Question: what major events happened in the us in 2011?
Answer: January. January 8: 2011 Tucson shooting – US Rep. ...  February. February 24: STS-133: Space Shuttle Discovery launches for the final time. March. March 18: Artist's rendering of NASA's Messinger orbiting Mercury. April. April 4: Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa given an Operation Tomodachi banner. May. ...  July.