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Contents. 2021 in the United States. This article outlines United States-related events which occurred in the year 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to heavily impact the US, with the emergence of numerous COVID-19 variants leading to a substantial rise in both infections and deaths across the country.
The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued in 2021. Most major events scheduled for 2020 that were postponed due to the pandemic were hosted in 2021, including the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, Expo 2020, and sporting events such as UEFA Euro 2020, the 2020 Summer Olympics and ...
January. [] January 1. Congress overrides President Donald Trump 's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA). [ 1 ] Trump vetoes a bipartisan drift net fishing bill. [ 2 ] January 3. Nancy Pelosi is reelected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Presidency of Barack Obama. 2010 – The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history. 2010 – In the 2010 Midterm elections, the Republicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
February 8: The Algerian Civil War ends. February 27 – March 1: Riots and mass killings in the Indian state of Gujarat leave 1,044 dead. March 14: SpaceX is founded by Elon Musk. April 11 - 13: 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt fails to overthrow president Hugo Chavez. May 20: East Timor gains independence.
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21 – The partially mummified 6000-year-old remains of a child, probably a girl aged between 6 and 12 along with 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scrolls is found in Cave of Horror in Israel. [50][51] 22 – A 3,000-year-old gold mask along with 500 cultural relics is unearthed at Sanxingdui, China. [52] April.
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from October 2021. Thirteen Allied Democratic Forces terrorists are arrested in Rwanda after planning multiple bombing attacks in Kigali. The planned attacks came as Rwanda is helping Mozambique fighting ISIL -linked groups in the Insurgency in Cabo Delgado.