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2021 in film
2021 in film: pandemic-recovery year when Spider-Man: No Way Home led the worldwide box office at $1.91 billion, Warner Bros. streamed its slate day-and-date on HBO Max, CODA and Dune dominated the Oscars, and Titane won the Palme d'Or.
2021 in heavy metal music
2021 in heavy metal music: pandemic-era metal year marked by returning full-capacity shows, first-time Download headliners Bullet For My Valentine, delayed 2020 albums arriving, Gojira's Fortitude topping US album sales, and Bloodmoon: I leading critical lists.
2021 in paleobotany
2021 in paleobotany: year of the Paratingia wuhaia noeggerathialean fossil resolving the seed plant sister group, Buggs' reinterpretation of Darwin's abominable mystery, and the Chicxulub tropical forest recovery study.
2021 in softball
2021 in softball saw the sport return from a 17-month COVID-19 hiatus, with Japan winning Olympic gold in Tokyo and the United States taking the U-18 World Cup.
2021 in South Africa
2021 in South Africa: COVID third wave, Zuma's July imprisonment and unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng (354+ dead, R50bn damage), GDP dip, November local elections, Omicron discovery.
2021 in spaceflight
2021 in spaceflight was a record year of 146 orbital launch attempts, bringing new rovers to Mars, starting China's space station, and launching the James Webb Space Telescope.
2021 in video games
2021 in video games: pandemic-affected year when It Takes Two won Game of the Year at The Game Awards and DICE, Resident Evil Village took the Golden Joystick, and Kena: Bridge of Spirits led indie awards.
2021 Indian Premier League
The 2021 Indian Premier League, known as IPL 14, ran in India and the UAE after a Covid-19 suspension; Chennai Super Kings won their fourth title.
2021 Indian Premier League final
2021 Indian Premier League final, CSK vs KKR, IPL 2021 decider, played 15 October 2021 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium; Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs (192/3 vs 165/9) for their fourth IPL title, Faf du Plessis 86.
2021 IndyCar Series
The 2021 IndyCar Series, the 26th NTT INDYCAR SERIES season, ran 16 races won by champion Alex Palou (549 points); Helio Castroneves took his fourth Indianapolis 500 for Meyer Shank Racing.
2021 IPL player auction
The 2021 IPL player auction was a mini auction held in Chennai on 18 February 2021, where Chris Morris became the most expensive buy in IPL history.
2021 Iranian presidential election
The 2021 Iranian presidential election (18 June 2021) elected Ebrahim Raisi with 62% of the vote after the Guardian Council approved only seven of 592 candidates, barring reformists; turnout of 48.8% was the lowest in the Islamic Republic's history.
2021 Iraqi parliamentary election
The 2021 Iraqi parliamentary election, held 10 October 2021, was an early Council of Representatives vote won by Muqtada al-Sadr's Sadrist Movement (73 of 329 seats) against the pro-Iran Fatah Alliance (16), under a new SNTV law in multiple districts, with record-low 36 percent turnout.
2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
The 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, also called the May 2021 Gaza war or Sheikh Jarrah crisis, was an 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Gaza armed groups, May 10–21, 2021, killing 256 in Gaza and 13 in Israel.
2021 Israeli legislative election
The 2021 Israeli legislative election (24th Knesset, March 23, 2021) was Israel's fourth election in two years. Likud won 30 of 120 seats; an eight-party Bennett-Lapid coalition including Ra'am formed in June 2021 and collapsed in July 2022.
2021 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating
The 2021 ISU World Team Trophy, held April 15–18 in Osaka, was a six-nation figure skating team event won by Russia (125 points) ahead of the United States (110) and Japan (107).
2021 Italian Grand Prix
2021 Italian Grand Prix, round 14 of the 2021 F1 season at Monza, 12 September 2021. Daniel Ricciardo led a McLaren 1-2 over Norris; Bottas third; Hamilton and Verstappen collided out on lap 26.
2021 Japanese general election
The 2021 Japanese general election (第49回衆議院議員総選挙), held 31 October 2021, re-elected the LDP-Komeito coalition under Fumio Kishida with 293 of 465 House of Representatives seats, though it lost its two-thirds majority; turnout was a post-war low of 55.9%.
2021 K2 disaster
2021 K2 disaster: five climbers died on K2 (8,611 m) in winter 2020-21, including Ali Sadpara, John Snorri, and Juan Pablo Mohr, in the same season ten Nepali climbers made the first winter ascent.
2021 Kabul airport attack
The 2021 Kabul airport attack, also called the Abbey Gate bombing, was an ISIS-K suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021, killing 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans.
2021 Kellogg's strike
The 2021 Kellogg's strike: 1,400 BCTGM workers at Kellogg's four U.S. cereal plants struck October 5 to December 21, 2021 over the two-tier wage system, rejected a tentative deal, faced permanent-replacement threats, and ratified a five-year contract.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, held 6 April 2021 (results 2 May): the CPI(M)-led LDF won 99 of 140 seats against the Congress-led UDF's 41, becoming the first incumbent front returned to power since the 1980s; BJP won no seats despite 11.3% vote share.
2021 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum
The 2021 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, held April 11, 2021, approved a new constitution ending Kyrgyzstan's 2010 parliamentary system and restoring strong presidential rule under Sadyr Japarov; it took effect May 5, 2021, amid criticism of its adoption process.
2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
The 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes were an armed border conflict, begun on 28 April 2021 over a disputed water intake, that killed about 50 people and displaced some 56,000.
2021 London mayoral election
2021 London mayoral election, held 6 May 2021 under the supplementary vote system after pandemic postponement; Sadiq Khan (Labour) re-elected over Shaun Bailey with 1,206,034 to 977,601 votes; record rejected ballots prompted the switch to first past the post.
2021 Los Angeles Rams season
2021 Los Angeles Rams season: NFL championship year in which the Rams, led by Matthew Stafford and coach Sean McVay, went 12-5, won the NFC West, and beat Cincinnati 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium.
2021 Major League Baseball draft
2021 MLB draft (July 11-13, 2021): 612 players chosen in 20 rounds; Pirates took Henry Davis first overall; bonus slots frozen at 2019 values, top slot $8,415,300; record 10 first-round shortstops.
2021 Major League Baseball season
2021 Major League Baseball season: full 162-game schedule April 1 to October 3 after the 60-game 2020 COVID season; sticky-stuff crackdown from June 21; All-Star Game moved to Coors Field; Shohei Ohtani's two-way year; Atlanta Braves won the World Series over Houston.
2021 Major League Soccer season
2021 Major League Soccer season, the league's 26th, ran April 3 to December 11, 2021 with 27 clubs including debutant Austin FC; New England won a record 73-point Shield and NYCFC won its first MLS Cup on penalties.
2021 Masters (snooker)
2021 Masters (snooker): invitational tournament, 10-17 January 2021, Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, behind closed doors. Yan Bingtao beat John Higgins 10-8 on debut, becoming youngest champion in 26 years; Higgins made the 145 highest break.