This article is about the year 2021.
| Centuries: | 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1990s 2000s 2010s - 2020s - 2030s 2040s 2050s
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| Years: | 2018 2019 2020 - 2021 - 2022 2023 2024 |
| 2021 by topic: |
| News by month |
| Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr – May – Jun Jul – Aug – Sep – Oct – Nov – Dec |
| Arts |
| Architecture – Art – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming |
| Politics |
| Elections – Int'l leaders – Politics – State leaders – Sovereign states |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Science – Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Sport – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Tennis – Rugby league |
| By place |
| Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Belgium - Brazil – Canada – People's Republic of China – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – European Union – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Hungary – India – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States |
| Other topics |
| Awards – Law – Religious leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain |
| Gregorian calendar | 2021 MMXXI
|
| Ab urbe condita | 2774 |
| Armenian calendar | 1470 ԹՎ ՌՆՀ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 177 – 178 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2565 |
| Coptic calendar | 1737 – 1738 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2013 – 2014 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5781 – 5782 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2076 – 2077 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1943 – 1944 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5122 – 5123 |
| Holocene calendar | 12021 |
| Iranian calendar | 1399 – 1400 |
| Islamic calendar | 1442 – 1443 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei
33
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2681 (皇紀2681年) |
| Julian calendar | 2066 |
| Korean calendar | 4354 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2564 |
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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, the 21st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events[]
- March 30 – The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to be launched after being delayed several times.[1]
Date unknown[]
- India hopes to conduct its first human spaceflight in 2021.[2]
- Brood X, the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas, will emerge.
- Costa Rica has pledged to become a completely carbon-neutral nation by this date. The target date has been set by President Óscar Arias.[3]
- Costa Rica has pledged to ban "single use" plastic products. The target date has been set by President Luis Guillermo Solís.[4]
Genealogical events[]
People of the year 2021 at Familypedia
4 people were born in 2021
0 children were born to the 1 women born in 2021
27 people died in 2021
69 people lived in 2021
Events of the year 2021 at Familypedia
4 people were married in 2021.
| Joined with | |
|---|---|
| Anna Kay Faris (1976) | Benjamin Jeffery Indra (1979)+ Christopher Michael Pratt (1979)+ Michael Bradley Barrett (1970) |
| James David Patterson (1985-) | Lonnie Pomeroy |
| Vilja Somssich | Erik Somssich de Saárd (1985) |
| Gwen Renée Stefani (1969) | Gavin McGregor Rossdale (1965)+ Blake Tollison Shelton (1976) |
There were 0 military battles in 2021.
See also[]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "New launch date for James Webb Space Telescope". European Space Agency. June 28, 2018. https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/New_launch_date_for_James_Webb_Space_Telescope. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- ^ "India's first manned space mission likely to be accomplished in 2021 now". http://www.merinews.com/article/indias-first-manned-space-mission-likely-to-be-accomplished-in-2021-now/15911532.shtml.
- ^ National Geographic, February 2008
- ^ "Costa Rica launches quest to replace most single-use plastic by 2021". 6 June 2017. http://www.ticotimes.net/2017/06/06/costa-rica-plastic-replacing.