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Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 9, 2011, covering March 15, 2011.
Adele
Justin Bieber
Mumford & Sons
Various Artists
Justin Bieber
Bruno Mars
Eminem
Rihanna
Nicki Minaj
Lady Antebellum
2011Nate Dogg, American rapper (born 1969)[†]
Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, known professionally as Nate Dogg, was an American rapper and singer. He gained recognition for providing guest vocals on several hit rap songs between 1992 and 2007, earning him the nickname "King of Hooks".
2011Smiley Culture, English singer and DJ (born 1963)[†]
David Victor Emmanuel, better known as Smiley Culture, was a British reggae singer and DJ known for his "fast chat" style. During a relatively brief period of fame and success, he produced two of the most critically acclaimed reggae singles of the 1980s. He died on 15 March 2011, aged 48, during a police raid on his home. An inquest found that his death was a suicide. Campaigners and his family have expressed scepticism about the official verdict and the police version of events.
2011Beginning of the Syrian revolution.[†]
The Syrian revolution, also known as the Syrian Revolution of Dignity, was a series of mass protests and civilian uprisings throughout Syria – with a subsequent violent reaction by the Ba'athist regime – lasting from 15 March 2011 to 8 December 2024 as part of the greater Arab Spring in the Arab world. The revolution, which demanded the end of the decades-long Assad family rule, began as minor demonstrations during January 2011 and transformed into large nation-wide protests in March. The uprising was marked by mass protests against the Ba'athist dictatorship of president Bashar al-Assad meeting police and military violence, massive arrests and a brutal crackdown, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths and tens of thousands wounded. 13 years after the start of the revolution, the Assad regime fell in 2024 after a series of rebel offensives.
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“Mars Needs Moms” is shaping up as a miss so disastrous that it will send signals to broad swaths of Hollywood.
The disaster in Japan has damaged factories and disrupted the power and transportation infrastructure, causing a jump in prices for electronic components.
Big developing nations might reconsider their ambitious plans. But for now India and China say they will continue to invest in nuclear power.
As librarians push for access to more e-books, publishers are reconsidering how much that access should be worth.
Tokyo residents are learning that things they have taken for granted can quickly slip beyond their reach.
Forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi routed insurgents in Ajdabiya, their last defensive line before the rebel capital of Benghazi.
As the White House curator, William G. Allman works hard to keep a low profile as he tends to the art and antiques.
Japan’s nuclear disaster, the latest blow to the global growth prospects, led to heavy selling in equities.
With so-called forbidden words becoming standard in pop songs, singers and radio stations play cat-and-mouse with the rules.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said that seven older plants that began operating before 1980 would be temporarily closed.
Emmanuel Uwechue, a k a Hao Ge, a singer from Nigeria, has become a big, if unlikely, pop star in China.
Jordi Savall and his singers, dancers and musicians blend traditions and eras.