Timeline Saturday 31 December 2011

Events on Saturday 31 December 2011 5

• 2004 – 2011 Dumbledore in Harry Potter Took over the role of Albus Dumbledore from the late Richard Harris, appearing in six of the eight Harry Potter films from Prisoner of Azkaban onwards, introducing the character to a new generation of fans worldwide.
• 2009 – 2011 Lifetime Achievement Awards Received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, having already been honoured with a Kennedy Center Honor nomination and the National Medal of Arts.
• 2011 2011: Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Vettel dominated the season with 11 victories from 19 races, winning his second consecutive title in the Adrian Newey-designed Red Bull.
• 2011 Arab Spring Wave of pro-democracy uprisings across Middle East The Arab Spring began in December 2010 in Tunisia and spread across the Arab world in 2011, toppling governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen and sparking civil war in Syria.
• 2011 Drive Nicolas Winding Refn used Nightcall for the opening credits of his film Drive, starring Ryan Gosling. The song and the film became inseparable in popular culture. Kavinsky later said watching the opening credits was 'one of the best moments of my life. I was a kid in Disneyland.'