2021
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2021 (MMXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium, the 21st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.
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Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
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Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
Decades: | 1990s 2000s 2010s – 2020s – 2030s 2040s 2050s |
Years: | 2018 2019 2020 – 2021 – 2022 2023 2024 |
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The global COVID-19 pandemic continued into the year, and multiple COVID-19 variants were discovered. 2021 also hosted most major events that were originally scheduled for 2020 that were postponed or cancelled due to the pandemic, including the Eurovision Song Contest, UEFA Euro 2020, and the 2020 Summer Olympics.