Editing 2021 (section)

=== December ===
* [[December 4]] – The [[2021 Gambian presidential election]] is held and incumbent [[President of the Gambia|president]] [[Adama Barrow]] is reelected.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-12-05|title=Gambia elections: Adama Barrow declared presidential election winner|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59542813|access-date=2021-12-05|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206003831/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59542813|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 6]] – The [[United States]] announces a diplomatic boycott of the [[2022 Winter Olympics]] in [[Beijing]] in response to China's human rights record.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Finn |first1=Teaganne |title=White House announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-announces-diplomatic-boycott-beijing-winter-olympics-over-human-n1285419 |website=NBC News |date=December 6, 2021 |access-date=6 December 2021 |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926081219/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-announces-diplomatic-boycott-beijing-winter-olympics-over-human-n1285419 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Canada]], the [[United Kingdom]], and [[Australia]] join shortly after.
* [[December 9]] – [[Chiapas truck crash|A truck crash]] in [[Chiapas]], [[Mexico]], kills 55 migrants who were being [[people smuggling|smuggled]] in it from [[Guatemala]] through Mexico to [[Mexico–United States border|its border with the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/10/xxx-3 |title=Dozens of Central American migrants killed in Mexico crash |date=10 December 2021 |work=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] |access-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224073607/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/10/xxx-3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 9]]–[[December 10]] – The [[Summit for Democracy]], a virtual summit, is hosted by the United States "to renew democracy at home and confront autocracies abroad".<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Summit for Democracy—American Leadership or Photo Op?|url=https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/event/the-summit-democracy-american-leadership-or-photo-op|access-date=2021-11-05|website=The Heritage Foundation|archive-date=December 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201142602/https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/event/the-summit-democracy-american-leadership-or-photo-op|url-status=unfit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Toosi|first=Nahal|title=An 'Illustrative Menu of Options': Biden's big democracy summit is a grab bag of vague ideas|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/04/biden-democracy-summit-technology-519530|access-date=2021-11-05|website=POLITICO|date=November 4, 2021 |archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203153513/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/04/biden-democracy-summit-technology-519530|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 10]]–[[December 11]] &ndash; A late season [[Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021|tornado outbreak]] occurs in the [[Southern United States|Southern]] and [[Midwestern United States]], causing major damage and killing at least 94 people. One of the [[2021 Western Kentucky tornado|longest-tracked tornadoes in history]] occurred, which impacted western Kentucky, particularly [[Mayfield, Kentucky|Mayfield]].<ref name="Shapiro">{{cite news |author1=Emily Shapiro |author2=Max Golembo |author3=Daniel Peck |author4=Mark Osborne |title=At least 50 dead as tornadoes devastate Kentucky |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/50-dead-tornadoes-devastate-kentucky/story?id=81672801 |access-date=11 December 2021 |agency=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=11 December 2021 |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211102710/https://abcnews.go.com/US/50-dead-tornadoes-devastate-kentucky/story?id=81672801 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 11]] – [[New York City FC]] defeat the Portland Timbers at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon 5–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw, and win MLS Cup title for the first time in their history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/2021-mls-cup-recap-portland-timbers-vs-new-york-city-fc|title=New York City FC win MLS Cup 2021 &#124; MLSSoccer.com|website=mlssoccer|access-date=October 25, 2022|archive-date=May 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514053856/https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/2021-mls-cup-recap-portland-timbers-vs-new-york-city-fc|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 12]] 
** The [[2021 New Caledonian independence referendum]] is held.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/new-caledonian-independence-leaders-challenge-france-over-final-referendum-date/|title=New Caledonian independence leaders challenge France over final referendum date|first=Denise|last=Fisher|newspaper=The Strategist|date=22 October 2021|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926081219/https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/new-caledonian-independence-leaders-challenge-france-over-final-referendum-date/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Max Verstappen]] won his first [[Formula One]] World Championship and the first for a Dutch driver, driving for [[Red Bull Racing]] at the [[Abu Dhabi Grand Prix]]. 
*[[December 16]] – [[Typhoon Rai]], also known as Typhoon Odette, hits the Philippines and caused destruction to agriculture, establishments, and houses, and caused many injured and deaths.
* [[December 19]]
** The [[2021 Hong Kong legislative election]], originally scheduled for 6 September 2020 but postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], is held.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/east-asia-pacific_hong-kongs-delayed-legislative-elections-set-december/6204550.html|title=Hong Kong's Delayed Legislative Elections Set for December|website=VOANEWS|date=19 November 2021|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926081219/https://www.voanews.com/amp/east-asia-pacific_hong-kongs-delayed-legislative-elections-set-december/6204550.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The second round of the [[2021 Chilean general election|2021 Chilean presidential election]] is held; leftist candidate [[Gabriel Boric]] is elected [[President of Chile|President]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Slattery |first1=Gram |last2=Ramos Miranda |first2=Natalia A. |title=Chile headed for divisive election run-off as far-right surges |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chileans-head-polls-with-two-radically-different-visions-ballot-2021-11-21/ |website=Reuters |access-date=23 December 2021 |date=22 November 2021 |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222014501/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chileans-head-polls-with-two-radically-different-visions-ballot-2021-11-21/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Leftist Gabriel Boric to become Chile's youngest ever president |work=BBC News |date=December 20, 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59715941 |access-date=29 December 2021 |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220000309/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59715941 |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:James Webb Space Telescope Artist Conception - 51412123217.png|thumb|Artistic conception of the James Webb Space Telescope]]
* [[December 25]] – [[NASA]], [[European Space Agency|ESA]], the [[Canadian Space Agency]] and the [[Space Telescope Science Institute]] launch the [[James Webb Space Telescope]], the successor of the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Launch – Webb/NASA|url=https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html|access-date=22 December 2021|website=NASA|archive-date=July 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723142021/https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html|url-status=live}}</ref>