'2021' ('
MMXXI') will be a
common year starting on Friday of the
Gregorian calendar.
Predicted events
★ NASA plans to colonize the moon with scientists by 2021 for more Mars research.
★
Brood X, the largest brood of North American seventeen-year-cicadas, will emerge.
★
CVN-80, the
United States Navy's proposed replacement for the
USS Nimitz (CVN-68), to be commissioned.
Anniversaries
★
March 25 — bicentennial of
Greece
★
July 28 — bicentennial of
Peru
★
September 11 — 20th anniversary of the
September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
2021 in fiction
Computer and video games
★ ''
Shadowrun'': On
April 30, ten percent of the world's population
suddenly transform into new racial types, resulting in the ork and troll races.
Film
★ ''
Click'' (2006): Michael Newman's father dies.
★ Set in 2021: ''
Moon Zero Two'' (1969)
★ Set in 2021: ''
Johnny Mnemonic'' (1995)
Literature
★ ''
Weapons of Choice'' by
John Birmingham (2004): On
January 15,
UNPROFLEET, the fleet sailing under the command of
Admiral Phillip Kolhammer off the coast of East Timor, disappears, sent back in time to
June 2 1942.
★ Set in 2021:
★
★ ''
The Children of Men'' by
P.D. James (1992)
★
★ ''
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' by
Philip K. Dick (earlier editions set in 1999) (1968)
Television
★ Set in 2021: ''
Sealab 2021'' (2000–2005)