2011: A year in review

Friends and Family

• April 24: Hannah was born
• May 11: Morgan turned 1 
• August 6: Ryan and Nicole got married
• August: Pat and Jill had a baby (Natalie Giselle)
• September: Lisah and Brent moved to Alberta
• October 26: Addison turned 1
• December 16: I finished two more school courses
• December 24: Friends of ours got a long-awaited BFP

Politics/Around the World

• January 2: Former US Vice-Presidential candidate John Edwards was indicted on one count of conspiracy, four counts of illegal campaign contributions, and one count of false statements
• Edwards had spent $925 000 to keep his mistress and baby in hiding during his 2008 campaign
• March 11: 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, killing 15 843, and injuring 5 890
• April 28: Prince William married Katherine Middleton
• May 1: Osama Bin Laden was captured and killed
• May 2: Jack Layton became first NDP Leader of Opposition, Stephen Harper won minority government, Michael Ignatieff resigned, Bloc Quebecois dismantled 
• June 6: US Congressman Anthony Weiner sent lewd pictures of himself to Twitter followers
• August 22: Jack Layton passed away 
• September 11: Memorial opens in NYC ten years after the attacks
• September 13: US Republican Presidential candidate Michelle Bachman claimed HPV vaccine may cause "mental retardation"
• Later retracted statement
• October 20: Moammar Ghadhafi was killed, ending his 42 year reign 
• November 28: US Republican Presidential candidate Hermain Cane denied accusations of having 13 year affair
• November 20: US Republican Presidential candidate Michelle Bachman announced gays "abide by teh same laws as everyone else. They can marry a man if they're a woman, or they can marry a woman if they're a man."
• December 7: Former US Governor of Illinois Rob Blagojevich was charged with 18 counts of corruption and sentenced to 14 years in prison
• December 15: US declares the war in Iraq is over, Kim Jong-Il died

Entertainment, Sports, and Pop Culture

• Feb 12: Grammy's
• Album of the Year: The Suburbs (Arcade Fire)
• Record of the Year: Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)
• Song of the Year: Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)
• Feb 20: Trevor Bayne won NASCAR Daytona 500
• Feb 28: Oscar's
• Best Picture: The King's Speech
• Best Actor: Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
• Best Actress: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
• March 1: Charlie Sheen claimed he was not high during now infamous Good Morning America interview
• "You borrow my brain for five seconds and just be like 'Dude. Can't handle it. Unplug this bastard' because it just, it fires in a way that's um I dunno maybe not from this particular terrestrial realm."
• "I'm bi-winning."
• "I got tiger blood."
• March 23: Elizabeth Taylor died 
• April 13: Barry Bonds was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice
• Allegedly lied to the Grand Jury during the government's investigation of BALCO, by stating he never knowingly took illegal steroids
• April 7: Donald Trump asked for Barack Obama's long-form Birth Certificate
• May 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted to affair, split with wife Maria Shriver
• June 15: Boston Bruins won Stanley Cup (5-2) against Vancouver Canucks
• Riots broke out in Vancouver
• July 1-November 26: NBA Lockout
• September 28: Dr. Conrad Murray charged with Involuntary Manslaughter over Michael Jackson's death
• October 5: Steve Jobs passed away 
• October 31: Reality star Kim Kardashian filed for divorce after 72 days of marriage to husband Kris Humphries 
• November 1: A California woman accused Justin Beiber of fathering her three month old child
• November 7: Lindsay Lohan spent a whopping 4.5 hours (of her 30 day sentence) in jail 
• November 21: Tony Stewart won NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship
• December 17: Demi Moore announced she was filing for divorce from husband Ashton Kutcher