36 events found for 2021
American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company…
The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following…
Australia's second most populous state Victoria enters its sixth COVID-19 lockdown, enacting stage four restrictions…
The Tampere light rail officially starts operating.
Six people, five victims and the perpetrator are killed in Keyham, Plymouth in the worst mass shooting in the UK since…
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis.
Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign…
During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel…
The last remaining American troops leave Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.
The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.
The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the…
Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51 crashes short of the runway at Kazachinskoye Airport, killing four.
A 6.0 Mw earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.
Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three…