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This article outlines United States-related events which occurred in the year 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to heavily impact the US, with the emergence of numerous COVID-19 variants leading to a substantial rise in both infections and deaths across the country.
March 11 – President Biden officially signs the COVID-19 relief bill (American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) into law. [88] March 12 – The United States Senate approves the nomination of Representative Deb Haaland to be the Secretary of Interior (51-40). Haaland is the first Native American to hold a position in the President's cabinet. [89]
2021 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.
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Rubio also becomes the first Latino American to serve as Secretary of State. Sports. 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship. In American football, the Ohio State Buckeyes win their 9th college football championship, defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
On April 20, 2021, Ma'Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old African-American girl, was fatally shot by Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon in Columbus, Ohio when she attacked another girl with a knife. [141] Bryant was transported to Mount Carmel East hospital, where she was pronounced dead. [142] The killing sparked protests in Columbus and around Ohio.
By September 20, COVID-19 had killed over 675,000 Americans, the estimated number of American deaths from the Spanish flu in 1918. As a result, COVID-19 became the deadliest respiratory pandemic in American history. [62]
Marine Corps General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. announces that the final American troops have left Afghanistan, concluding U.S. involvement in the Afghanistan war. U.S. President Joe Biden also confirms the end of the war in a statement. (The New York Times) Army General Christopher T. Donahue becomes the last American servicemember to leave ...