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Events in March 2021 10
1916 – 2021Beverly Cleary (1916-2021)Died 25 March 2021, aged 104American children's author who created Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, selling over ninety million books.
1934 – 2021Elgin BaylorRabbitLakers legend known for his acrobatic scoring; an 11-time All-Star.
2021Iditarod 2021Winner: Dallas Seavey — 7 days 14h (record)Dallas Seavey won his fifth Iditarod, tying Rick Swenson's all-time record, and shattered the course record with a time of 7 days 14 hours — nearly a full day faster than the previous record.
2021Intel announces $20 billion Arizona fabsIntel announces a $20 billion investment to build two new semiconductor fabs in Chandler, Arizona in March 2021 — the largest private US manufacturing investment in decades. The announcement is partly a response to the CHIPS Act discussions in Congress and partly a genuine strategic commitment to US-based advanced manufacturing. Intel positions itself as the only US-owned company capable of manufacturing leading-edge chips — a geopolitical argument that resonates in Washington as semiconductor supply chain vulnerability becomes a national security concern.
2021Japan retires its PhantomsF-4EJ KaiJapan's Air Self-Defense Force retires its last F-4EJs, ending half a century of Phantom service.
2021NFT art sells for $69 millionBeeple's digital art at Christie'sDigital artist Beeple sold an NFT of his artwork "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" at Christie's for $69.3 million on March 11, 2021, triggering a global NFT frenzy.
2021Star Trek: Picard — Season 2Picard and Q return for a time-travel season set largely in 2024 Los Angeles. The season is troubled in production and uneven in execution — Q's farewell is deeply moving; much of the rest is not. Annie Wersching plays the Borg Queen.
2021Ever Given Blocks the Suez CanalA container ship jams global trade for six daysThe Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, ran aground in the Suez Canal and blocked the waterway for six days. The incident held up an estimated $9.6 billion in trade per day and exposed the fragility of global supply chains.
2021Ever Given blocks the Suez CanalSix days of stopped global tradeThe container ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal on 23 March 2021, blocking it for six days and halting an estimated $9 billion a day in global trade.
2021 – presentVolodymyr ZelenskyUkrainian president during Russian invasionVolodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian and actor, became President of Ukraine in 2019 and emerged as a global symbol of resistance following Russia's invasion in February 2022.