Timeline July 2011

Events in July 2011 15

• 1918 – 2011 Betty Ford (1918-2011) Died 8 July 2011, aged 93 The former First Lady of the United States, wife of President Gerald Ford, was known for her openness about breast cancer and addiction, later founding the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse treatment. She died in Rancho Mirage, California. Her candor reshaped public discussion of addiction recovery.
• 1983 – 2011 Amy Winehouse (1983-2011) Died 23 July 2011, aged 27 The British singer-songwriter, known for the album "Back to Black" and hits including "Rehab," died of alcohol poisoning at her London home. She had long struggled publicly with substance abuse. Her death added her to the "27 Club" of musicians who died at that age.
• 2011 Wimbledon 2011 Men: Novak Djokovic · Women: Petra Kvitová Djokovic won his first Wimbledon. Kvitová's dominant display.
• 2011 News of the World phone-hacking scandal Rupert Murdoch closes his top-selling British tabloid Revelations that journalists at the News of the World had hacked the voicemail of murdered teenager Milly Dowler triggered public outrage in Britain, leading Rupert Murdoch to close the 168-year-old tabloid. The scandal led to arrests of senior journalists and a public inquiry into press ethics. It also forced Murdoch to abandon a bid to fully acquire satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
• 2011 Space Shuttle program ends Final flight of Atlantis closes NASA's shuttle era NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on the program's final mission, STS-135, delivering supplies to the International Space Station before landing at Kennedy Space Center. The flight ended the 30-year Space Shuttle program, leaving the United States reliant on Russian spacecraft to reach the ISS until commercial vehicles came online. Atlantis was the fourth and last orbiter to fly.
• 2011 South Sudan independence World's newest nation South Sudan declared independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, becoming the world's newest nation after a 2011 referendum in which 98.83% voted for independence.
• 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 #1 film of 2011 — $1.34bn worldwide Directed by David Yates. The final chapter of the Harry Potter saga. Harry faces Voldemort in the ultimate battle for Hogwarts.
• 2011 Breaking Bad season 4 13 episodes A season-long duel with Gustavo Fring, ending in the nursing home explosion.
• 2011 Amy Winehouse's last public appearance Roundhouse, Camden Joins her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield on stage.
• 2011 Somalia famine UN declares famine amid drought and conflict The United Nations formally declared famine in parts of southern Somalia after the worst drought in the region in decades combined with ongoing civil conflict to cut off food and aid. Tens of thousands of people, many of them children, died before the famine was declared over the following year. The crisis was worsened by the militant group al-Shabaab restricting humanitarian access.
• 2011 Captain America: The First Avenger MCU origin story Directed by Joe Johnston. A frail young man is transformed into a super-soldier to battle the evil HYDRA organisation.
• 2011 Norway attacks Bombing in Oslo and mass shooting on Utoya island A right-wing extremist detonated a car bomb in Oslo's government quarter, then carried out a mass shooting at a Workers' Youth League summer camp on the island of Utoya, killing 77 people in total. It was the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II. The perpetrator, Anders Behring Breivik, was later convicted and sentenced.
• 2011 The 22 July Attacks National Tragedy The terror attacks on the government quarter and Utøya island, killing 77 people.
• 2011 Amy Winehouse dies in London Aged 27 Dies at her home in Camden.
• 2011 Marries Ayesha Alexander Curry marries his high school sweetheart Ayesha Alexander. Together they go on to have three children: Riley, Ryan and Canon.