The last American military evacuation plane left Kabul, ending the brutal 20-year-long War in Afghanistan.
Argentinian soccer legend Lionel Messi officially announced his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain.
The world's fastest train, a maglev bullet train with speeds of 373 mph (600 km/h), debuted in China.
Italy won their second EUFA Euro soccer title after defeating England in penalty shootouts.
Dutch artist Wilfred Stijger broke the world record for the tallest sandcastle.
Former police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd.
UNESCO recommended that Australia's Great Barrier Reef be listed as World Heritage Site 'in danger.'
US President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday.
US President Joe Biden met Queen Elizabeth II for tea at Windsor Castle in London.
Italy won the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with Måneskin's 'Zitti e buoni.'
A nine-year-old boy died after being struck by lightning during a football coaching session in Blackpool, England.
The World Health Organization approved the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
A Texas resident narrowly avoided a felony after forgetting to return a VHS rental tape after 22 years.
US President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021.
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, died at age 99.
A 28-year-old man broke into a trading card shop in Japan and stole thousands of dollars worth of Pokémon cards.
Beyoncé won her 28th Grammy Award, breaking the world record for most Grammys won by an artist.
Prince William made a public statement saying that the British Royal Family was not a racist family.
Pope Francis made history when he became the first pope to visit Iraq.
Hasbro announced that their Mr. Potato Head brand was changing its name to be gender inclusive.
The Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars.
Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization.
Winter Storm Uri caused blackouts and killed 82 people in Texas & northern Mexico.
The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donald Trump's second impeachment trial began.
Doctors in New York successfully performed the world's first face and double hand transplant.
The UK hit a milestone after giving 10 million people a COVID-19 vaccination.
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi was removed from power by a military coup d'état.
Blue Origin's New Shepherd rocket successfully launched on its 14th flight from Launch Site One, Texas.
Five minutes after take-off, Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashed north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 passengers.
Donald Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
The US Capitol is attacked.
The US FDA approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
The United Kingdom became the first country to legalize the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine.
Puerto Rico's Arecibo Telescope collapsed less than a month after being decommissioned.
Joe Biden slipped while playing with his dog, Major, and was left with hairline fractures in his foot.
Charli D'Amelio became the first person to reach 100 million followers on TikTok.
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev established November 10th as Victory Day.
Americans headed to the polls to vote for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the US Presidential Election.
David Attenborough gained one million followers on Instagram within 4 hours and 45 minutes of his first post.
The COVID-19 death toll passed 200,000 in the US.
China's space agency launched a classified spacecraft into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, became the world's richest woman with a net worth of $68 billion.
R&B icon Akon ceremoniously laid the first stone for Akon City, a futuristic Wakanda-like city in Senegal.
Tourists in Kazakhstan beat a seal unconscious on a beach so that children could take pictures with it.
America officially began to withdraw from the World Health Organization.
Pakistan International Airlines grounded 150 of its pilots after discovering their licenses were fake.
The guitar that Kurt Cobain used during Nirvana's 1993 MTV Unplugged in New York show sold for $6 million.
Swedish authorities finally closed a 34-year-old inquiry into the murder of their prime minister.
Dr. Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to reach the deepest part of the ocean in the Marianas Trench.
