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. ... 
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