Page 11: Historical Events In 2021

Nov 30   El Chapo 's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro sentenced to three years in the US for helping run her husband's drug cartel and aid his escape from prison   

Nov 30   Josephine Baker is recorded as becoming the inaugural black woman to be honored at Paris’ Panthéon, France's highest honor.   

Dec 05   Kennedy Center Honors ceremony held for Joni Mitchell , Bette Midler , Berry Gordy , Lorne Michaels and Justino Diaz with President Biden attending in Washington D.C.   

Dec 06   COVID-19 pandemic: The United States is recorded as becoming the inaugural country to surpass 50 million COVID-19 cases   

Dec 06   Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years (later reduced to two) for inciting public unrest and breaching Covid-19 protocols [1].   

Dec 06   The United States announces a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in response to China's human rights record. Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia join shortly after.   

Dec 07   US President Joe Biden warns Russian President Vladimir Putin of economic consequences if Russia continues a military build-up in the Ukraine, during a virtual meeting.   

Dec 08   Olaf Scholz is sworn as the new Chancellor of Germany, replacing Angela Merkel after 16 years   

Dec 09   A truck crash in Chiapas, Mexico, results in the deaths of 55 migrants who were being smuggled in it from Guatemala through Mexico to its border with the United States.   

Dec 09   The Summit for Democracy, a virtual summit, is hosted by the United States "to renew democracy at home and confront autocracies abroad".[250]   

Dec 12   British PM Boris Johnson announces a emergency COVID-19 booster program to protect the NHS and stem a possible incoming “tidal wave of Omicron” [1]   

Dec 12   COVID-19 pandemic: Russia is recorded as becoming the fifth country to surpass 10 million COVID-19 cases after the United States, India, Brazil and the United Kingdom   

Dec 12   In this year, Dutchman Max Verstappen claims Formula 1 Drivers' C'ship for Red Bull with a controversial last lap win over Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton in the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP   

Dec 12   The 2021 New Caledonian independence referendum is held   

Dec 13   Elon Musk , CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, named Time's Person of the Year   

Dec 15   Bruce Springsteen sells his music back catalogue to Sony Music Entertainment for an estimated $500 million, in possibly the biggest deal ever for a single artist [1].   

Dec 15   Las Vegas' McCarran Airport officially changes name to Harry Reid International Airport   

Dec 17   COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization gives emergency use listing to the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine   

Dec 19   The 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, originally scheduled for 6 September 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is held.   

Dec 19   The second round of the 2021 Chilean presidential election is held; leftist candidate Gabriel Boric is elected President.   

Dec 25   NASA, ESA, the Canadian Space Agency and the Space Telescope Science Institute launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor of the Hubble Space Telescope   

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Jan 01   Dame elmira minita gordon: 1st governor-general of belize (b. 1930)   

Jan 02   Modibo keita: 8th prime minister of mali (b. 1942)   

Jan 02   Michael mckevitt: Irish republican paramilitary leader (b. 1949)   

Jan 03   Gerry marsden: English musician (b. 1942)   

Jan 04   Martinus j. g. veltman: Dutch nobel theoretical physicist (b. 1931)   

Jan 04   Albert roux: French chef and restaurateur (b. 1935)   

Jan 05   Colin bell: English footballer (b. 1946)   

Jan 07   Michael apted: English filmmaker (b. 1941)