Taylor Swift’s third studio album “Speak Now” was released. It won Billboard’s 2011 Album of the Year.
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John Hancock became the first Governor of Massachusetts after winning 90% of the votes in the Massachusetts Constitution.
The British singer Cliff Richard was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
The Battle of Agincourt between the English and the French took place.
Susan Smith murdered her two children and tried to pin on a made-up Black man.
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.