A Look Back at 2011

Another year has come and gone. Like any new year, it's met with optimism for the coming year and a feeling of reminiscence as we look back on the year. When I look back, there are often history-making events that I overlook. Here's a small look at what defined 2011. 

The year of the protester.
Those living in New York and in any major city across the United States are all too familiar with the length and intensity of these protests. For a few months, it was common people from all walks of life that got the attention of the nation and across the globe. The push for economic reform is still alive and well, despite the steady dwindle in protests.
But the United States came late to the party. Protests started earlier in the year in the Middle East. Several countries, starting with Egypt, protested for an end to political unrest. To those unsure of why Time magazine named the protester Person of the Year, check out the maps below show just how many regions of the US and Middle East were affected by humankind.

Not the year of the tyrant political leader.
It seemed that every political tyrant that has gained notoriety during my generation has either passed away, been forced to step down or been killed in 2011. Who could remember the cell phone video just moments after Moammar Gadhafi was shot and killed or the secrecy behind the Osama Bin Laden mission. Kim Jong-Il passed away suddenly this month too.

Celebrity Google searches.
It's very hard to say which single celebrity was the Celebrity of the Year but the top 10 Google searches can give us a pretty good idea of the big names of the year. The list is as followed.
10. Madonna
9. Kim Kardashian
8. Shakira
7. Katy Perry
6. Britney Spears
5. Nicki Minaj
4. Cher
3. Rihanna
2. Justin Bieber
1. Lady Gaga
To give you an idea of how popular these people are, the 10 names combine for 3,335,000,000 searches nationwide.

There's literally hundreds of major events that have shaped the year and world history that I left out. If you want to keep together a running list of everything that happens for 2012, Motivators has a wide array of promotional calendars and promotional planners.