What is 2011?
{{Year nav|2011}} {{Year in various calendars|2011}} '''2011''' ([[Roman numerals|MMXI]]) was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 2011th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|2011}}. == Events == === January === {{Month3|1|5}} [[File:Solar eclipse Vienna 2011-1-4 a.jpg|thumb|120px|right|Partial [[solar eclipse]] as seen from [[Austria]]]] * [[January 1]] – [[Estonia]] starts using the [[euro]] currency. * [[January 1]] – Start of [[Hungary]]'s Presidency of the [[European Union]] * [[January 1]] – [[Dilma Rousseff]] becomes [[Brazil]]'s first female President. * [[January 4]] – A [[solar eclipse]] is seen over most of [[Europe]], North [[Africa]] and western [[Asia]]. * [[January 4]] – [[Tunisia]]n fruit seller [[Mohamed Bouazizi]] dies after setting himself on [[fire]] in an act of protest. * [[January 7]] – The [[2011 AFC Asian Cup]] is held in [[Qatar]], until [[January 29]], won by [[Japan national football team|Japan]]. * [[January 8]] – Twenty people are shot in [[Tucson, Arizona]], six of whom are killed. One of the victims was [[United States Congress|congresswoman]] [[Gabrielle Giffords]]. * [[January 9]] – [[South Sudan]] holds a referendum on independence. * [[January 9]] – [[Iran Air Flight 227]] crashes, killing 77 people. * [[January 10]] – [[Toowoomba, Queensland]], [[Australia]] and the Lockyer Valley [[2010-2011 Queensland floods|flood]] with more than 16 people killed. * [[January 11]] – More than 480 people are killed in flooding and mudslides in the [[Brazil]]ian state of [[Rio de Janeiro]]. * [[January 14]] – In the wake of anti-government demonstrations, [[Tunisia]]'s President [[Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali]] dissolves the government and resigns from office. Prime Minister [[Mohamed Ghannouchi]] takes over as caretaker-President, before being replaced by [[Fouad Mebazaa]]. * [[January 24]] – A terrorist bombing at [[Moscow]]'s Domodedovo Airport kills at least 35 people. * [[January 25]