Today is Saturday, the 141st day of 2011. There are 224 days left in the year.

  • 2010 – A food crisis in Niger causes Nigerians to flee across the border into Nigeria.
  • 1993 – Dayanara Torres, 18, of Puerto Rico, crowned 42nd Miss Universe.
  • 1991 – Ethiopia’s Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns.
  • 1991 – Japanese police arrest Katsu Shintaro (Japanese actor) for taking marijuana abroad in connection with his arrest for possessing marijuana in Hawaii in 1990.
  • 1988 – EU‘s “Da’Butt” hits #35.
  • 1983 – David Bowie‘s ‘Let’s “Dance’ single goes #1.
  • 1981 – Official Funeral Service for the Hon. Robert Nesta Marley O.M. (Bob Marley – More >