Editing 2011 (section)

===August===
* August &ndash; [[Stock exchange]]s worldwide [[August 2011 stock markets fall|suffer heavy losses]] due to the fears of contagion of the [[European sovereign debt crisis]] and the credit rating downgraded as a result of the [[United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2011|debt-ceiling crisis of the United States]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-06/u-s-credit-rating-cut-by-s-p-for-first-time-on-deficit-reduction-accord.html | work=Bloomberg | first=John | last=Detrixhe | title=U.S. Loses AAA Credit Rating as S&P Slams Debt Levels, Political Process | date=August 6, 2011 | access-date=March 4, 2017 | archive-date=January 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114003314/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-06/u-s-credit-rating-cut-by-s-p-for-first-time-on-deficit-reduction-accord.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Analysis: France, Britain AAA-ratings under scrutiny|date=August 8, 2011|first1=Catherine|last1=Bremer|first2=Olesya|last2=Dmitracova|work=Reuters|location=Paris/London|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crisis-ratings-idUSTRE7773KG20110808|access-date=August 10, 2011|archive-date=August 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809173224/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/08/us-crisis-ratings-idUSTRE7773KG20110808|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 5]]
** NASA announces that its [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] has captured [[Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes|photographic evidence]] of possible liquid [[water on Mars]] during warm seasons.
** [[Juno (spacecraft)|Juno]], the first [[Solar power|solar-powered]] spacecraft on a mission to [[Jupiter]], is launched from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0805/nasa.html|title=NASA launches mission to Jupiter|date=August 5, 2011|work=[[RTÉ]]|access-date=August 5, 2011|archive-date=November 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114054028/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0805/nasa.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[First Air Flight 6560]], a [[Boeing 737-210C]], crashed on approach to [[Resolute Bay Airport]], [[Nunavut]], Canada, killing 12 out of the 15 occupants onboard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Boeing 737-210C C-GNWN, Saturday 20 August 2011 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/321073 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* [[August 20]]&ndash;[[August 28|28]] &ndash; Libyan rebels [[Battle of Tripoli (2011)|take control of the capital Tripoli]], effectively overthrowing the government of [[Muammar Gaddafi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-31-2011-1131 |title=Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – 09:31 GMT+3 – Libya |publisher=Blogs.aljazeera.net |date=2011-08-31 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016041029/http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-31-2011-1131 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gadhafi Family Members in Algeria, Ambassador Says|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/29/libya.algeria.gadhafi/index.html?hpt=hp_c1|date=August 29, 2011|access-date=August 29, 2011|author=Staff|publisher=CNN|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110133439/http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/29/libya.algeria.gadhafi/index.html?hpt=hp_c1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = Staff | date = August 23, 2011 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14630702 | title = Libya Unrest: Rebels Overrun Gadhafi Tripoli Compound | work = BBC News | access-date = August 24, 2011 | archive-date = May 13, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190513082953/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14630702 | url-status = live }}</ref>