2011
Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age
Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749
'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909
'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929
'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949
'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989
In the real world
January
- 6 January: Space Battleship Yamato is released in Thailand.
- 30 January: John Barry passes away at the age of 77.
February
- 24 February: Space Battleship Yamato is released in Hong Kong.
March
- 11 March: A magnitude 9.0 earthquake - one of the strongest recorded earthquakes in history - hits Japan. The earthquake triggers a tsunami which devastates the Tōhoku region of northeastern Honshu, leading to the deaths of over 19,000 people and the Fukushima nuclear accident.
- 24 March: Space Battleship Yamato is released in Singapore.
- 30 March: IDW Publishing releases the first issue of Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, the company's first Godzilla comics and the start of the IDW Universe continuity.
April
- 21 April: Yoshiko Tanaka dies at the age of 55.
- 27 April: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #2.
May
- 25 May: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #3.
June
- 15 June: IDW Publishing releases the first issue of Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths.
- 23 June: The God of Clay premieres in Los Angeles, California, USA
July
- 5 July: Space Battleship Yamato premieres on DVD in Spain.
- 6 July: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #4.
- 13 July: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths #2.
- 19 July: "Trampling Tokyo" is released on the album A Compilation of Songs and Performances by Alan Moore and Friends after being recorded decades prior.
- 21 July: Space Battleship Yamato is released to Russian theaters.
- 27 July: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #5.
August
- 2 August: Space Battleship Yamato premieres on DVD in France.
- 10 August: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths #3.
- 24 August: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #6.
September
- 7 September: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths #4.
- 28 September: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #7.
- 30 September: Space Battleship Yamato premieres on DVD in Germany.
October
- 19 October: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths #5, the final issue of the miniseries.
- 26 October: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #8.
November
- 1 November: villagebooks is founded.
- 16 November: IDW Publishing releases the first issue of Godzilla Legends.
- 19 November: Tamashii Nations, a subsidiary of Bandai, begins its S.H. MonsterArts line of collectible kaiju figures.
- 23 November: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #9.
December
- 14 December: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla Legends #2.
- 20 December: Tetsuro Yoshida passes away.
- 21 December: IDW Publishing releases Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #10.
In fiction
- A quarantine zone is established for the alien monsters that landed in northern Mexico in a crashed NASA probe, its northern border corresponding to the United States border. (Monsters)[1]
References
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