Top 10 Biggest Events of 2021

Many big events happened that will affect the rest of the decade, especially after COVID-19 and the U.S. presidential elections.

1. Trump Supporters Storm the Capitol

   

   Well, everyone has heard about this one. Maybe not Area 51, but it is still shocking to see such a thing on the news.

2. Elon Musk Becomes the World's Richest Person

   

   Elon Reeve Musk (born June 28, 1971) is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer best known for being the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly known as Twitter). He co-founded PayPal, which was acquired by eBay in 2002.... read more

   He became richer than Jeff Bezos. This is what happens when you invest in the right things at the right time.

3. Villages Massacred in Niger

   

   Terrorists killed about 100 people in villages in western Niger. Sadly, this happens almost every day, but the media cares more about Kim Kardashian than this. It may happen again because the criminals who did this were not caught.

4. Death of Satya Paul

   A very famous Indian fashion designer died at the age of 78 while practicing yoga.

5. Death of Carlos Do Carmo

   

   A Portuguese singer died at the age of 81. He was a very famous person there.

6. The Border Between Saudi Arabia and Qatar Reopens

   

   They closed the borders for years. This has affected many people in Saudi Arabia, like my uncle, who was going to get a job in Qatar but could not because of this. This siege finally ended after years.

7. Sulawesi Earthquake

   An earthquake in Indonesia killed 70 people. It is very horrible to die like this. May God have mercy on them.

8. Death of Elias Rahbani

   A Lebanese musician died because of COVID-19 at the age of 83. He had a really long career.

9. Kamala Harris Becomes the First Female and Black Vice President of the United States

   

10. President Joe Biden Is Inaugurated 46th President of the USA

    

    He replaced Trump for the time being.

    Also, he's better than Donald Trump.

The Newcomers
11. ?

    COVID-19 Vaccines Become Widely Available

    

    I'm shocked to have to be adding this.

12. ?

    Assassination of Jovenel Moïse

The Contenders

13. Donald Trump Gets Impeached for the Second Time

    

14. Donald Trump Gets Acquitted for the Second Time

    

15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Win the Super Bowl

    It went off with The Weeknd performing the halftime show and gained over 99 million views when it happened.

16. Death of Prince Philip

    

    The Duke of Edinburgh was just two months away from turning 100.

    R.I.P. Prince Philip.

17. The Disbandment of Daft Punk

    

    This was actually bigger than the Perseverance rover landing on Mars. Daft Punk was arguably the band of EDM and produced some of the greatest house music of all time.

    Known for One More Time, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Robot Rock, Get Lucky, and more, they announced their breakup on February 22, 2021, after 28 years, in a YouTube video titled Epilogue. They were the Beatles of EDM. Dance music will never be the same again, and there won't be another band like them.

    Long live Daft Punk.

18. Hélio Castroneves Wins His Fourth Indianapolis 500

19. Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 Plane Crash in Indonesia

    It has been a really bad year for this country. Sadly, the plane crashed, killing 62 people.

20. 2021 Myanmar Coup D'État

21. Perseverance Rover Landing on Mars

    NASA made epic history by landing the Perseverance rover on Mars after a 7+ month trip. They landed it the same way they landed Curiosity in 2012. It was seven minutes of terror leading up to the landing, and it took approximately 11.5 minutes for the signal to travel from Mars to Earth, given Mars was about 11.5 light minutes away from Earth at the time.

    Perseverance plans on looking for signs of life on Mars, which would be unbelievably historic news for all of us.

22. Texas Power Grid Failure

    

    Texas's worst natural disaster since Hurricane Harvey.

23. 25+ People Killed in the Beni Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo

    A massacre in the DRC by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). They killed 25 people. Sadly, this happens weekly in this country.

24. Death of Dustin Diamond

    Known for playing Sam "Screech" Powers from Saved by the Bell, Dustin Diamond played his role in every incarnation and was truly funny. Though he made mistakes that led to his arrest, there was a silver lining in him, and he made the world laugh.

    He was, without a doubt, one of the greatest actors on TV and will never be forgotten. He lost his battle to lung cancer at 44. R.I.P. Dustin Diamond, 1977-2021.

25. Death of Sophie

    The legendary musician who fused techno, trance, and other forms of EDM with pop to create hyperpop fell to her death after climbing her roof to get a good look at the moon. She was 34.

    R.I.P.

26. Death of Tanya Roberts

    Known for That '70s Show, Charlie's Angels, and James Bond, she was also a model from Miss Universe. She passed away from cardiac arrest at 65.

    R.I.P.

27. Death of Rush Limbaugh

    

    He was the best American conservative radio host that ever lived and helped raise tons of money for leukemia research, yet loved America and the Constitution. He lost his battle to cancer at 70. R.I.P.