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- Pope John Paul II is beatified at a ceremony in Vatican.[1]
- Libyan officials report that Saif al-Arab al-Gaddafi, the youngest son of Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in a NATO airstrike on his home in Tripoli.[2]
- U.S. officials confirm the death of Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda.[3]
- The memory unit of the flight data recorder from Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic in 2009, is recovered from the ocean floor.[4]
- The 2011 World Snooker Championship concludes with John Higgins defeating Judd Trump.[5]
- The Conservative Party wins a majority of seats in the Canadian parliamentary elections, achieving the Canada's first majority government in seven years.[6]
- Claude Choules, the last surviving combatant of World War I, dies at the age of 110.[7]
- Experimental data gathered by the Gravity Probe B satellite confirms two aspects of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.[8]
- In a referendum, the United Kingdom rejects the alternative vote system for future British parliamentary elections.[9]
- Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros dies after a three-year battle with cancer.[10]
- In the Singaporean general election the People's Action Party led by Lee Hsien Loong is returned to power while the opposition wins its first Group Representation Constituency.[11]
- Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao retains his WBO Welterweight Championship after defeating Shane Mosley.[12]
- Intel announces the release of the 22-nm Ivy Bridge chip, marking the first commercial deployment of tri-gate transistors.[13]
- Established same-sex couples in Brazil are awarded the same legal rights as married heterosexual couples.[14]
- In basketball, Panathinaikos BC defeats Maccabi Tel Aviv to win the Euroleague 2010–11.[15]
- Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt is killed in a crash during the third stage of the 2011 Giro d'Italia, becoming the first cyclist killed on a Grand Tour since 1995.[16]
- In association football, A.C. Milan win their 18th Serie A title.[17]
- Microsoft announces the acquisition of Internet phone service Skype for US$8.5 billion.[18]
- A 5.2 Mw earthquake hits near the Spanish town of Lorca, killing at least 10 people.[19]
- In association football, FC Barcelona win their 21st La Liga title.[20]
- At least 80 people are killed and more than 150 injured in twin suicide bombings in Charsadda District, Pakistan.[21]
- The world's longest-serving democratically-elected communist government has lost elections in the Indian state of West Bengal to Mamata Banerjee.[22]
- The song Running Scared performed by Eldar & Nigar from Azerbaijan wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 hosted by Germany.[23]
- New data analysis from the spacecraft Galileo confirms an ocean of magma just under the surface of Jupiter's moon Io.[24]
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, is charged with "a criminal sexual act" in New York City.[25]
- In association football, Manchester United win a record 19th English league title while Manchester City/Stoke City win the FA Cup.[26]
- Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on its final mission, delivering the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer for installation on the International Space Station.[27]
- In ice hockey, the IIHF World Championship concludes with Finland defeating Sweden in the final.[28]
- Kenyan long-distance runner Samuel Wanjiru, who holds the world record for the half marathon, dies at the age of 24.[29]
- At least twelve Arab protesters are killed during Nakba Day protests and marches on Israel's borders.[30]
- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom makes the first-ever state visit by a British monarch to the Republic of Ireland.[31]
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, is held without bail in New York City on charges of sexual assault.[32]
- The Eurozone financial leaders approve a €78 Billion bailout package for Portugal making it the third country, after Ireland and Greece, to receive a bailout in the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis.[33]
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns his position as head of the International Monetary Fund in the wake of charges of sexual assault.[34]
- Boeing and Airbus both claim victory as the WTO rules on the world's largest trade dispute.[35]
- Professional wrestler Randy Savage dies in a car accident at the age of 58.[36]
- Protests against the government continue in cities across Spain, despite a ban before elections.[37]
- Garret FitzGerald, former Taoiseach of Ireland and founder of the New Ireland Forum, dies at 85.[38]
- Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life wins the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.[39]
- American writer Philip Roth wins the 2011 Man Booker International Prize.[40]
- At least 89 people are killed by a tornado, the United States' deadliest in 58 years, in Joplin, Missouri.[41]
- PNS Mehran, a Pakistani naval base in Karachi is attacked by militants.[42]
- Democratic Rally, led by Nicos Anastasiades, win a plurality after an election in Cyprus.[43]
- The Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland erupts, causing airline flight cancellations in Europe.[44]
- The Spirit rover mission on Mars is formally concluded by NASA after six years of planetary exploration.[45]
- The Oprah Winfrey Show, an American talk show hosted by Oprah Winfrey, airs its final episode after a 25-year run.[46]
- Ratko Mladić, a former Bosnian Serb military commander and war crime fugitive, is arrested in Serbia.[47]
- Irish writer John Banville wins the 2011 Franz Kafka Prize.[48]
- Two people are killed due to three explosions outside government buildings in Fuzhou, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.[49]
- Leaders of the G8 countries meet at the 37th G8 summit in France.[50]
- Mac Defender poses the first major malware threat to Macintosh users.[51]
- American poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron dies at the age of 62.[52]
- Egypt re-opens the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip.[53]
- The UEFA Champions League concludes with FC Barcelona defeating Manchester United in the final at Wembley Stadium.[54]
- Sergei Bagapsh, the President of the de facto Republic of Abkhazia, dies from complications of lung surgery in Moscow.[55]
- The 2011 Indian Premier League concludes with the Chennai Super Kings defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium.[56]
- A referendum passes in Malta to introduce divorce.[57]
- Germany announces plans to abandon nuclear power entirely by 2022.[58]
- Sebastian Vettel wins the Monaco Grand Prix while Dan Wheldon wins the Indy 500.[59]
- One of the largest outbreaks of E. coli strikes several European countries.[60]
- The World Health Organization classifies mobile phone radiation as "possibly carcinogenic to humans".[61]