816 notable events from 2021 — fires, wars and murders. Page 1 of 9.
- January 6 United States Capitol attack
Jan 6, 2021 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Killing of Gabby Petito
Aug 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Tristyn Bailey
May 9, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Rust shooting incident
Oct 21, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- Astroworld Festival crowd crush
Nov 5, 2021 · United States · Stampede & crowd crush
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
Dec 1, 2021 · United States · Crime & justice
- Surfside condominium collapse
Jun 24, 2021 · United States · Industrial & structural disaster
- Murder of Sarah Everard
Mar 3, 2021 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Henry Borel case
Mar 8, 2021 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- Fall of Kabul (2021)
Aug 15, 2021 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
Feb 1, 2021 · Myanmar · War & armed conflict
- Kazan school shooting
May 11, 2021 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption
Sep 19, 2021–Dec 13, 2021 · Spain · Natural disaster
- Oxford High School shooting
Nov 30, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- 2021 West Bengal post-poll violence
May 2, 2021–Jun 1, 2021 · India · Attack (other)
- Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash
May 23, 2021 · Italy · Road accident
- Ryanair Flight 4978
May 23, 2021 · Belarus · Aviation accident
- Waukesha Christmas parade attack
from Nov 21, 2021 · United States · Attack (other)
- Murder of Warren Barnes
Feb 27, 2021 · United States · Attack (other)
- Kitchen case
2021 · Spain · Crime & justice
- 2021 Taliban offensive
from May 1, 2021 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Suez Canal obstruction
Mar 23, 2021–Mar 29, 2021 · Egypt · Maritime disaster
- Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
Jan 7, 2021 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Killing of Ashli Babbitt
Jan 6, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- Chandler Halderson
Jul 1, 2021 · Murder & homicide
- Perm State University shooting
Sep 20, 2021 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- Prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Mar 3, 2021–Feb 24, 2022 · Russian Federation · Crisis
- 2021 European floods
Jul 12, 2021–Jul 25, 2021 · Poland · Natural disaster
- Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
Jul 7, 2021 · Haiti · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Western Kentucky tornado
Dec 10, 2021 · United States · Natural disaster
- Mexico City Metro overpass collapse
May 3, 2021 · Mexico · Rail accident
- 2021 Atami landslide
Jul 3, 2021 · Japan · Natural disaster
- 2021 Kabul airlift
Aug 15, 2021–Aug 30, 2021 · Afghanistan · Terrorism
- Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
from Aug 17, 2021 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Kabul airport attack
Aug 26, 2021 · Afghanistan · Terrorism
- 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
May 6, 2021–May 21, 2021 · Israel · War & armed conflict
- National Resistance Front
from Aug 17, 2021 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Patrick Poivre d'Arvor affair
from 2021 · France · Crime & justice
- Disappearance of Maya Millete
Jan 7, 2021 · United States · Disappearance
- Killing of Sandra Birchmore
Feb 1, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Gansu ultramarathon disaster
May 22, 2021 · China · Riot & unrest
- Kofu murder arson case
Oct 12, 2021 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Murder of Noor Mukadam
Jul 20, 2021 · Pakistan · Murder & homicide
- Murders of Anna and Olivia Zimmerman
Apr 27, 2021 · Spain · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Boulder shooting
Mar 22, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- Disappearance of Dee Ann Warner
Apr 25, 2021 · United States · Disappearance
- Plymouth shooting
Aug 12, 2021 · United Kingdom · Shooting
- 2021 South Moravia tornado
Jun 24, 2021 · Czechia · Natural disaster
- 2021 Osaka building fire
Dec 17, 2021 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Chinese property sector crisis (2020–present)
2021 · Crisis
- Belarus–European Union border crisis
from 2021 · Belarus · War & armed conflict
- Murder of David Amess
Oct 15, 2021 · United Kingdom · Attack (other)
- 2021 K2 disaster
Feb 5, 2021 · Pakistan · Death & funeral
- Sriwijaya Air Flight 182
Jan 9, 2021 · Indonesia · Aviation accident
- 2021 Texas power crisis
Feb 2021 · United States · Crisis
- Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis (2021–present)
from May 12, 2021 · Armenia · War & armed conflict
- Killing of Daunte Wright
Apr 11, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- United Airlines Flight 328
Feb 20, 2021 · United States · Aviation accident
- 2021 Russian protests
from Jan 23, 2021 · Russian Federation · Riot & unrest
- Trump–Raffensperger phone call
Jan 2021 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Gran Metalik
until Nov 2021 · Person
- Murder of Kevin Jiang
Feb 6, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Transair Flight 810
Jul 2, 2021 · United States · Aviation accident
- 2021 Atlanta spa shootings
Mar 16, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- Phillips family disappearances
Dec 9, 2021 · New Zealand · Kidnapping & hostage
- Battle of Sambisa Forest (2021)
May 14, 2021–May 19, 2021 · Nigeria · War & armed conflict
- October 2021 Tokyo attack
Oct 31, 2021 · Japan · Attack (other)
- 2021 Malian coup d'état
May 24, 2021 · Mali · War & armed conflict
- Ali Sadpara
Feb 5, 2021 · Pakistan · Disappearance
- 2021 Garland shooting
Dec 26, 2021 · Shooting
- 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
May 22, 2021–Nov 7, 2021 · Natural disaster
- Kris Wu rape case
2021 · China · Crime & justice
- Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021
Dec 11, 2021 · United States · Natural disaster
- Disappearance of Daniel Robinson
Jun 23, 2021 · United States · Disappearance
- 2021 Meron crowd crush
Apr 30, 2021 · Israel · Stampede & crowd crush
- Killamarsh murders
Sep 18, 2021 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Kamarie Holland
Dec 13, 2021 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 2021 San Jose shooting
May 26, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- 2021 Western North America heat wave
Jun 2021–Jul 2021 · Canada · Natural disaster
- Murder of the Maguad siblings
Dec 10, 2021 · Philippines · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Hialeah shooting
May 30, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- Yak-130 crash in Baranovichi (2021)
May 19, 2021 · Belarus · Aviation accident
- Death of Wishma Sandamali
Mar 6, 2021 · Japan · Death & funeral
- 2021 Colombian protests
Apr 28, 2021–2022 · Colombia · Riot & unrest
- 2021 Cuban protests
Jul 11, 2021–2021 · Cuba · Riot & unrest
- Hamraoui case
Nov 4, 2021 · France · Crime & justice
- Disappearance of Sarm Heslop
Mar 8, 2021 · Virgin Islands · Disappearance
- Dixie Fire
Jul 13, 2021–Oct 25, 2021 · United States · Fire
- August 2021 Tokyo stabbings
Aug 6, 2021 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Marshall Fire
from Dec 30, 2021 · United States · Fire
- Operation Allies Refuge
from Jul 14, 2021 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Sudanese coup d'état
Oct 25, 2021 · Sudan · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Guinean coup d'état
Sep 5, 2021 · Guinea · War & armed conflict
- 2021 CDU/CSU Facemask Scandal
2021 · Germany · Scandal & controversy
- 2021 Rock Hill shooting
Apr 7, 2021 · United States · Shooting
- Eslöv school stabbing
Aug 21, 2021 · Sweden · Massacre
- Abduction of Cleo Smith
Oct 16, 2021–Nov 3, 2021 · Australia · Disappearance
- 2021 Hillcrest Primary School accident
Dec 16, 2021 · Australia · Death & funeral
- Caldor Fire
from Aug 14, 2021 · United States · Fire
- Murder of Olly Stephens
Jan 3, 2021 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide