2021

This is a timeline of events that occurred during 2021.
==2021==
*"Hung Hei" by Linda Ko is released.
===January===
*The is introduced.
===February===
*Nakia Bahadir starts wearing a , hoping that it will get the people who say she is too white or too ethnic to stop bothering her. It causes her parents to begin struggling to accept her. She comes to realize she feels like herself when wearing it, and that other people's opinions do not matter.In Crushed, Nakia Bahadir says, "Between the hijab and the girlies, my parents can barely make eye contact with me anymore." The order in which Bahadir says the problems makes it appear as though Bahadir started wearing the hijab before she started puberty. With that event approximated to August 2021 (see other references), Bahadir can be taken to have started wearing the hijab within the year leading up to them, the midpoint of which is February 2021.
====5th====
*The third Extreme Measures film is released in theaters.The Daily BugleIn The Daily Bugle, Cammie Conroy says that she was watching the second Extreme Measures movie during the Snap on May 31, 2018 (see 2018 references) and that the fourth movie was playing when she reappeared in the Blip on October 17, 2023 (see 2023 references). The third movie was likely released during this time, so the midpoint can be taken. With most movies being released on a Friday, the release can be moved to the nearest Friday: February 5, 2021.
====6th====
*Sarah Wilson takes loans which put her house in jeopardy, should her family business fail.In New World Order, Sam Wilson says that Sarah Wilson "tangled the house into [their financial struggles] when you took those loans." This was a decision made without Sam, so it likely happened during the five years in which Sam was a victim of the Snap. With Sam's death dated to May 31, 2018 (see 2018 references), and his return dated to October 17, 2023 (see 2023 references), this decision can be approximated to the middle of these dates, February 6, 2021.
*Talos puts out a call for the remaining Skrulls in need of a home to find a home on Earth, hoping for Skrulls and humans to be able to coexist. Every single Skrull who does not already live in Dro'ge's colony answers the call. As a result, one million Skrulls live on Earth.In Promises, Fury suggests that Talos did not contact Fury following the Blip "because you didn't want me to know" about the million Skrulls living on Earth. This suggests that Talos sent out the call during the five years between the Snap on May 31, 2018 (see 2018 references) and the Blip (see 2023 references). The midpoint of these dates, February 6, 2021, can be approximated as when Talos sent out the call.
====11th====
*Nicodemus West's brother dies.In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Nicodemus West says "While I was gone, thank you for asking, I lost both my cats... and my brother." This presents the brother's death as having been after the cats' deaths. The second cat's death is approximated to June 10, 2018 (see 2018 references), and West was resurrected in the Blip on October 17, 2023 (see 2023 references). West's brother's death can be approximated to the midpoint of these dates, February 11, 2021.
====14th====
*Ronin kills several people outside of a car.In Partners, Am I Right?, a flashback is shown to Ronin killing several people near a car. Clint Barton's time operating as Ronin can be approximated to have started after Thanos was killed in June 2018 (see 2018 references) and ended when he was recruited by Natasha Romanoff to help with the Time Heist on October 11, 2023 (see 2023 references). The Ronin attack shown in Partners, Am I Right? can be approximated to the midpoint of this time, February 14, 2021.
====19th====
*"" by Haim is released.
===March===
====14th====
*The are held, where Megan Thee Stallion wins multiple awards.
===April===
*"I Want to Be with You" by George Simms is released.
====27th====
*Bruno Carrelli reads a paper by Erik Selvig about interdimensional travel.In Destined, Carrelli says on October 1, 2025 (see 2025 references) that he read a paper by Erik Selvig. The paper being published is approximated to November 21, 2016 (see 2016 references). Carrelli reading the paper can therefore be approximated to the midpoint of these dates, April 27, 2021.
===May===
====15th====
*Katy Chen graduates from University of California, Berkeley with an honors degree.In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Chen is described as "a valet driver with an honors degree from Berkeley." Xu Shang-Chi is shown wearing a shirt saying "CLASS OF '17," which means that Chen would have graduated college in 2021. In 2021, University of California, Berkeley held their graduation on May 15. It can therefore be taken that Chen graduated on May 15, 2021.
====17th====
*"The Greatest" by Red Means Run is released.
===June===
====22nd====
*Ordered by Kingpin, Kazi Kazimierczak leaks information on a Tracksuit Mafia meeting, hoping the fabled Ronin would pick it up.
*Maya Lopez defeats her opponent in an MMA sparring match before returning home.In Never Meet Your Heroes, Pat Kiernan says, "This is the first potential sighting of the Ronin in years," on the same day that it is said to be "six days until Christmas," meaning it is December 19, 2024. In Partners, Am I Right?, Clint Barton says to Kazi Kazimierczak, "Look, you've been working under William Lopez as a lieutenant for, what, for four years? And now under Maya for a few more years," on the same day that it is said to be "three days until Christmas," so December 22, 2024. Barton's language implies Kazimierczak has been working for Maya for less time than he did with William, meaning ideally less than four years. So, Maya taking charge, and therefore her father's death, can be approximated to have happened 3.5 years before this line is said, placing Barton attacking the Tracksuit Mafia in June 2021, which fits with Kiernan's line about him not being in New York "in years" by December 2024.
*Massacre of the Tracksuit Mafia:
**Ronin, having received a tip about the Tracksuit Mafia's location, arrives at Fat Man Auto Repair, slaughtering the members inside.
**Lopez arrives and feels the vibrations caused by the massacre. She looks through the window, witnessing Ronin using his sword to kill a man. She ducks down and watches as Ronin kills two more people.
**Lopez kicks down the door and walks into the repair shop, where she sees Ronin driving his sword into William Lopez' chest. As Ronin escapes through the window, Maya sits next to her father and holds onto him in his final moments. William begs Maya to run away and get to safety before dying in his daughter's arms, but Maya refuses to leave. William tells her to fly away and cups his daughter's cheek as he dies. Maya hugs her father and cries.
*Due to her father's death, the leadership position of the Tracksuit Mafia is transferred over to Maya.
===July===
*In , the 33-year-old Leo Fitz sees in the Time Stream that they will need the help of an alternate version of Kora, Daisy Johnson's deceased sister, to stop the Chronicoms back at the Lighthouse in 2019, and that the Jiaying of that timeline would be pivotal in making sure Kora has the empathy they need her to be able to broadcast. He also sees that if the team manage to reunite in the alternate timeline's 1983 in the S.H.I.E.L.D. safe house in New York City, then no matter what happens after, it will be their last time ever all together in the same room.In What We're Fighting For, flashbacks are shown of Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons' life following their move to Theta Serpentis on July 4, 2019 (see 2019 references). They spent 4 years together, suggesting they jumped back in time around July 2023. It can be taken as a specific 4 years, so roughly July 4, 2023, or a more general "2023 - 2019 = 4", so any time in 2023 (approximating with mid-year). Putting more weight on the more specific, it can be approximated to July 3, 2023. This is suitable, given Leo and Simmons have been celebrating Alya's birthday, and if they have traveled a near exact number of years, this means Alya's birthday aligns closely with the date on which she becomes a year older, simplifying her birthday.Harlow Happy Hexum was 4 years and 10 months old during filming, suggesting Alya is around 4 in the 2023 and returned-to-2019 scenes, and 5 in the following 2020 epilogue scene. However, Alya was conceived no earlier than July 2019, meaning she was born no earlier than early 2020, thus maximum 3. So, for her to be as close as realistically possible to 4, she should indeed be born in early/mid-2020. On average, a pregnant woman finds out they are pregnant about 245 days days before birth. In Brand New Day, a flashback is shown to just after Simmons has found out she is pregnant, and is implied to have been a while after they began their work. Assuming it is at least 3 months, but taking it as no more than 3 months due to wanting to maximize Alya's age, that scene may be approximated to October 4, 2019, and thus Simmons finding out her pregnancy around October 1, 2019, finally therefore meaning Alya was born around early June 2020 (roughly June 2nd). This is suitable, as in What We're Fighting For it is seemingly implied in July that her birthday has been in recent month.It can be assumed that Fitz starting to study the Time Stream is July 5, 2019, and then the scenes of the montage shown between then and the scene approximated to October 4, 2019 can be evenly distributed to July 23rd, August 10th, August 29th, and September 16th. At some point between July 5, 2019 and July 3, 2023 during the studying of the Time Stream, Fitz finds out about Kora's importance and the team being together for the final time in the speakeasy. This may be approximated to the midpoint, July 2021.Simmons appears to be about a month from birth when Leo makes her the tea, so roughly May 2, 2020. Alya appears to be about 4 months old as the family watch a film, suggesting it is around October 2-November 1, 2020, so October 17, 2020. She is about the same age when they look at the stars together as when they time travel back to 2019, so this can be taken to be shortly before in 2023 - around a week prior, so June 26, 2023.
===August===
*Nakia Bahadir begins puberty and starts developing breasts, furthering her parents' struggle to accept her.In Crushed, Nakia Bahadir says, "Between the hijab and the girlies, my parents can barely make eye contact with me anymore." Girls in the United States tend to begin puberty at approximately 12.3 years old. Bahadir's birth is approximated to May 2009 (see 2000s references), placing this event in approximately August 2021.
====8th====
*Theo Boskowtiz's mother remarries after her husband had disappeared.In The Daily Bugle, Theo Boskowtiz says that his mother remarried during his father's time being dead due to Thanos' Snap on the reasoned date May 31, 2018 (see 2018 references). Allowing Boskowtiz's mother approximately one year to mourn her husband and find a new partner, they would have gotten married between May 31, 2019 and Boskowtiz's father's return on October 17, 2023 (see 2023 references). The wedding can therefore be taken to have occurred on the midpoint of these dates, August 2021.
===September===
====10th====
*The Snap is released.In Spider-Man: Far From Home, the film The Snap is shown to exist by June 27, 2024 (see 2024 references). This would be made after the events of May 31, 2018 (see 2018 references). It would take at least half a year to have been released, meaning it was released between November 30, 2018 and June 27, 2024. So, its release may be approximated to the midpoint of September 13, 2021. With most films releasing on a Friday, it may be approximated to the nearest Friday: September 10, 2021.
===December===
====13th====
*The is founded.
==References==
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