2021
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1990s 2000s 2010s – 2020s – 2030s 2040s 2050s |
| 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 – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming |
| Politics |
| Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Tennis – Rugby league |
| By place |
| Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil – Canada – People's Republic of China – Costa Rica – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – European Union – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Hungary – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Turkey – 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 |
| Assyrian calendar | 6771 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 177–178 |
| Bengali calendar | 1428 |
| Berber calendar | 2971 |
| British Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 2565 |
| Burmese calendar | 1383 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7529–7530 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4717 or 4657 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4718 or 4658 |
| Coptic calendar | 1737–1738 |
| Discordian calendar | 3187 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2013–2014 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5781–5782 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2077–2078 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1943–1944 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5122–5123 |
| Holocene calendar | 12021 |
| Igbo calendar | 1021–1022 |
| Iranian calendar | 1399–1400 |
| Islamic calendar | 1442–1443 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 33 (平成３３年) |
| Juche calendar | 110 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4354 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 110 民國110年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2564 |
| Unix time | 1609459200–1640995199 |
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2021 (MMXXI) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (dominical letter C), 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
Date unknown
- Greenland may become an independent sovereign state.[1]
- The Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link between Denmark and Germany is expected to be completed.
- 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.[2]
- Earliest expected date for the first manned Orion mission.[3]
In fiction
Computer and video games
- Dead Rising 3 game takes place during March 23-31, 2021
- D/Generation: Genetically engineered bioweapons take over the Singapore laboratory of the fictional genetics company Genoq.
- Shadowrun: On April 30, ten percent of the world's population suddenly transform into new racial types, resulting in the ork and troll races.
- Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 (2008)
Film
- Moon Zero Two (1969) takes place in May 2021.
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
- Resiklo (2007)
- InClick (2006), Adam Sandler's character visits his father for the last time in 2021.
Literature
- In the Terminator novel "New John Connor Chronicles: Dark Futures", Skynet initiates Judgement Day.
- Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham (2004): On January 15, UNPROFLEET, the fleet sailing under the command of Admiral Phillip Kolhammer off the coast of East Timor, disappears, sent back in time to June 2, 1942.
- Set in 2021:
- The Children of Men by P.D. James (1992)
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (earlier editions set in 1992) (1968)
- Perfect Dark: Janus' Tears by Eric Trautmann (2007)
- Perfect Dark: Second Front by Greg Rucka (2007)
Television
- Cowboy Bebop (1999–2000) "The Gate Accident" occurs.[4]
- Sealab 2021 (2000–2005)
- The Twilight Zone episode "On Thursday We Leave for Home"
References
- ↑ "Dismantling Empires Through Devolution". The Atlantic. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ↑ National Geographic, February 2008
- ↑ Rincon, Paul (2012-02-13). "Nasa budget slashes Martian funds". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- ↑ http://animedubs.com/anime/cowboy_bebop/