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2021 Minneapolis Question 2
2021 Minneapolis Question 2 was a failed November 2, 2021 charter amendment to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a Department of Public Safety, removing the 1.7 officers per 1,000 residents minimum; it lost 56% to 43%.
2021 Moldovan parliamentary election
Early parliamentary election held in Moldova on 11 July 2021 after President Maia Sandu dissolved Parliament; PAS won 63 of 101 seats, and ODIHR judged the vote well administered and competitive.
2021 Monaco Grand Prix
2021 Monaco Grand Prix, Formula One race of 23 May 2021 at Monte Carlo, round five of the 2021 season. Max Verstappen won from Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris after polesitter Charles Leclerc failed to start; Verstappen took the championship lead.
2021 Monette–Samburg tornado
Long-tracked low-end EF4 tornado (170 mph, 80.3-mile path) of the December 10–11, 2021 outbreak, striking Monette and Leachville, Arkansas, Braggadocio and Hayti, Missouri, and Samburg, Tennessee; seven deaths, later separated from the western Kentucky EF4.
2021 MotoGP World Championship
2021 MotoGP World Championship: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) won his first premier-class title, 278 points to Bagnaia's 252, clinched at Misano when Bagnaia crashed from the lead; Ducati dominated late season.
2021 Mount Nyiragongo eruption
The 2021 Mount Nyiragongo eruption was a flank eruption of Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, beginning on 22 May 2021 and killing 32 people.
2021 Mr. Olympia
The 2021 Mr. Olympia, 57th edition of bodybuilding's top contest, ran Oct 7-10 in Orlando, FL. Mamdouh 'Big Ramy' Elssbiay won back-to-back Open titles over Brandon Curry; 11 divisions, $1.6 million purse, Wellness debuted.
2021 Myanmar coup d'état
The 2021 Myanmar coup d'état: the Tatmadaw's 1 February 2021 seizure of power, detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint, alleging 2020 election fraud, and triggering civil war, the NUG resistance, and a humanitarian crisis.
2021 Myanmar protests and civil disobedience movement
The 2021 Myanmar protests and civil disobedience movement began after the military coup on February 1, 2021. It involved a nationwide strike by over 400,000 civil servants.
2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
The 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was the 27th season of NASCAR's stock car racing series for pickup trucks, its first under the Camping World name since 2018, won by Ben Rhodes.
2021 NASCAR Cup Series
2021 NASCAR Cup Series season: 36 races, 25 tracks, 16 winners; Kyle Larson won his first championship with 10 wins and 2,581 laps led for Hendrick Motorsports; new tracks, Bristol dirt race, Next Gen transition year.
2021 national electoral calendar
2021 national electoral calendar: the year's national elections and referendums, including Uganda (14 January), Israel (23 March), Peru's run-off (6 June), Iran (18 June), Canada's snap election (20 September), Germany (26 September), plus COVID postponements in Ethiopia, Haiti, and South Africa.
2021 NBA All-Star Game
2021 NBA All-Star Game, 70th NBA midseason exhibition, March 7, 2021, State Farm Arena, Atlanta; Team LeBron beat Team Durant 170-150; Giannis Antetokounmpo MVP, 16-for-16, 35 points; one-night pandemic format.
2021 NBA draft
The 2021 NBA draft, held July 29, 2021 on ABC/ESPN, saw Detroit select Cade Cunningham first overall, with Jalen Green, Evan Mobley, Scottie Barnes, and Jalen Suggs following, plus heavy draft-night trading.
2021 NBA Finals
The 2021 NBA Finals: Milwaukee Bucks beat Phoenix Suns 4-2 for their first title since 1971; Giannis Antetokounmpo won Finals MVP with 35.2 points per game and a 50-point Game 6.
2021 NBA playoffs
2021 NBA playoffs: Milwaukee Bucks beat Phoenix Suns 4-2 in the NBA Finals for their first title since 1971; Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 50 in Game 6 and won Finals MVP (35.2/13.2/5.0).
2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season
2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season, also called the 2021 college football season: Georgia beat Alabama 33-18 for its first national title since 1980; playoff field Alabama, Michigan, Georgia, Cincinnati; Texas and Oklahoma announced moves to the SEC.
2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election
2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election, November 2, 2021: incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy narrowly reelected over Republican Jack Ciattarelli, 51.22% to 48.00%, after polls overstated his lead; turnout 40%.
2021 New York City mayoral election
The 2021 New York City mayoral election made Democrat Eric Adams mayor: he won the city's first ranked-choice primary by 7,197 votes, then defeated Republican Curtis Sliwa in November.
2021 New Zealand National Party leadership election
2021 National Party leadership election (New Zealand): caucus vote on 30 November 2021 after Judith Collins's removal on 25 November; Simon Bridges withdrew and endorsed Christopher Luxon, elected unopposed with Nicola Willis as deputy.
2021 NFL Draft
The 2021 NFL Draft, held April 29–May 1 in Cleveland, saw the Jaguars take Trevor Lawrence first overall among 259 selections; it was the first in-person draft since the pandemic began, with capacity limits and a reported $42 million local impact.
2021 NFL season
2021 NFL season: first 17-game regular season (18 weeks, three preseason games), approved March 30, 2021. Ended with Rams beating Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium; marked by historic parity and walk-off finishes.
2021 NHL entry draft
2021 NHL entry draft, held virtually July 23-24, 2021; 223 picks. Buffalo took Owen Power first overall, expansion Seattle Kraken picked Matthew Beniers second; Arizona forfeited pick 11.
2021 Nobel Peace Prize
2021 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded jointly to journalists Maria Ressa (Rappler, Philippines) and Dmitry Muratov (Novaya Gazeta, Russia) for safeguarding freedom of expression; first journalist laureates since 1935.
2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season produced five named cyclones in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, including the deadly Cyclone Tauktae and the costly Cyclone Yaas.
2021 Norwegian parliamentary election
2021 Norwegian parliamentary election, Stortingsvalget 2021, held 13 September 2021 for all 169 Storting seats. Labour won 48 seats; Labour and the Centre Party formed a government under Jonas Gahr Støre, ending eight years of Conservative-led rule.
2021 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election
2021 Ohio 11th District special election: special primary August 3 and general November 2, 2021, filling Marcia Fudge's House seat; Shontel Brown beat Nina Turner 50-45% in the Democratic primary, defeated Laverne Gore, and was sworn in November 4, 2021.
2021 Oxford High School shooting
The 2021 Oxford High School shooting: Ethan Crumbley, 15, killed four students and injured seven at Oxford High School, Michigan, on November 30, 2021; his parents were later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
2021 Oxfordshire County Council election
The 2021 Oxford County Council election was held on May 6 to elect all 63 seats; no single party gained a majority, so the Liberal Democrat, Labour, and Green groups formed a coalition.
2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave
The 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave was a late-June 2021 event that broke all-time temperature records in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia, causing several hundred deaths.