvelettes) (b. 1944)
• 26th » Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Louvin Brothers) (b. 1927)
• 27th » Mārtiņš Freimanis, Latvian singer-songwriter and actor (F.L.Y.) (b. 1977)
• 29th » Milton Babbitt, American composer, educator, and theorist (b. 1916)
• 30th » John Barry (composer) known as John Barry, English composer and conductor (b. 1933)
• 31st » Bartolomeu Anania, Romanian bishop and poet (b. 1921)
• 31st » Mark Ryan (guitarist) e.g Mark Ryan, English guitarist (Adam and the Ants) (b. 1959)

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