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Well, 2021 is drawing to a close. One good thing that can be said about it \u2014 it wasn\u2019t as bad as 2020, that so far leads the list of worst years ever. Around this time every year, it\u2019s nice to think back about the year that\u2019s about to pass into history. Everyone has a different perspective and remembers different things, but here\u2019s some of mine.

For a while this year it seemed that COVID-19 was in our rearview mirror, but it\u2019s not. Maybe that\u2019s one reason that 2021 didn\u2019t live up to our hopes and expectations\u2026.
Kampala Harris became the first Black, Indian and woman Vice President of the United States. Donald Trump became the first president in history to be impeached \u2014 twice. A violent mob attacked the Capitol building. Elon Musk surpassed Jeff Bezos as the wealthiest person in the world. 2021\u2019s Super Bowl, between the Buccaneers and Chiefs, turned out to be a real sleeper. A large container ship got stuck in the Suez Canal and kicked off a huge \u201csupply chain\u201d problem. The President\u2019s dog bit a couple of people and had to go into \u201ctime out\u2019 for a while. The Pentagon released its report on UFOs (now called \u201cunexplained aerial phenomenon\u201d) calling it a national security threat. The report never said it was aliens \u2014 but \u2014 it never said it was not<\/em> aliens\u2026. NASA landed a new Mars rover on the planet, named Perseverance \u2014 an appropriate name in 2021. There was a big to-do over a toy company releasing a gender-neutral version of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head. Six of Dr. Seuss\u2019 books were taken off the market because they contained racist and insensitive images.The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were held in 2021 \u2014 with no spectators. Bill Cosby was released from prison after being convicted on a number of charges. The U.S. rejoined the Paris Climate Accord and WHO. The U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan. Raul Castro (Fidel\u2019s brother) stepped down as head of Cuba\u2019s Communist Party. President Biden signed legislation officially establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day \u2014 a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Britney Spears gained her \u201cfreedom\u201d after 13 years of conservatorship. El Salvador became the first country to make Bitcoin a national currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s some of what I remember of 2021 \u2014 the year started on a Friday and will end on a Friday. It is the 21st year of the 21st century and the second year of the 2020\u2019s decade. Like all years, there\u2019s been some good and some bad. The United Nations declared 2021 the International Year of Peace and Trust<\/em>. Even though I guess we didn\u2019t live up that goal, it still was an improvement over 2020, and we can all look forward to 2022 being even better\u2026..
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