Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 2021. This year saw 267 significant events. 10 notable figures passed away.
Cuba's "day zero" unifies its two currencies by withdrawing the Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC), alongside steep increases in prices and salaries, effectively devaluing the remaining Cuban Peso for the first time since 1959 [1]
First Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are given to the general public, with 82-year-old Brian Pinker in the UK the first to receive the jab [1]
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington, D.C., during Congress’s certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s victory, resulting in five deaths and prompting the evacuation of lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence
Military coup in Myanmar; civilian leaders are detained, including Aung San Suu Kyi, and a one-year state of emergency is declared (still in effect)
Khloé Alexandra Kardashian is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman.
William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his...
US CDC says half of all US adults are now fully vaccinated, with 61% having had their first shot
Britney Spears requests a judge to end her court-ordered conservatorship, stating, "I think this conservatorship is abusive. I don't think I can live a full life."
1st ICC World Test Championship final, Southampton: New Zealand dismisses India for meagre 170; completes tricky chase of 139 on 6th day to win inaugural cricket title
WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirms the COVID-19 Delta variant is the most transmissible to date, now present in 85 countries and spreading rapidly [1]
Tigray Defense Forces retake Tigray's regional capital of Mekelle in Ethiopia's Tigray War. The Ethiopian government declares a unilateral ceasefire to save face but neither side sticks to it. [1]
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai is an Afghan former politician and economist who served as the 8th and last president of Afghanistan from 2014 until his government was overthrown by the Taliban in...
One in 500 Americans has died of COVID-19 as the nation's known death toll reaches 663,913 (Johns Hopkins) [1]
Netflix announces Shonda Rhimes' "Bridgerton" as its most-watched series ever, with "Extraction," starring Chris Hemsworth, as its No. 1 film [1]
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recommends the world's first malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, for children after a pilot program proves effective in Africa [1]
On February 1, 2008, American singer Britney Spears was placed under a conservatorship by Judge Reva Goetz, with her father, James "Jamie" Spears, and attorney Andrew M. Wallet, as conservators.
Welshman Gerwyn Price wins his first PDC World Darts Championship; beats Gary Anderson of Scotland, 7-3 at the Alexandra Palace in London
The 2021 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "Bama", or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
The 2021 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was a general election held on 19 December 2021 for the 7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Arizona called the COVID-19 "hotspot of the world" by local health officials as state suffers an average of 118.3 new cases per 100,000 people
China places two cities, Shijiazhuang and Xingtai, under lockdown after over 130 cases of COVID-19 reported
Justin Thomas uses a homophobic slur during the third round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions, leading to the end of sponsorships with Ralph Lauren and Woodford Reserve
America records more than 3,000 deaths a day for the first time reaching 3,249, passing 375,000 deaths in total a day later
Ireland becomes the country with the world's highest COVID-19 infection rate after a dramatic surge results in seven-day rolling average of 1,394 cases per million
India's Supreme Court puts on hold three controversial new farm laws that ignited weeks of protests by farmers in Delhi
Deadliest air raid by Israel on Syria since 2018, when 10 soldiers and 47 allied fighters killed in attacks on military positions [1]
A moment magnitude (Mw) 6.2 earthquake struck Majene Regency in West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on 15 January 2021, at 02:28 WITA (18:28 UTC).
10 Nepali climbers become the first to reach the summit of K2 in winter on the China-Pakistan border
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is arrested immediately on his return to Russia after recovering from nerve-agent poisoning [1]
Brazil begins vaccinations for COVID-19 with the world's second-highest death toll at 209,000
The CDC publishes official numbers of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19.
Daniel Allen Campbell is an American professional football coach and former tight end who is the head coach for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).
Lloyd Austin confirmed as defense secretary by the US Senate, and the first Black head of the Pentagon
"Proposal to Prevent the Feminisation of Male Adolescents" published by China's Education Ministry asks schools to use sports to cultivate masculinity [1]
Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas is an American attorney and government official who was the seventh United States Secretary of Homeland Security, serving from 2021 until 2025.
US and Russia extend their New START nuclear arms control treaty for five years, the last remaining nuclear arms deal between the two countries
Denmark approves plans for world's first energy island in the North Sea to provide power to 3 million Europeans
Ocean life is being drowned out by human noise, especially shipping, construction, sonar and seismic surveys according to new research [1]
Himalayan glacier crashes into the Dhauliganga river, destroying a dam and causing a huge flood in Uttarakhand province, India, killing 26, leaving 150 missing
Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution, began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's...
The United Arab Emirates is the fifth entity to successfully orbit a probe around Mars as the probe Hope begins to study the planet's atmosphere
17,000 year old conch shell discovered to be oldest known wind instrument, after being reassessed by archaeologists, originally found in Marsoulas cave, Pyrenees [1]
Caitlin Clark scores a season-high 39 points for Iowa against Nebraska, breaking the single-game scoring record for Pinnacle Bank Arena
Tokyo Olympics Chief Yoshiro Mori resigns after his comments that talkative women made meetings “drag on too long”
Archaeologists announce the discovery of the oldest known beer factory in Abydos, Egypt, from the early Dynastic period, 3150 B.C. to 2613 B.C.
63rd Daytona 500: Michael McDowell navigates through fiery, final-lap pileup to claim his first career NASCAR Cup Series win in his 14th season; race delayed by rain for 6 hours after huge Lap 14 crash
Major winter storm in the US stretches from Texas to Maine, over 3 million without power in Texas, goes on to kill 210 people
Athens and parts of Greece covered in unusual heavy snowfall
South Africa, Africa's worst-affected country begins COVID-19 vaccinations with the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Cape Town
Facebook blocks users in Australia from accessing news sites in response to proposed new laws for tech companies to pay to show news content
In a softening of 4-year WADA ban on Russia from all international sport, Russia to compete under acronym "ROC" after name of the Russian Olympic Committee
Bloodiest day of protests in Myanmar since its coup after security forces open fire, killing two people with 40 wounded in Mandalay
First democratic transfer of power in Niger, the world's poorest country, as former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum wins Presidential election [1]
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.
COVID-19 antibodies survey in Nigeria suggests 4 million people have had the virus in Lagos state alone, more than officially recorded for whole of Africa [1]
United Nations-backed COVAX initiative begins delivering vaccines to middle and low income countries with first AstraZeneca shipment to Ghana
Amnesty International Report says that Eritrean troops might have committed crimes against humanity, killing hundreds of civilians, in attack on Ethiopian city of Aksum 28-29 November [1]
The Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, sold under the brand name Comirnaty, is an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by the German biotechnology company BioNTech.
Hong Kong charges 47 with "conspiracy to commit subversion" in harshest implementation of its new security laws imposed by China
Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy is sentenced to three years for trying to bribe a judge
Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution, began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's...
Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani is an Islamic scholar and the dean of the Hawza in Najaf, Iraq. A Grand Ayatollah, Sistani is considered one of the leading religious leaders of Twelver Shia Muslims.
Explosions at a military base in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, likely from faulty storage of dynamite, kills at least 98 and injures over 400 [1]
Brazil records its highest daily COVID-19 death toll to date of 1,972 deaths with 168,370 deaths overall
Armed attackers kill at least 58 people in the Tillabery region, southwest Niger, government declares three days of mourning
US House Judiciary Committee hearing begins on rise of violence and discrimination against Asian-Americans with report saying 3,800 hate incidents recorded over 12 months [1]
Icelandic volcano Fagradalsfjall erupts for the first time in 800 years and after more than 50,000 earthquakes
Miami Beach imposes a state of emergency and a curfew as large crowds descend on the area for spring break
45 crushed to death in a crowd paying respects to the late President John Magufuli at a stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
On March 22, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Ten people were killed, including a local on-duty police officer.
Renaissance masterpiece The Ghent Altarpiece (1432) by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck goes on display, after seven-year restoration, in Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium [1]
people including children killed in one day by armed forces in Myanmar, with more than 420 killed since protests began against the military coup [1]
Mexico revises its COVID-19 death toll up by 60% to more than 321,000 giving it the second highest COVID death toll in the world [1]
Megaship Ever Given freed after nearly a week stuck in and blocking the Suez Canal, with at least 369 vessels waiting to pass though
The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science.
New study suggests the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago created South America's tropical rainforests [1]
India records over 100,000 new daily COVID cases for the first time, more than half in the state of Maharashtra, which begins a new lockdown
UK COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 (Alpha) now the dominant variant in the US according to the CDC, as 108 million Americans have received at least one vaccine dose [1]
La Soufrière volcano begins erupting on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent with a plume of ash 20,000 feet into the sky
20-year-old Daunte Wright shot and killed at a traffic stop by police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, who says they mistook their gun for a taser
Great Britain loosens its COVID-19 restrictions, opening pubs and shops after 175 days, the world's longest period of restrictions
US, South Africa and the EU authorities temporarily stop administrating Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines after six women developed blood clots (out of 6.8 million)
The 2021 Chicago White Sox season was the club's 122nd season in Chicago and 121st season in the American League, and their 1st season under manager Tony La Russa since 1986.
"The failed response in Brazil has caused a humanitarian catastrophe" reports Dr. Christos Christou, president of Doctors Without Borders, as country records a quarter of world's COVID-19 deaths in last week [1]
Countries and territories around the world enforced lockdowns of varying stringency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some included total movement control while others enforced restrictions based...
12-team European Super League is announced to widespread condemnation amongst governments, non-involved clubs, press and fans; amidst the furore all 6 EPL clubs withdraw within 3 days
Cuba's Communist party announces Miguel Díaz-Canel will replace Raúl Castro as party leader, after the latter steps down
All six EPL clubs withdraw from the controversial European Super League just 3 days after it was announced - Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham
Indonesian submarine RI Nanggala sinks off the coast of Bali with the loss of all 53 people on board
India sets a world record for daily COVID-19 cases recording 314,835 new cases with 2,104 deaths
On the night of 24 to 25 April 2021, a fire at the Ibn al-Khatib hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, left at least 92 people dead and 110 others injured.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe becomes the first spacecraft to cross the Alfvén critical boundary, the outer atmosphere of the Sun [1]
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is a part of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2.
On 30 April 2021, at about 00:45 IDT (UTC+3), a deadly crowd crush occurred on Mount Meron, Israel, during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the Jewish holiday of Lag...
The following is the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in India from January 2021 to the May 2021.
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses.
Malian woman Halima Cisse gives birth to nonuplets (nine babies) in Morocco, in only the third known case worldwide
A week of mass protests and demonstrations against government tax reform and poverty in Colombia leaves 24 dead
Armed police raid on drug traffickers kills 25 in cities deadliest ever, in a favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The 2021 Cleveland Indians season was the 121st season for the franchise. It was the ninth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and sixth under general manager Mike Chernoff.
Bombings outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, kill at least 50 people, mostly teenage girls, amid growing fears about US military withdrawal
Chinese safari park in Fuyang forced to apologize for not informing the public that three leopards had escaped April 19 and been roaming nearby neighborhoods
China census figures show country's population 1.41 billion people, growth at its slowest since 1960s, (+0.53 down from +0.57) [1]
The global COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December...
Tianwen-1 (also referred to as TW-1) is an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) which sent a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of six spacecraft: an orbiter,...
Death toll passes 200 from Gaza conflict as 42 people killed in Israeli airstrikes and three building flattened [1]
Cyclone Tauktae makes landfall in the Indian state of Gujarat with wind speeds of up to 160km/h (100mph)
India records the highest recorded daily COVID-19 death toll to date in the world with 4,529 deaths
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announces a 'circuit-breaker lockdown' as the country records over 39,000 daily COVID-19 cases
Israel and Hamas agree to a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza after nearly two weeks of fighting, amid international diplomatic efforts
Most powerful cosmic ray since the Oh-My-God particle detected by Osaka University from Utah's Array Telescope measuring 240 exa-electronvolts (EeV; 1018 electronvolts) - nicknamed ‘Amaterasu’ [1]
30-year-old Scottish light-welterweight boxer Josh Taylor becomes Britain's first undisputed world champion in the four-belt era by beating Jose Ramirez by unanimous decision in Las Vegas
21 runners die in freezing conditions during an ultramarathon in Yellow River Stone Forest Park, Gansu Province, China
Constitutional crisis deepens in Samoa after Speaker of the House shuts out Fiame Naomi Mata’afa from being sworn in as the country's first woman leader in 56 years [1]
Coup in Mali as military Colonel Assimi Goïta ousts country's civilian President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane arresting and detaining them
A super "blood" moon, the first total lunar eclipse for two years, visible across the Pacific
Discovery of a mass grave with the remains of 215 children from Kamloops Indian Residential School announced by First Nation in British Columbia, Canada [1]
China's ruling Communist Party announces it will allow married couples to have three children, in effort to boost falling birthrates [1]
Malaysia begins a full two-week lockdown as COVID-19 cases surge with record 9,020 news cases recorded May 29
Devon Conway becomes 7th batsman in cricket history to score a double century in his Test debut; run out for 200 for New Zealand in 1st Test against England at Lord's
Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli makes a desperate plea for vaccines amid his country's devastating COVID-19 second wave, reporting nearly 9,000 daily cases late May
At least 160 killed by suspected Islamist extremists in Solhan, Burkina Faso amid a deepening security crisis in the region [1]
On June 6, 2021, 20-year-old Nathaniel Veltman rammed a pickup truck into a family of Muslim Pakistani Canadian pedestrians at an intersection in London, Ontario, Canada.
Auckland named world's most livable city (due to success with COVID) and Damascus named the worst by The Economist Intelligence Unit
National Geographic announces it is officially recognizing the South Ocean as the world's fifth ocean
Danish star soccer midfielder Christian Eriksen suffers an on-field cardiac arrest during Euro 2020 game with Finland in Copenhagen; revived with a defibrillator; game controversially restarts with 1-0 Finland win
G7 summits ends in Cornwall, England, with leaders promising one billion vaccine doses for poorer nations
China launches its Shenzhou-12 spacecraft with three astronauts arriving at its new space station Tiangong six and a half hours later
Jurist and conservative Ebrahim Raisi elected President of Iran on a low turn out
The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has resulted in 37,960,567 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 703,724 deaths.
Carl Nassib becomes the first openly gay player in the NFL in a post on Instagram
Residential tower Champlain Towers South collapses at 1.30am in Surfside, Miami Beach, with 156 people missing (98 bodies eventually recovered)
Matthew John David Hancock is a British former politician who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2015 to 2016, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and...
Boat sinks off Tunisia, drowning 43 migrants with 84 rescued by Tunisian navy [1]
AirCar, prototype flying car capable of flying 1,000km (600 miles), at height of 8,200ft (2,500m), completes 35 min test flight between Nitra and Bratislava airports in Slovakia
American Abhimanyu Mishra becomes the youngest chess grandmaster ever at 12 years and 4 months, surpassing Sergey Karjakin
India's known COVID-19 death toll passes 400,000 with 30.45 million cases, amid expert speculation that over one million have died [1]
Mudslides crash through town of Atami, Japan, after torrential rain, killing 19, with over 100 people initially missing
Columbus Blue Jackets' 24-year-old Latvian goaltender Matīss Kivlenieks is killed when accidentally struck by fireworks at the home of team goaltending coach Manny Legace in Novi, Michigan
One of world's oldest pieces of art, 51,000-year-old deer bone carved by Neanderthals, announced discovered in Harz Mountains, Germany [1]
Haiti president Jovenel Moïse assassinated in his home in Pétionville, Haiti, state of emergency declared across the country
Death Valley, California, hits a temperature of 130 degrees F (54.4 C), one of the highest temperatures ever recorded on earth [1]
At least 92 people die in a fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in Iraqi city of Nasiriya
Drug overdose deaths in the US rose by 30% to a record 93,000 in 2020, according to the CDC [1]
Devastating floods linked to climate change sweep through towns in western Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands after record rainfall, killing at least 188 people
73rd Cannes Film Festival: Titane wins Palme d'Or, its director Frenchwoman Julie Ducournau only 2nd woman to win
Bomb attack on al-Wuhailat market in Baghdad, Iraq, ahead of Eid al-Adha festival, kills 25 people
Life expectancy in the US falls by 1.5 years (3 years for Hispanic Americans. 2.9 for Black Americans) in largest decline since WWII [1]
US at “another pivotal point in this pandemic” says CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky as the Delta variant becomes dominant
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's...
19-year-old gymnast Daiki Hashimoto of Japan becomes youngest Olympic men's artistic individual all-around champion in history at the Tokyo Games
Australian canoeist Jessica Fox wins the inaugural women's C-1 slalom gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games with a time of 109.96 seconds
One out of 169 Americans is employed by Amazon in new figures released by the company, making it the US's second-largest employer, with Walmart being the largest, employing one in 100 [1]
American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins the 100 m butterfly in a world record time of 49.45 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics and completes the 100 m freestyle/butterfly double
migrants rescued from a stricken vessel by humanitarian NGO ships in Tunisian waters [1]
wildfires in Turkey's southern coastal Manavgat district burn 118,789 hectares of land in six days, killing eight people [1]
Americans Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad go 1-2 in the women's 400 m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics; McLaughlin sets a world record of 51.46 seconds
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 2 to 6 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. 45 athletes from 25 nations competed.
As part of the winning American 4 × 400 m relay team in Tokyo, Allyson Felix takes her total to 11 Olympic medals and becomes the most decorated female Olympian in track and field history
"Wright Brothers' moment" in nuclear fusion research when 1.3 megajoules of energy is produced at the National Ignition Facility by the Livermore Lab [1]
A herd of 14 elephants returns home from a 500 km (300 mile) trek across China, leading authorities to evacuate 150,000 people out of their path [1]
"I am Legend" screenwriter Akiva Goldsman tweets "It's a movie. I made that up. It's. Not. Real." amid rumors COVID-19 vaccines could turn people into zombies, as in the film [1]
million Americans across 34 states are under heat advisory warnings from the Pacific Northwest to the Northeast as the summer of intense heat continues in the Northern Hemisphere [1]
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes southwest Haiti near the city of Les Cayes, killing at least 2,200 people, injuring many more, and destroying 52,000 homes
First Marvel film with an Asian superhero, "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," starring Simu Liu, premieres in Los Angeles
Iran's official COVID-19 death toll surpasses 100,000 amid its fifth wave of infections, according to its Health Ministry
Between midnight and 10:00 am CDT on Saturday, August 21, 2021, very heavy rainfall resulted in widespread flash flooding across western Middle Tennessee, including the town of Waverly.
US Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Singapore to begin a short visit of South East Asia
US Food and Drug Administration grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 16 and over, the first vaccine to move past emergency-use status in the US
16th Paralympic Games opens in Tokyo, Japan
Two bomb blasts from suicide bombers at Kabul Airport, Afghanistan, kill at least 60 civilians and 13 US soldiers amid international efforts to evacuate citizens from the country
Britain's Prince Andrew is served with a US federal lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a teenager 20 years ago [1]
MLB Los Angeles Angels pitcher and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani becomes the first player in team history to reach 20 stolen bases and hit 40 home runs in a season during a 10-2 win over the San Diego Padres
Noel Anthony Clarke is an English actor, writer, director, and producer. Rising to prominence for playing Mickey Smith in Doctor Who (2005–2006, 2008, 2010), he received critical acclaim for writing,...
Algeria becomes the last country to stop selling leaded petrol, ending 99 years of gasoline use worldwide, saving 1.2 million lives a year [1]
58 people die as the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the US Northeast with record rains, tornadoes, and flooding; New York and New Jersey declare states of emergency
Coup by soldiers in Guinea led by Colonel Doumbouya deposes President Alpha Condé and his government, citing rampant corruption
El Salvador was the first country in the world to use bitcoin as legal tender, after it was adopted as such by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 2021.
17 hospital patients die after heavy rainfall and flooding in Tula, central Mexico
Rhino Records releases "Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall Complete," a 16-CD box set commemorating the historic April 1971 series of sold-out shows at the famed venue by the American "rock band with horns"
74th Cannes Film Festival: Audrey Diwan's "Happening" (L'Événement) wins the Palme d'Or
The Taliban hold strict standards for women's behaviour and dress, based on a fundamentalist interpretation of the Hanafi jurisprudence which is enforced through surveillance and violence.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett makes first official visit to Egypt in a decade for talks with President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in Sharm el-Sheikh
Britain's Kew Gardens sets a world record for the largest living plant collection (16,900) on a single site, according to Guinness World Records
France recalls its ambassadors to the US and Australia, describing their new AUKUS pact and the cancellation of a major military contract as a "stab in the back"
US authorities begin moving to repatriate more than 10,000 mostly Haitian migrants living under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2020, until May 31, 2021, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
McDonald's announces plans to drastically reduce plastic in its Happy Meals by 2025; these meals make it one of the largest toy distributors in the world [1]
WHO warns urgent action is needed on air pollution, which is on par with smoking and a poor diet, causing seven million premature deaths a year
Fossilized footprints 23,000-21,000 years old from White Sands, New Mexico indicate settlement by humans of North and South America earlier than previously thought [1]
Notorious Indian gangster Jitender Maan Gogi is shot dead in a court in Delhi by men posing as lawyers
Brian Ortega competes for the UFC Featherweight Championship against Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 266; he loses but earns Fight of the Night
74th Tony Awards: "Moulin Rouge!" Best Musical, "The Inheritance" Best Play, and Aaron Tveit, Lois Smith, and Adrienne Warren win
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the U.S.
R&B artist R. Kelly is convicted on nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking after a six-week trial in New York [1]
James Parnell "Jamie" Spears is a retired American construction business owner. He is the father of Bryan Spears, Britney Spears, and Jamie Lynn Spears.
Canada observes its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, honoring victims and survivors of residential schools for Indigenous children
Global COVID-19 death toll of recorded cases surpasses 5 million as the Delta variant continues to surge around the world [1]
David Lee Roth known as "Diamond Dave" is an American rock singer. Known for his wild and energetic stage persona, he was the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Van Halen for three separate periods:...
Massive oil slick from a pipeline is discovered along the Orange County coast off California, covering 13 square miles
MLB Cleveland wins its last game under the Indians name, defeating the Texas Rangers 6-0
Major French investigation finds clergy sexually abuse more than 200,000 children over 70 years, most of the victims boys [1]
Carnegie Hall in New York City reopens after an 18-month pandemic shutdown with a concert by The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian novelist and academic of Yemeni origin. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar...
Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression [1]
Australia's largest city Sydney ends its 107-day lockdown, with restrictions easing for fully vaccinated people
24-year-old Rumeysa Gelgi from Turkey confirmed as World's tallest living woman by Guinness World Records at 215.16 centimeters 215.16cm (7ft 0.7in) [1]
Record price for a Banksy artwork is paid of 18.5 million pounds ($25.4 million) for "Love is in the Bin," which was famously shredded on purchase in 2018 [1]
British MP Sir David Amess is stabbed to death at a meeting with constituents in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, in a probable terror attack
Camden County Commissioners unveil a statue of boxing champion Jersey Joe Walcott at Wiggins Waterfront Park in Camden, New Jersey
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a 60-day state of emergency in response to a violent crime wave caused by a power struggle between drug cartels
Moscow's mayor orders unvaccinated people over 60 years old to stay home for four months amid a worsening COVID-19 crisis
Actor Alec Baldwin shoots cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and injures director Joel Souza with a prop gun during a rehearsal on a film set at Bonanza Creek Ranch, New Mexico
Australian city of Melbourne "world's most locked down city" exits its sixth lockdown after a total of 260 days
Capture of Colombia's most-wanted drug lord, Dairo Antonio Usuga 'Otoniel', in Colombia's Uraba region, announced live on TV [1]
COVID-19 cases in Eastern Europe surpass 20 million, with Russia, Ukraine, and Romania among the top five countries reporting deaths globally [1]
Afghanistan to become world's worst humanitarian crisis as nearly 23 million people face acute hunger over winter according to the World Food Program [1]
UN report says current climate pledges put world on course for "catastrophic" average 2.7-degree Celsius temperature rise this century ahead of Glasgow climate summit [1]
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland.
Largest-ever drug bust in Asia made by police in Laos with 55 million methamphetamine tablets and 1.5 tonnes of crystal meth discovered in beer crates [1]
World's largest solar farm goes live in Sirindhorn reservoir, Thailand, as a hydro-floating solar hybrid system the size of 70 football fields [1]
Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 5 million according to Johns Hopkins, with estimates the true toll is at least twice as high [1]
Eric Leroy Adams is an American politician and former police officer who served as the 111th mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025.
Four-year old Cleo Smith is found by police in Carnarvon, Western Australia, 18 days after she disappeared from a family tent
Albino activist Overstone Kondowe is sworn in as Malawi's first MP with albinism [1]
Eight people crushed to death and 13 hospitalized in a crowd surge during a Travis Scott performance at Astroworld Festival, Houston, Texas [1]
NFL Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers admits in interview he is unvaccinated and taking unapproved treatment after testing positive for COVID-19 and in isolation [1]
Rashid Khan becomes youngest bowler to take 400 T20 wickets during a match against New Zealand in Dubai
Mustafa Abdul Latif Mishatat al-Gharibawi, known as Mustafa al-Kadhimi is an independent Iraqi politician, lawyer, bureaucrat and former intelligence officer who served as the prime minister of Iraq...
US reopens its borders to vaccinated non US citizens after more than 18 months, lifting restrictions imposed because of COVID-19
-year-old Julia Hawkins sets a world record as the first woman and first American of her age to run 100 meters at Louisiana Senior Olympic Games [1]
The environmental policy of the Joe Biden administration includes a series of laws, regulations, and programs introduced by United States President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025.
Near-earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa, the size of a ferris wheel, very likely a fragment of the moon, according to a new study [1]
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is a part of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2.
Attack on a military police outpost near a gold mine in Inata, northern Burkina Faso, kills at least 53, prompting three days of national mourning [1]
Former Trump aide Stephen Bannon turns himself in after being found in contempt of US Congress by a federal grand jury, after refusing to comply with investigation into Jan 6
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station take shelter after a Russian anti-satellite weapons test destroys a satellite, creating a large debris field
British Columbia declares a state of emergency after an "atmospheric river" storm causes widespread rain and flooding [1]
US judge exonerates Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam for the killing of Malcolm X in 1965, saying they were "wrongly convicted", after 55 years [1]
"Voiceless Mass" by Raven Chacon, premieres at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee - first work by an Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music [1]
British driver Lewis Hamilton wins 1st Qatar Grand Prix Formula One motor race at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar
On 23 November 2021, at 2 a.m. local time, a Macedonian bus crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria. The crash happened on the Struma motorway near the village of Bosnek, south-west of Sofia.
At least 27 migrants drown after their boat capsizes in the English Channel trying to reach the UK
Germany's COVID-19 death toll passes 100,000 (Robert Koch Institute) amid its highest surge in infections yet
WHO labels COVID-19 variant Omicron a "variant of concern", with its dozens of new mutations, after it emerges in Botswana and South Africa [1]
Dan Campbell records his first victory as head coach of the Detroit Lions with a win against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 13
British socialite and former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, is found guilty of sex trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan [1]
On November 30, 2021, a school shooting occurred at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan, United States.
Tel Aviv is named the world's most expensive city for the first time, ahead of Singapore and Paris, with Damascus as the cheapest [1]
Mt Semeru erupts on Java island, Indonesia, killing at least 14 and injuring 56
First known hippos test positive for COVID-19 at Antwerp Zoo in Belgium, with staff putting Imani (14) and Hermien (41) into isolation [1]
Chile becomes the 31st nation to legalize same-sex marriage [1]
Jussie Smollett is an American actor, filmmaker and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 1991 debuting in The Mighty Ducks (1992).
The 2021 Mosconi Cup (officially the 2021 Cazoo Mosconi Cup) was the 28th edition of an annual nine-ball pool tournament between teams representing Europe and the United States.
87th Heisman Trophy Award: Bryce Young, Alabama (QB)
British PM Boris Johnson announces a emergency COVID-19 booster program to protect the NHS and stem a possible incoming “tidal wave of Omicron” [1]
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Starting in January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022.
The global COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December...
Six children die in a bouncy castle accident at a school in Devonport, Tasmasia, Australia
Discovery of the first true millipede (Eumillipes persephone) with 1,000 legs found down a drill hole in Western Australia is published in "Scientific Reports" [1]
Former student activist Gabriel Boric wins Chile's Presidential election, to become the country's youngest president at 35
The 2025 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was a general election held on 7 December 2025 to elect all 90 members of the 8th Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Major breakthrough in development of nuclear fission energy when experiment produces 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds at JET Laboratory, UK (reported Feb 2022) [1]
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched in joint effort with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America [1]
Test cricket debutant Scott Boland takes 6 for 7 as Australia retain the Ashes (3-0) with an innings & 14 run win against England in the 3rd Test in Melbourne
Rare winter wildfire destroys nearly 1000 homes at the base of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, in suburban neighborhoods between Boulder and Denver [1]
Don Sutton, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 2021-01-18.
Hank Aaron, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 2021-01-22.
Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, died on 2021-02-05. Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor.
Elgin Baylor, American basketball player, known for american basketball player, died on 2021-03-22.
Prince Philip dies
Jim Steinman, American musical artist, known for american musical artist, died on 2021-04-19.
Idriss Déby dies
Astronaut Michael Collins, American astronaut, known for american astronaut, died on 2021-04-28.
George Jung, American drug trafficker and smuggler, known for american drug trafficker and smuggler, died on 2021-05-05.
Gerd Müller, German footballer, known for german footballer, died on 2021-08-15. Gerd Müller was a German professional footballer.
Cuba's "day zero" unifies its two currencies by withdrawing the Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC), alongside steep increases in prices and salaries, effectively devaluing the remaining Cuban Peso for the first time since 1959 [1]
First Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are given to the general public, with 82-year-old Brian Pinker in the UK the first to receive the jab [1]
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington, D.C., during Congress’s certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s victory, resulting in five deaths and prompting the evacuation of lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence
Military coup in Myanmar; civilian leaders are detained, including Aung San Suu Kyi, and a one-year state of emergency is declared (still in effect)
Khloé Alexandra Kardashian is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman.
William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his...
US CDC says half of all US adults are now fully vaccinated, with 61% having had their first shot
Britney Spears requests a judge to end her court-ordered conservatorship, stating, "I think this conservatorship is abusive. I don't think I can live a full life."
1st ICC World Test Championship final, Southampton: New Zealand dismisses India for meagre 170; completes tricky chase of 139 on 6th day to win inaugural cricket title
WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirms the COVID-19 Delta variant is the most transmissible to date, now present in 85 countries and spreading rapidly [1]
Tigray Defense Forces retake Tigray's regional capital of Mekelle in Ethiopia's Tigray War. The Ethiopian government declares a unilateral ceasefire to save face but neither side sticks to it. [1]
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai is an Afghan former politician and economist who served as the 8th and last president of Afghanistan from 2014 until his government was overthrown by the Taliban in...
One in 500 Americans has died of COVID-19 as the nation's known death toll reaches 663,913 (Johns Hopkins) [1]
Netflix announces Shonda Rhimes' "Bridgerton" as its most-watched series ever, with "Extraction," starring Chris Hemsworth, as its No. 1 film [1]
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recommends the world's first malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, for children after a pilot program proves effective in Africa [1]
On February 1, 2008, American singer Britney Spears was placed under a conservatorship by Judge Reva Goetz, with her father, James "Jamie" Spears, and attorney Andrew M. Wallet, as conservators.
Welshman Gerwyn Price wins his first PDC World Darts Championship; beats Gary Anderson of Scotland, 7-3 at the Alexandra Palace in London
The 2021 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "Bama", or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
The 2021 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was a general election held on 19 December 2021 for the 7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Arizona called the COVID-19 "hotspot of the world" by local health officials as state suffers an average of 118.3 new cases per 100,000 people
China places two cities, Shijiazhuang and Xingtai, under lockdown after over 130 cases of COVID-19 reported
Justin Thomas uses a homophobic slur during the third round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions, leading to the end of sponsorships with Ralph Lauren and Woodford Reserve
America records more than 3,000 deaths a day for the first time reaching 3,249, passing 375,000 deaths in total a day later
Ireland becomes the country with the world's highest COVID-19 infection rate after a dramatic surge results in seven-day rolling average of 1,394 cases per million
India's Supreme Court puts on hold three controversial new farm laws that ignited weeks of protests by farmers in Delhi
Deadliest air raid by Israel on Syria since 2018, when 10 soldiers and 47 allied fighters killed in attacks on military positions [1]
A moment magnitude (Mw) 6.2 earthquake struck Majene Regency in West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on 15 January 2021, at 02:28 WITA (18:28 UTC).
10 Nepali climbers become the first to reach the summit of K2 in winter on the China-Pakistan border
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is arrested immediately on his return to Russia after recovering from nerve-agent poisoning [1]
Brazil begins vaccinations for COVID-19 with the world's second-highest death toll at 209,000
The CDC publishes official numbers of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19.
Daniel Allen Campbell is an American professional football coach and former tight end who is the head coach for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).
Lloyd Austin confirmed as defense secretary by the US Senate, and the first Black head of the Pentagon
"Proposal to Prevent the Feminisation of Male Adolescents" published by China's Education Ministry asks schools to use sports to cultivate masculinity [1]
Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas is an American attorney and government official who was the seventh United States Secretary of Homeland Security, serving from 2021 until 2025.
US and Russia extend their New START nuclear arms control treaty for five years, the last remaining nuclear arms deal between the two countries
Denmark approves plans for world's first energy island in the North Sea to provide power to 3 million Europeans
Ocean life is being drowned out by human noise, especially shipping, construction, sonar and seismic surveys according to new research [1]
Himalayan glacier crashes into the Dhauliganga river, destroying a dam and causing a huge flood in Uttarakhand province, India, killing 26, leaving 150 missing
Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution, began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's...
The United Arab Emirates is the fifth entity to successfully orbit a probe around Mars as the probe Hope begins to study the planet's atmosphere
17,000 year old conch shell discovered to be oldest known wind instrument, after being reassessed by archaeologists, originally found in Marsoulas cave, Pyrenees [1]
Caitlin Clark scores a season-high 39 points for Iowa against Nebraska, breaking the single-game scoring record for Pinnacle Bank Arena
Tokyo Olympics Chief Yoshiro Mori resigns after his comments that talkative women made meetings “drag on too long”
Archaeologists announce the discovery of the oldest known beer factory in Abydos, Egypt, from the early Dynastic period, 3150 B.C. to 2613 B.C.
63rd Daytona 500: Michael McDowell navigates through fiery, final-lap pileup to claim his first career NASCAR Cup Series win in his 14th season; race delayed by rain for 6 hours after huge Lap 14 crash
Major winter storm in the US stretches from Texas to Maine, over 3 million without power in Texas, goes on to kill 210 people
Athens and parts of Greece covered in unusual heavy snowfall
South Africa, Africa's worst-affected country begins COVID-19 vaccinations with the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Cape Town
Facebook blocks users in Australia from accessing news sites in response to proposed new laws for tech companies to pay to show news content
In a softening of 4-year WADA ban on Russia from all international sport, Russia to compete under acronym "ROC" after name of the Russian Olympic Committee
Bloodiest day of protests in Myanmar since its coup after security forces open fire, killing two people with 40 wounded in Mandalay
First democratic transfer of power in Niger, the world's poorest country, as former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum wins Presidential election [1]
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.
COVID-19 antibodies survey in Nigeria suggests 4 million people have had the virus in Lagos state alone, more than officially recorded for whole of Africa [1]
United Nations-backed COVAX initiative begins delivering vaccines to middle and low income countries with first AstraZeneca shipment to Ghana
Amnesty International Report says that Eritrean troops might have committed crimes against humanity, killing hundreds of civilians, in attack on Ethiopian city of Aksum 28-29 November [1]
The Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, sold under the brand name Comirnaty, is an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by the German biotechnology company BioNTech.
Hong Kong charges 47 with "conspiracy to commit subversion" in harshest implementation of its new security laws imposed by China
Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy is sentenced to three years for trying to bribe a judge
Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution, began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's...
Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani is an Islamic scholar and the dean of the Hawza in Najaf, Iraq. A Grand Ayatollah, Sistani is considered one of the leading religious leaders of Twelver Shia Muslims.
Explosions at a military base in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, likely from faulty storage of dynamite, kills at least 98 and injures over 400 [1]
Brazil records its highest daily COVID-19 death toll to date of 1,972 deaths with 168,370 deaths overall
Armed attackers kill at least 58 people in the Tillabery region, southwest Niger, government declares three days of mourning
US House Judiciary Committee hearing begins on rise of violence and discrimination against Asian-Americans with report saying 3,800 hate incidents recorded over 12 months [1]
Icelandic volcano Fagradalsfjall erupts for the first time in 800 years and after more than 50,000 earthquakes
Miami Beach imposes a state of emergency and a curfew as large crowds descend on the area for spring break
45 crushed to death in a crowd paying respects to the late President John Magufuli at a stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
On March 22, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Ten people were killed, including a local on-duty police officer.
Renaissance masterpiece The Ghent Altarpiece (1432) by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck goes on display, after seven-year restoration, in Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium [1]
people including children killed in one day by armed forces in Myanmar, with more than 420 killed since protests began against the military coup [1]
Mexico revises its COVID-19 death toll up by 60% to more than 321,000 giving it the second highest COVID death toll in the world [1]
Megaship Ever Given freed after nearly a week stuck in and blocking the Suez Canal, with at least 369 vessels waiting to pass though
The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science.
New study suggests the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago created South America's tropical rainforests [1]
India records over 100,000 new daily COVID cases for the first time, more than half in the state of Maharashtra, which begins a new lockdown
UK COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 (Alpha) now the dominant variant in the US according to the CDC, as 108 million Americans have received at least one vaccine dose [1]
La Soufrière volcano begins erupting on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent with a plume of ash 20,000 feet into the sky
20-year-old Daunte Wright shot and killed at a traffic stop by police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, who says they mistook their gun for a taser
Great Britain loosens its COVID-19 restrictions, opening pubs and shops after 175 days, the world's longest period of restrictions
US, South Africa and the EU authorities temporarily stop administrating Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines after six women developed blood clots (out of 6.8 million)
The 2021 Chicago White Sox season was the club's 122nd season in Chicago and 121st season in the American League, and their 1st season under manager Tony La Russa since 1986.
"The failed response in Brazil has caused a humanitarian catastrophe" reports Dr. Christos Christou, president of Doctors Without Borders, as country records a quarter of world's COVID-19 deaths in last week [1]
Countries and territories around the world enforced lockdowns of varying stringency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some included total movement control while others enforced restrictions based...
12-team European Super League is announced to widespread condemnation amongst governments, non-involved clubs, press and fans; amidst the furore all 6 EPL clubs withdraw within 3 days
Cuba's Communist party announces Miguel Díaz-Canel will replace Raúl Castro as party leader, after the latter steps down
All six EPL clubs withdraw from the controversial European Super League just 3 days after it was announced - Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham
Indonesian submarine RI Nanggala sinks off the coast of Bali with the loss of all 53 people on board
India sets a world record for daily COVID-19 cases recording 314,835 new cases with 2,104 deaths
On the night of 24 to 25 April 2021, a fire at the Ibn al-Khatib hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, left at least 92 people dead and 110 others injured.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe becomes the first spacecraft to cross the Alfvén critical boundary, the outer atmosphere of the Sun [1]
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is a part of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2.
On 30 April 2021, at about 00:45 IDT (UTC+3), a deadly crowd crush occurred on Mount Meron, Israel, during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the Jewish holiday of Lag...
The following is the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in India from January 2021 to the May 2021.
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses.
Malian woman Halima Cisse gives birth to nonuplets (nine babies) in Morocco, in only the third known case worldwide
A week of mass protests and demonstrations against government tax reform and poverty in Colombia leaves 24 dead
Armed police raid on drug traffickers kills 25 in cities deadliest ever, in a favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The 2021 Cleveland Indians season was the 121st season for the franchise. It was the ninth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and sixth under general manager Mike Chernoff.
Bombings outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, kill at least 50 people, mostly teenage girls, amid growing fears about US military withdrawal
Chinese safari park in Fuyang forced to apologize for not informing the public that three leopards had escaped April 19 and been roaming nearby neighborhoods
China census figures show country's population 1.41 billion people, growth at its slowest since 1960s, (+0.53 down from +0.57) [1]
The global COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December...
Tianwen-1 (also referred to as TW-1) is an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) which sent a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of six spacecraft: an orbiter,...
Death toll passes 200 from Gaza conflict as 42 people killed in Israeli airstrikes and three building flattened [1]
Cyclone Tauktae makes landfall in the Indian state of Gujarat with wind speeds of up to 160km/h (100mph)
India records the highest recorded daily COVID-19 death toll to date in the world with 4,529 deaths
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announces a 'circuit-breaker lockdown' as the country records over 39,000 daily COVID-19 cases
Israel and Hamas agree to a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza after nearly two weeks of fighting, amid international diplomatic efforts
Most powerful cosmic ray since the Oh-My-God particle detected by Osaka University from Utah's Array Telescope measuring 240 exa-electronvolts (EeV; 1018 electronvolts) - nicknamed ‘Amaterasu’ [1]
30-year-old Scottish light-welterweight boxer Josh Taylor becomes Britain's first undisputed world champion in the four-belt era by beating Jose Ramirez by unanimous decision in Las Vegas
21 runners die in freezing conditions during an ultramarathon in Yellow River Stone Forest Park, Gansu Province, China
Constitutional crisis deepens in Samoa after Speaker of the House shuts out Fiame Naomi Mata’afa from being sworn in as the country's first woman leader in 56 years [1]
Coup in Mali as military Colonel Assimi Goïta ousts country's civilian President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane arresting and detaining them
A super "blood" moon, the first total lunar eclipse for two years, visible across the Pacific
Discovery of a mass grave with the remains of 215 children from Kamloops Indian Residential School announced by First Nation in British Columbia, Canada [1]
China's ruling Communist Party announces it will allow married couples to have three children, in effort to boost falling birthrates [1]
Malaysia begins a full two-week lockdown as COVID-19 cases surge with record 9,020 news cases recorded May 29
Devon Conway becomes 7th batsman in cricket history to score a double century in his Test debut; run out for 200 for New Zealand in 1st Test against England at Lord's
Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli makes a desperate plea for vaccines amid his country's devastating COVID-19 second wave, reporting nearly 9,000 daily cases late May
At least 160 killed by suspected Islamist extremists in Solhan, Burkina Faso amid a deepening security crisis in the region [1]
On June 6, 2021, 20-year-old Nathaniel Veltman rammed a pickup truck into a family of Muslim Pakistani Canadian pedestrians at an intersection in London, Ontario, Canada.
Auckland named world's most livable city (due to success with COVID) and Damascus named the worst by The Economist Intelligence Unit
National Geographic announces it is officially recognizing the South Ocean as the world's fifth ocean
Danish star soccer midfielder Christian Eriksen suffers an on-field cardiac arrest during Euro 2020 game with Finland in Copenhagen; revived with a defibrillator; game controversially restarts with 1-0 Finland win
G7 summits ends in Cornwall, England, with leaders promising one billion vaccine doses for poorer nations
China launches its Shenzhou-12 spacecraft with three astronauts arriving at its new space station Tiangong six and a half hours later
Jurist and conservative Ebrahim Raisi elected President of Iran on a low turn out
The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has resulted in 37,960,567 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 703,724 deaths.
Carl Nassib becomes the first openly gay player in the NFL in a post on Instagram
Residential tower Champlain Towers South collapses at 1.30am in Surfside, Miami Beach, with 156 people missing (98 bodies eventually recovered)
Matthew John David Hancock is a British former politician who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2015 to 2016, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and...
Boat sinks off Tunisia, drowning 43 migrants with 84 rescued by Tunisian navy [1]
AirCar, prototype flying car capable of flying 1,000km (600 miles), at height of 8,200ft (2,500m), completes 35 min test flight between Nitra and Bratislava airports in Slovakia
American Abhimanyu Mishra becomes the youngest chess grandmaster ever at 12 years and 4 months, surpassing Sergey Karjakin
India's known COVID-19 death toll passes 400,000 with 30.45 million cases, amid expert speculation that over one million have died [1]
Mudslides crash through town of Atami, Japan, after torrential rain, killing 19, with over 100 people initially missing
Columbus Blue Jackets' 24-year-old Latvian goaltender Matīss Kivlenieks is killed when accidentally struck by fireworks at the home of team goaltending coach Manny Legace in Novi, Michigan
One of world's oldest pieces of art, 51,000-year-old deer bone carved by Neanderthals, announced discovered in Harz Mountains, Germany [1]
Haiti president Jovenel Moïse assassinated in his home in Pétionville, Haiti, state of emergency declared across the country
Death Valley, California, hits a temperature of 130 degrees F (54.4 C), one of the highest temperatures ever recorded on earth [1]
At least 92 people die in a fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in Iraqi city of Nasiriya
Drug overdose deaths in the US rose by 30% to a record 93,000 in 2020, according to the CDC [1]
Devastating floods linked to climate change sweep through towns in western Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands after record rainfall, killing at least 188 people
73rd Cannes Film Festival: Titane wins Palme d'Or, its director Frenchwoman Julie Ducournau only 2nd woman to win
Bomb attack on al-Wuhailat market in Baghdad, Iraq, ahead of Eid al-Adha festival, kills 25 people
Life expectancy in the US falls by 1.5 years (3 years for Hispanic Americans. 2.9 for Black Americans) in largest decline since WWII [1]
US at “another pivotal point in this pandemic” says CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky as the Delta variant becomes dominant
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's...
19-year-old gymnast Daiki Hashimoto of Japan becomes youngest Olympic men's artistic individual all-around champion in history at the Tokyo Games
Australian canoeist Jessica Fox wins the inaugural women's C-1 slalom gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games with a time of 109.96 seconds
One out of 169 Americans is employed by Amazon in new figures released by the company, making it the US's second-largest employer, with Walmart being the largest, employing one in 100 [1]
American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins the 100 m butterfly in a world record time of 49.45 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics and completes the 100 m freestyle/butterfly double
migrants rescued from a stricken vessel by humanitarian NGO ships in Tunisian waters [1]
wildfires in Turkey's southern coastal Manavgat district burn 118,789 hectares of land in six days, killing eight people [1]
Americans Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad go 1-2 in the women's 400 m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics; McLaughlin sets a world record of 51.46 seconds
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 2 to 6 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. 45 athletes from 25 nations competed.
As part of the winning American 4 × 400 m relay team in Tokyo, Allyson Felix takes her total to 11 Olympic medals and becomes the most decorated female Olympian in track and field history
"Wright Brothers' moment" in nuclear fusion research when 1.3 megajoules of energy is produced at the National Ignition Facility by the Livermore Lab [1]
A herd of 14 elephants returns home from a 500 km (300 mile) trek across China, leading authorities to evacuate 150,000 people out of their path [1]
"I am Legend" screenwriter Akiva Goldsman tweets "It's a movie. I made that up. It's. Not. Real." amid rumors COVID-19 vaccines could turn people into zombies, as in the film [1]
million Americans across 34 states are under heat advisory warnings from the Pacific Northwest to the Northeast as the summer of intense heat continues in the Northern Hemisphere [1]
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes southwest Haiti near the city of Les Cayes, killing at least 2,200 people, injuring many more, and destroying 52,000 homes
First Marvel film with an Asian superhero, "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," starring Simu Liu, premieres in Los Angeles
Iran's official COVID-19 death toll surpasses 100,000 amid its fifth wave of infections, according to its Health Ministry
Between midnight and 10:00 am CDT on Saturday, August 21, 2021, very heavy rainfall resulted in widespread flash flooding across western Middle Tennessee, including the town of Waverly.
US Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Singapore to begin a short visit of South East Asia
US Food and Drug Administration grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 16 and over, the first vaccine to move past emergency-use status in the US
16th Paralympic Games opens in Tokyo, Japan
Two bomb blasts from suicide bombers at Kabul Airport, Afghanistan, kill at least 60 civilians and 13 US soldiers amid international efforts to evacuate citizens from the country
Britain's Prince Andrew is served with a US federal lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a teenager 20 years ago [1]
MLB Los Angeles Angels pitcher and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani becomes the first player in team history to reach 20 stolen bases and hit 40 home runs in a season during a 10-2 win over the San Diego Padres
Noel Anthony Clarke is an English actor, writer, director, and producer. Rising to prominence for playing Mickey Smith in Doctor Who (2005–2006, 2008, 2010), he received critical acclaim for writing,...
Algeria becomes the last country to stop selling leaded petrol, ending 99 years of gasoline use worldwide, saving 1.2 million lives a year [1]
58 people die as the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the US Northeast with record rains, tornadoes, and flooding; New York and New Jersey declare states of emergency
Coup by soldiers in Guinea led by Colonel Doumbouya deposes President Alpha Condé and his government, citing rampant corruption
El Salvador was the first country in the world to use bitcoin as legal tender, after it was adopted as such by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 2021.
17 hospital patients die after heavy rainfall and flooding in Tula, central Mexico
Rhino Records releases "Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall Complete," a 16-CD box set commemorating the historic April 1971 series of sold-out shows at the famed venue by the American "rock band with horns"
74th Cannes Film Festival: Audrey Diwan's "Happening" (L'Événement) wins the Palme d'Or
The Taliban hold strict standards for women's behaviour and dress, based on a fundamentalist interpretation of the Hanafi jurisprudence which is enforced through surveillance and violence.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett makes first official visit to Egypt in a decade for talks with President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in Sharm el-Sheikh
Britain's Kew Gardens sets a world record for the largest living plant collection (16,900) on a single site, according to Guinness World Records
France recalls its ambassadors to the US and Australia, describing their new AUKUS pact and the cancellation of a major military contract as a "stab in the back"
US authorities begin moving to repatriate more than 10,000 mostly Haitian migrants living under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2020, until May 31, 2021, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
McDonald's announces plans to drastically reduce plastic in its Happy Meals by 2025; these meals make it one of the largest toy distributors in the world [1]
WHO warns urgent action is needed on air pollution, which is on par with smoking and a poor diet, causing seven million premature deaths a year
Fossilized footprints 23,000-21,000 years old from White Sands, New Mexico indicate settlement by humans of North and South America earlier than previously thought [1]
Notorious Indian gangster Jitender Maan Gogi is shot dead in a court in Delhi by men posing as lawyers
Brian Ortega competes for the UFC Featherweight Championship against Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 266; he loses but earns Fight of the Night
74th Tony Awards: "Moulin Rouge!" Best Musical, "The Inheritance" Best Play, and Aaron Tveit, Lois Smith, and Adrienne Warren win
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the U.S.
R&B artist R. Kelly is convicted on nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking after a six-week trial in New York [1]
James Parnell "Jamie" Spears is a retired American construction business owner. He is the father of Bryan Spears, Britney Spears, and Jamie Lynn Spears.
Canada observes its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, honoring victims and survivors of residential schools for Indigenous children
Global COVID-19 death toll of recorded cases surpasses 5 million as the Delta variant continues to surge around the world [1]
David Lee Roth known as "Diamond Dave" is an American rock singer. Known for his wild and energetic stage persona, he was the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Van Halen for three separate periods:...
Massive oil slick from a pipeline is discovered along the Orange County coast off California, covering 13 square miles
MLB Cleveland wins its last game under the Indians name, defeating the Texas Rangers 6-0
Major French investigation finds clergy sexually abuse more than 200,000 children over 70 years, most of the victims boys [1]
Carnegie Hall in New York City reopens after an 18-month pandemic shutdown with a concert by The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian novelist and academic of Yemeni origin. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar...
Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression [1]
Australia's largest city Sydney ends its 107-day lockdown, with restrictions easing for fully vaccinated people
24-year-old Rumeysa Gelgi from Turkey confirmed as World's tallest living woman by Guinness World Records at 215.16 centimeters 215.16cm (7ft 0.7in) [1]
Record price for a Banksy artwork is paid of 18.5 million pounds ($25.4 million) for "Love is in the Bin," which was famously shredded on purchase in 2018 [1]
British MP Sir David Amess is stabbed to death at a meeting with constituents in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, in a probable terror attack
Camden County Commissioners unveil a statue of boxing champion Jersey Joe Walcott at Wiggins Waterfront Park in Camden, New Jersey
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a 60-day state of emergency in response to a violent crime wave caused by a power struggle between drug cartels
Moscow's mayor orders unvaccinated people over 60 years old to stay home for four months amid a worsening COVID-19 crisis
Actor Alec Baldwin shoots cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and injures director Joel Souza with a prop gun during a rehearsal on a film set at Bonanza Creek Ranch, New Mexico
Australian city of Melbourne "world's most locked down city" exits its sixth lockdown after a total of 260 days
Capture of Colombia's most-wanted drug lord, Dairo Antonio Usuga 'Otoniel', in Colombia's Uraba region, announced live on TV [1]
COVID-19 cases in Eastern Europe surpass 20 million, with Russia, Ukraine, and Romania among the top five countries reporting deaths globally [1]
Afghanistan to become world's worst humanitarian crisis as nearly 23 million people face acute hunger over winter according to the World Food Program [1]
UN report says current climate pledges put world on course for "catastrophic" average 2.7-degree Celsius temperature rise this century ahead of Glasgow climate summit [1]
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland.
Largest-ever drug bust in Asia made by police in Laos with 55 million methamphetamine tablets and 1.5 tonnes of crystal meth discovered in beer crates [1]
World's largest solar farm goes live in Sirindhorn reservoir, Thailand, as a hydro-floating solar hybrid system the size of 70 football fields [1]
Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 5 million according to Johns Hopkins, with estimates the true toll is at least twice as high [1]
Eric Leroy Adams is an American politician and former police officer who served as the 111th mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025.
Four-year old Cleo Smith is found by police in Carnarvon, Western Australia, 18 days after she disappeared from a family tent
Albino activist Overstone Kondowe is sworn in as Malawi's first MP with albinism [1]
Eight people crushed to death and 13 hospitalized in a crowd surge during a Travis Scott performance at Astroworld Festival, Houston, Texas [1]
NFL Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers admits in interview he is unvaccinated and taking unapproved treatment after testing positive for COVID-19 and in isolation [1]
Rashid Khan becomes youngest bowler to take 400 T20 wickets during a match against New Zealand in Dubai
Mustafa Abdul Latif Mishatat al-Gharibawi, known as Mustafa al-Kadhimi is an independent Iraqi politician, lawyer, bureaucrat and former intelligence officer who served as the prime minister of Iraq...
US reopens its borders to vaccinated non US citizens after more than 18 months, lifting restrictions imposed because of COVID-19
-year-old Julia Hawkins sets a world record as the first woman and first American of her age to run 100 meters at Louisiana Senior Olympic Games [1]
The environmental policy of the Joe Biden administration includes a series of laws, regulations, and programs introduced by United States President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025.
Near-earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa, the size of a ferris wheel, very likely a fragment of the moon, according to a new study [1]
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is a part of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2.
Attack on a military police outpost near a gold mine in Inata, northern Burkina Faso, kills at least 53, prompting three days of national mourning [1]
Former Trump aide Stephen Bannon turns himself in after being found in contempt of US Congress by a federal grand jury, after refusing to comply with investigation into Jan 6
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station take shelter after a Russian anti-satellite weapons test destroys a satellite, creating a large debris field
British Columbia declares a state of emergency after an "atmospheric river" storm causes widespread rain and flooding [1]
US judge exonerates Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam for the killing of Malcolm X in 1965, saying they were "wrongly convicted", after 55 years [1]
"Voiceless Mass" by Raven Chacon, premieres at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee - first work by an Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music [1]
British driver Lewis Hamilton wins 1st Qatar Grand Prix Formula One motor race at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar
On 23 November 2021, at 2 a.m. local time, a Macedonian bus crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria. The crash happened on the Struma motorway near the village of Bosnek, south-west of Sofia.
At least 27 migrants drown after their boat capsizes in the English Channel trying to reach the UK
Germany's COVID-19 death toll passes 100,000 (Robert Koch Institute) amid its highest surge in infections yet
WHO labels COVID-19 variant Omicron a "variant of concern", with its dozens of new mutations, after it emerges in Botswana and South Africa [1]
Dan Campbell records his first victory as head coach of the Detroit Lions with a win against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 13
British socialite and former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, is found guilty of sex trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan [1]
On November 30, 2021, a school shooting occurred at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan, United States.
Tel Aviv is named the world's most expensive city for the first time, ahead of Singapore and Paris, with Damascus as the cheapest [1]
Mt Semeru erupts on Java island, Indonesia, killing at least 14 and injuring 56
First known hippos test positive for COVID-19 at Antwerp Zoo in Belgium, with staff putting Imani (14) and Hermien (41) into isolation [1]
Chile becomes the 31st nation to legalize same-sex marriage [1]
Jussie Smollett is an American actor, filmmaker and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 1991 debuting in The Mighty Ducks (1992).
The 2021 Mosconi Cup (officially the 2021 Cazoo Mosconi Cup) was the 28th edition of an annual nine-ball pool tournament between teams representing Europe and the United States.
87th Heisman Trophy Award: Bryce Young, Alabama (QB)
British PM Boris Johnson announces a emergency COVID-19 booster program to protect the NHS and stem a possible incoming “tidal wave of Omicron” [1]
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Starting in January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022.
The global COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December...
Six children die in a bouncy castle accident at a school in Devonport, Tasmasia, Australia
Discovery of the first true millipede (Eumillipes persephone) with 1,000 legs found down a drill hole in Western Australia is published in "Scientific Reports" [1]
Former student activist Gabriel Boric wins Chile's Presidential election, to become the country's youngest president at 35
The 2025 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was a general election held on 7 December 2025 to elect all 90 members of the 8th Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Major breakthrough in development of nuclear fission energy when experiment produces 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds at JET Laboratory, UK (reported Feb 2022) [1]
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched in joint effort with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America [1]
Test cricket debutant Scott Boland takes 6 for 7 as Australia retain the Ashes (3-0) with an innings & 14 run win against England in the 3rd Test in Melbourne
Rare winter wildfire destroys nearly 1000 homes at the base of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, in suburban neighborhoods between Boulder and Denver [1]
Don Sutton, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 2021-01-18.
Hank Aaron, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 2021-01-22.
Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, died on 2021-02-05. Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor.
Elgin Baylor, American basketball player, known for american basketball player, died on 2021-03-22.
Prince Philip dies
Jim Steinman, American musical artist, known for american musical artist, died on 2021-04-19.
Idriss Déby dies
Astronaut Michael Collins, American astronaut, known for american astronaut, died on 2021-04-28.
George Jung, American drug trafficker and smuggler, known for american drug trafficker and smuggler, died on 2021-05-05.
Gerd Müller, German footballer, known for german footballer, died on 2021-08-15. Gerd Müller was a German professional footballer.