21st century
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Summary
21st century is a century[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of century entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,696 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Follows: 20th century[3]
- Followed by: 22nd century[4]
- Part of: 3rd millennium[5]
- Commons category: 21st century[6]
- Has part(s): 2010s[7], 2020s[8], 2030s[9], 2040s[10], 2050s[11], 2060s[12], 2070s[13], 2080s[14], 2090s[15], 2000s[16]
- Start time: January 1, 2001[17]
- End time: December 31, 2100[18]
- Point in time: January 1, 2100[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:21st century[20]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:21st century[21]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://history.stackexchange.com/tags/21st-century[22]
- Different from: 21st century BC[23]
- Name: 21st-century[24]
- Exact match: http://data.culture.fr/thesaurus/resource/ark:/67717/T4-46[25]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q113561423[26], Q31798761[27]
- Related category: Category:21st century-related lists[28]
- Category for births in this time period: Category:21st-century births[29]
- Category for deaths in this time period: Category:21st-century deaths[30]
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Influence
Things named for 21st century include Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider[31], an aircraft family[32], in United States[33]; socialism of the it[34], a political concept[35]; Project 211[36], a closed project[37], in People's Republic of China[38], founded in 1995[39]; 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art[40], a contemporary art museum[41], in Japan[42], founded in 2004[43]; Niigata Television Network 21[44], a business[45], in Japan[46], founded in 1983[47], headquartered in Niigata Prefecture[48]; and Cosmo Clock 21[49], a Ferris wheel[50], in Japan[51], founded in 1989[52].
Why It Matters
21st century has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for it include Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider[31], an aircraft family[32], in United States[33]; socialism of the it[34], a political concept[35]; Project 211[36], a closed project[37], in People's Republic of China[38], founded in 1995[39]; 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art[40], a contemporary art museum[41], in Japan[42], founded in 2004[43]; Niigata Television Network 21[44], a business[45], in Japan[46], founded in 1983[47], headquartered in Niigata Prefecture[48]; and Cosmo Clock 21[49], a Ferris wheel[50], in Japan[51], founded in 1989[52].