What is 2021?
{{C18 year in topic}} '''2021''' ([[Roman numerals|MMXXI]]) was a [[common year starting on Friday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 2021st year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|2021}}. ==Events== ===January=== [[File:2021 United States Capitol VOA 2.jpg|thumb|right|180px|On 6 January, protesters supporting [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|stormed]] the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]]] [[File:Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-524(WL); @CGK2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|180px|On 9 January, [[Sriwijaya Air Flight 182]] crashes in the [[Java Sea]] shortly after taking off from [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]]] [[File:Trump Second Impeachment Vote.png|thumb|right|180px|On 13 January, the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] voted to [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|impeach President Donald Trump a second time]] over the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|storming]] of the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]]]] [[File:President Biden taking oath of office (cropped).png|thumb|right|180px|On 20 January, former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]] is [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|inaugurated]] as the [[List of presidents of the United States|46th]] [[President of the United States]]]] [[File:Ministerial e-Government Conference (COMPET) Kaja Kallas (37528171751) (rectangle).jpg|thumb|right|180px|On 26 January, [[Kaja Kallas]] becomes the first woman to be [[Prime Minister of Estonia]], following the resignation of [[Jüri Ratas]]]] * [[January 1]] ** The [[African Continental Free Trade Area]] comes into effect.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/1/after-months-of-covid-delays-african-free-trade-bloc-launches |title=After months of COVID delays, African free trade bloc launches |website=Al-Jazeera |date=1 January 2021 |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> ** [[Cuba]] formally unifies its