2021
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| Gregorian calendar | 2021 MMXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2774 |
| Armenian calendar | 1470 ԹՎ ՌՆՀ |
| Chinese calendar | 4657/4717-11-18 (庚子年十一月十八日) — to — 4658/4718-11-28(辛丑年十一月廿八日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2013 – 2014 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5781 – 5782 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2076 – 2077 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1943 – 1944 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5122 – 5123 |
| Iranian calendar | 1399 – 1400 |
| Islamic calendar | 1443 – 1444 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2564 |
2021 (MMXXI) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
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Predicted events
- The following former Major League Baseball players will become eligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, having fallen off the ballot of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), twenty years having past from their retirement dates, and based upon voting by the Veterans Committee: Will Clark, Dwight Gooden, Ozzie Guillén, Hal Morris, Gary Gaetti, John Wetteland, Rick Aguilera, Gregg Jefferies, Doug Jones, Walt Weiss, Gary DiSarcina, and Alex Fernandez.
- Peru's bicentennial (July 28)
2021 in fiction
Computer and video games
- Set in 2021: Crysis
- Shadowrun: On April 30, ten percent of the world's population suddenly transform into new racial types, resulting in the ork and troll races.
- In the arcade game "Zero Wing", war against CATS begins in "A.D. 2101".
Film
- Click (2006): Michael Newman's father dies.
- Set in 2021: Moon Zero Two (1969)
Literature
- Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham (2004): On January 15, UNPROFLEET, the fleet sailin 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 (1968)
Television
- Set in 2021: Sealab 2021 (2000-2005)
| Preceded by: 2020 | Years 2021 | Succeeded by: 2022 |
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