2021


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.

The United Nations declared 2021 as the International Year of Peace and Trust,[1] the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development,[2] the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables,[3] and the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.[4]

Like the preceding 2020, 2021 was 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 Eurovision Song Contest, 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.[5]


January 6: Supporters of Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol.
Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état.
The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan held with strict COVID protocols
August 15: Afghans fleeing aboard a US Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during the fall of Kabul.
More than 10 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine were mass administered worldwide.
Interest in NFTs increased in 2021 after a number of high-profile auctions.
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched in December 2021.
Modibo Keita
Martinus J. G. Veltman
Phil Spector
Cloris Leachman
Christopher Plummer
Mary Wilson
Carlos Menem
Sir Michael Somare
Bunny Wailer
Lou Ottens
John Magufuli
Nawal El Saadawi
Didier Ratsiraka
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Idriss Déby
Michael Collins
Olympia Dukakis
Humberto Maturana
Franco Battiato
Yuan Longping
Carla Fracci
Poul Schlüter
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Ei-ichi Negishi
Kenneth Kaunda
Benigno Aquino III
Raffaella Carrà
Dilip Kumar
Jovenel Moïse
Steven Weinberg
Sir Lester Bird
Gerd Müller
Hissène Habré
Charlie Watts
Mikis Theodorakis
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Borisav Jović
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abolhassan Banisadr
Edita Gruberová
Roh Tae-woo
Aaron T. Beck
F. W. de Klerk
Chun Doo-hwan
Mustafa Ben Halim
Vicente Fernández
Desmond Tutu
E. O. Wilson