Timeline Saturday 1 January 2011

Saturday 1 January 2011

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Events on Saturday 1 January 2011 4

2011 2011: Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Vettel dominated the season with 11 victories from 19 races, winning his second consecutive title in the Adrian Newey-designed Red Bull.
2011 Arab Spring Wave of pro-democracy uprisings across Middle East The Arab Spring began in December 2010 in Tunisia and spread across the Arab world in 2011, toppling governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen and sparking civil war in Syria.
2011 Drive Nicolas Winding Refn used Nightcall for the opening credits of his film Drive, starring Ryan Gosling. The song and the film became inseparable in popular culture. Kavinsky later said watching the opening credits was 'one of the best moments of my life. I was a kid in Disneyland.'
2011 – 2012 Royal Society and AAAS President Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 2011 and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012, reflecting his stature as one of the leading figures in world science.