US President Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, for any crimes he committed over the previous ten years.
A literal banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million in New York.
Beyoncé received her 99th Grammy nomination, becoming the most nominated artist in Grammy history.
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the Moon, married Anca Faur on his 93rd birthday.
An armed man attacked Comedian Dave Chappelle while performing at LA's Hollywood Bowl arena.
During the Oscar's ceremony, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock following a joke directed towards Will's wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Paul Rudd was named People Magazine's 2021 Sexiest Man Alive.
Alec Baldwin accidentally used a live firearm during a movie rehearsal, during which he shot and killed a cinematographer.
Two wild boars attacked Shakira in Barcelona while she was in a park, during which they took her bag of personal items.
Argentinian soccer legend Lionel Messi officially announced his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain.
Beyoncé won her 28th Grammy Award, breaking the world record for most Grammys won by an artist.
Charli D'Amelio became the first person to reach 100 million followers on TikTok.
David Attenborough gained one million followers on Instagram within 4 hours and 45 minutes of his first post.
MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, became the world's richest woman with a net worth of $68 billion.
Dr. Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to reach the deepest part of the ocean in the Marianas Trench.
A pair of Michael Jordan's Air Jordan sneakers sold for a record $560,000 at auction.
Legendary investor Warren Buffett dumped all his holdings in the four major US airlines.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.
COVID-19 claimed the life of comedian Eddie Large from 'Little and Large.'
Charli D'Amelio became the most followed person on TikTok with 64.5 million followers.
Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.
Rihanna received a Guinness World Record for being the most tracked artist on Songkick, with 3,867,117 followers.
Justin Bieber posted on Instagram that he has Lyme disease, a bacterial illness spread by ticks.
Spotify announced Drake as the most-streamed star of the 2010s with 28 billion streams, and Ed Sheeran's 'Shape Of You' as the most-streamed track with 2.4 billion streams.
Actor Wes Studi received the Governor's Award Oscar for Lifetime Acting Achievement, making him the first Native American to do so.
Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack.
Elon Musk announced that he was building a spaceship called Starship that would travel to Mars and return to Earth.
Actor Billy Porter who played Pray Tell in the American drama 'Pose,' made history after becoming the first openly gay actor to win an Emmy Award.
Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund donated $5 million in the battle against Amazon rainforest fires that were devastating the area.
Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke shared her experience of fighting for her life after suffering two brain aneurysms during filming.
An American 26-year-old, John Allen Chau, was killed by natives living on the forbidden Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal.
Nigel Richards won the World Scrabble Championships for the fourth time in a row with the word 'groutier.'
Cesar Sayoc was arrested for sending 14 pipe bombs to prominent US Democrats.
Kanye West tweeted that he had changed his name to Ye.
Barbados appointed Rihanna as an ambassador to the country.
Video gamer David Katz shot two people dead, injured nine then committed suicide at an NFL 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
Sandra Oh became the first woman nominated for an Emmy for her lead role in Killing Eve.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was listed as the richest person on Forbes.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' net worth reached $106 billion.
A baby girl named Vanellope Wilkins had her heart successfully put back inside her body.
O. J. Simpson was released from prison.
Mass murderer, Stephen Paddock, shot dead 59 people and injured 869 while firing at 22,000 concertgoers in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
A Massachusetts lottery player, Mavis Wanczyk, won a staggering $758.7 million, claiming the largest lottery win in the US.
Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington committed suicide aged 41.
The American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan posthumously won a Nobel prize in literature.
Selena Gomez achieved a world record for being the first person to reach 100 million followers on Instagram.
An African American man, Keith Lamont Scott, was shot dead by police on Old Concord Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mother Teresa was declared a saint by Pope Francis during a ceremony at the Vatican.
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder.
Project Starshot was announced by Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking, and Mark Zuckerberg.
