The British singer Cliff Richard was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV was made available to PC players in North America.
Susan Smith murdered her two children and tried to pin on a made-up Black man.
Taylor Swift's third studio album 'Speak Now' was released. It won Billboard's 2011 Album of the Year.
Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered Iapetus, Saturn's third-largest moon.
