2021
| Centuries: | 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1990s 2000s 2010s - 2020s - 2030s 2040s 2050s |
| Years: | 2018 2019 2020 - 2021 - 2022 2023 2024 |
| Gregorian calendar | 2021 MMXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2774 |
| Armenian calendar | 1470 ԹՎ ՌՆՀ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 177 – 178 |
| Berber calendar | 2971 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2565 |
| Burmese calendar | 1383 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7529 – 7530 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年十一月十八日 (4657/4717-11-18) — to —
辛丑年十一月廿八日(4658/4718-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 1737 – 1738 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2013 – 2014 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5781 – 5782 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2076 – 2077 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1943 – 1944 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5122 – 5123 |
| Holocene calendar | 12021 |
| Iranian calendar | 1399 – 1400 |
| Islamic calendar | 1442 – 1443 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 33 (平成33年) |
| Korean calendar | 4354 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2564 |
| Unix time | 1609459200 – 1640995199 |
2021 (MMXXI) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
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[edit] Predicted and scheduled events
[edit] May
- May 11 — Elections will take place in British Columbia, Canada.[1]
[edit] Unknown dates
- NASA will have colonized the moon with scientists for more Mars research.[citation needed]
- Brood X, the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas, will emerge.
- CVN-80, the United States Navy's proposed replacement for the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), to be commissioned.
- Costa Rica will become a carbon-neutral nation. The target date has been set by President Oscar Arias. [2]
- CityRail will commence phasing out its 1970-1977 V-Sets for newer, more modern cars. The new trains are currently unknown.
- A president of the United States will be inaugurated on January 20.
[edit] 2021 in fiction
[edit] Computer and video games
- Shadowrun: On April 30, ten percent of the world's population suddenly transform into new racial types, resulting in the ork and troll races.
- Trauma Center: New Blood: The chronological setting of New Blood.
[edit] Film
- Click (2006): Michael Newman's father dies.
- Set in 2021: Moon Zero Two (1969)
- Set in 2021: Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
[edit] Literature
- In the Terminator novel New John Connor Chronicles: Dark Futures, Skynet initiates Judgement Day.
- Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham (2004): On January 15, UNPROFLEET, the fleet sailing under the command of Admiral Phillip Kolhammer off the coast of East Timor, disappears, sent back in time to June 2, 1942.
- Set in 2021:
- The Children of Men by P.D. James (1992)
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (earlier editions set in 1999) (1968)
[edit] Television
- set in 2021: Cowboy Bebop (1999-2000) "The Gate Accident" took place
- Set in 2021: Sealab 2021 (2000–2005)
- set in 2021: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (2008-Present)
[edit] References
- ^ Elections BC
- ^ National Geographic, February 2008
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