This article is about the year 2021. For the song, see 2021 (song).
2021
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Clockwise from top-left: the James Webb Space Telescope is launched; protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, following the coup d'état; a civil demonstration against the October coup in Sudan; supporters of the former United States president Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol in a failed attempt to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election; the container ship Ever Given gets stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking international shipping for six days; the 2020 Summer Olympics are held in Tokyo, Japan; the Ingenuity helicopter after deployment on the Martian surface by the Mars Perseverance rover; Taliban fighters in Kabul on a captured Humvee following the fall of Kabul at the end of the War in Afghanistan.
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2021 by topic
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American football
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Athletics (sport)
Badminton
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Antarctica
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Australia
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2021 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
2021 MMXXI
Ab urbe condita
2774
Armenian calendar
1470 ԹՎ ՌՆՀ
Assyrian calendar
6771
Baháʼí calendar
177–178
Balinese saka calendar
1942–1943
Bengali calendar
1428
Berber calendar
2971
British Regnal year
69 Eliz. 2 – 70 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar
2565
Burmese calendar
1383
Byzantine calendar
7529–7530
Chinese calendar
庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4718 or 4511 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4719 or 4512
Coptic calendar
1737–1738
Discordian calendar
3187
Ethiopian calendar
2013–2014
Hebrew calendar
5781–5782
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
2077–2078
- Shaka Samvat
1942–1943
- Kali Yuga
5121–5122
Holocene calendar
12021
Igbo calendar
1021–1022
Iranian calendar
1399–1400
Islamic calendar
1442–1443
Japanese calendar
Reiwa 3 (令和３年)
Javanese calendar
1954–1955
Juche calendar
110
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar
4354
Minguo calendar
ROC 110 民國110年
Nanakshahi calendar
553
Thai solar calendar
2564
Tibetan calendar
阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 2147 or 1766 or 994 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 2148 or 1767 or 995
Unix time
1609459200 – 1640995199
2021 (MMXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.
Calendar year
Similar to the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued in 2021. Most major events scheduled for 2020 that were postponed due to the pandemic were hosted in 2021, including the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, Expo 2020, and sporting events such as UEFA Euro 2020, the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, as well as the 2021 Copa América.[1]
2021 additionally witnessed the rise of non-fungible tokens as a part of the global economy[2] and numerous advancements in space exploration, particularly by the United Arab Emirates, NASA and SpaceX, including the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. Civil unrest grew in 2021, with coups occurring in Sudan, Myanmar, Mali and Guinea, and insurrections occurring in Armenia and the United States.
^Hadden, Joey; Casado, Laura (April 10, 2020). "Here are the latest major events that have been canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Burning Man, and the 74th Annual Tony Awards". Business Insider. Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
^Mattei, Shanti Escalante-De (September 29, 2022). "NFT Trading Volume Is Reportedly Down 97 Percent Since January". ARTnews.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
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