21st century facts for kids

The 21st century started on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 2100. It is the current century.

Years

Note: movie years before or after the twenty-first century.

Images for kids

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  Shanghai has become a symbol of the recent economic boom of China.

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  India's Prayag Kumbh Mela is regarded as the world's largest religious festival.

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  A map of uncontacted tribes, around the start of the 21st century

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  Belligerents of the Second Congo War

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  George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, from 2001 to 2009

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  September 11 attacks

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  Angela Merkel and José Manuel Barroso

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  Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the United States, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after signing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

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  Julia Gillard was sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Australia in 2010.

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  Americans celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden in front of the White House

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  Pope Francis in Poland

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  Pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, Ukraine

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  2015 European migrant crisis

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  Turkish anti-coup rally in support of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 22 July 2016

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  China's Xi Jinping has been the leader for life since 2018.

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  Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, parents, and others march in the March for Our Lives protest in Parkland, FL in 2018.

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  George Floyd protests in Miami during the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2020.

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  Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States.

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  NASA successfully lands the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars.

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  Artist's impression of New Horizons' close encounter with the Pluto–Charon system.

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  Steve Jobs discussing the iPhone, an early smartphone, in 2008

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  December 2001 riots in Argentina, also known as "Argentinazo".

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  2007 Georgian demonstrations against the government of president Mikheil Saakashvili.

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  Tahrir Square Protest during the Arab Spring in Egypt.

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  Peaceful protests in Madrid. In August 2011, Spain's unemployment reached 21.2% (46.2% for youths).

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  2019–20 Hong Kong protests

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  "Marcha Mas Grande De Chile" during the 2019–2020 Chilean protests.

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  The tsunami striking Ao Nang in Thailand on December 26, 2004.

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  New Orleans, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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  Damaged buildings in Port-au-Prince as a result of the 2010 Haiti earthquake

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  Hurricane Maria destruction in Dominica in 2017.

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  Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit in the Gulf of Mexico on fire in 2010

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  Western African Ebola virus epidemic

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  The Beijing Bird's Nest Stadium during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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  Quarterback Tom Brady led the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers during his career, appearing in 10 Super Bowls himself, the most ever.

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  Tiger Woods was the most successful male golfer of the first two decades of the 21st century.

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  The start of a race during the 2016 Supercars Championship in Australia

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  A. R. Rahman, an Indian composer, became the first-ever from the sub-continent to have won double Oscars for his original score and soundtrack in 2009.

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  Global Peak Oil forecast. Virtually all economic sectors rely heavily on petroleum.

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  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2006. Almost 97% of future population growth is expected to occur in developing countries.

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  In early 2019, more than 90% of world's 13,865 nuclear weapons were owned by Russia and the United States.

See also

In Spanish: Siglo XXI para niños