What Happened in 2021
80 historical events, 0 notable births, and 35 notable deaths in 2021.
Major Events
January 2021
2021 — year
2020 Summer Olympics — games of the XXXII Olympiad, in Tokyo, Japan, held in 2021
UEFA Euro 2020 — 16th men’s European association football championship
January 6 United States Capitol attack — 2021 attempt to prevent the U.S. presidential electoral vote count
Eurovision Song Contest 2021 — 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
2020 Summer Paralympics — 2020 edition of the Summer Paralympics
2021 Formula One World Championship — 72nd running of the Formula One World Championship
2021 Taliban offensive — 2021 military offensive by the Taliban causing the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
2021 European floods — heavy rainfall followed by flooding in several European countries in mid 2021
2021 Israel–Palestine crisis — conflict between Israelis and Palestinians beginning in May 2021
2021 Copa América — Edition's XLVII Copa America
deaths in 2021 — Wikimedia list article
football at the 2020 Summer Olympics — association football practiced at the 2020 Summer Olympics
basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics — Basketball events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 — scheduled domestic passenger flight in Indonesia, lost on 9 January 2021
athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics — Athletics events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics
tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics — Tennis competition at the 2020 Olympic Summer Games
badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics — badminton championships
2021 UEFA Super Cup — football match
triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics — triathlon events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
January 2021 — month of 2021
weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics — discipline of the 2020 Summer Olympics
taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics — Taekwondo events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics — field hockey competition
baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics — Baseball events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics — volleyball events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics — judo competition
surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics — Surfing events at the Summer Olympics
handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics — handball played during the 2020 Olympic Summer Games
2021 Russian protests — protests in opposition to Vladimir Putin and in support of Alexei Navalny
water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics — water polo tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Expo 2020 — World Expo in the United Arab Emirates
2021 in film — overview of film-related events during the year of 2021
archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics — archery events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics — Boxing competitions
sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics — sporting event
equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics — equestrian events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
second impeachment of Donald Trump — 2021 United States presidential impeachment
fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics — fencing events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics — overview of the golf competitions during the 2020 Summer Olympics
UEFA Euro 2020 squads — squad lists of UEFA Euro 2020 national teams
Belarus–European Union border crisis — border crisis between Belarus and the European Union
artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics — artistic swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics
gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics — gymnastics events held in Tokyo 2020 Olympics
wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics — competitive event at the 2020 Summer Olympics
2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 16th Edition of CONCACAF Gold Cup
World Chess Championship 2021 — world chess championship match
2021 FIFA Club World Cup — 18th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2021
inauguration of Joe Biden — 59th United States presidential inauguration
karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics — karate competition
table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics — Table tennis events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
February 2021
2021 Myanmar coup d'état — 2021 military overthrow of the Myanmar's officially elected government
February 2021 — month of 2021
August 2021
Fall of Kabul — Taliban capture of the capital of Afghanistan in 2021
2021 Kabul airport attack — suicide bombing in Afghanistan
2021 Haiti earthquake — 14 August 2021 magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake
August 2021 — month of 2021
football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's tournament — 27th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament
September 2021
2021 German federal election — general election to the 20th German Bundestag
September 2021 — month of 2021
April 2021
93rd Academy Awards — film award ceremony
April 2021 — month of 2021
October 2021
Pandora Papers — 2021 financial document leak and scandal
October 2021 — month of 2021
2021 Sudanese coup d'état — successful coup against the Sovereignty Council of Sudan
July 2021
UEFA Euro 2020 finals — final match of the UEFA Euro 2020
rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics — rowing events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
July 2021 — month of 2021
November 2021
Wikipedia Asian Month 2021 — article contest on Wikipedia
November 2021 — month of 2021
May 2021
Google I/O — computer software and hardware developer conference hosted by Google
Ryanair Flight 4978 — 2021 aviation incident over Belarus and arrest of journalist Roman Pratasevich
2021 UEFA Champions League Final — UEFA Champions League Final
2021 Kazan school attack — May 2021 mass shooting in Russia
May 2021 — month of 2021
2021 Mexico City Metro overpass collapse — Train accident
December 2021
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 — 19th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest
March 2021
March 2021 — month of 2021
June 2021
June 2021 — month of 2021