2021 Events
This telescope was launched by NASA in December as the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope
This team won Super Bowl LVI
Los Angeles Rams
This movie won "Best Picture" in the 2022 Oscars
Coda
The year that ASU was founded
1885
The number of amendments to the US Constitution
27
This Chancellor of Germany stepped down after serving from 2005 to 2021
Angela Merkel
The Winter Olympics were held in this city
Beijing
This artist was freed of a 13-year conservatorship in 2021
Britney Spears
The number of years in a row that ASU has been named #1 in innovation
7
The first month of the federal government's fiscal year
October
The minimum corporate tax rate agreed to by the G7
15%
Worldwide confirmed COVID cases are about to reach this milestone
500 Million
This streaming sensation became Netflix's most watched show ever after its release in 2021
Squid Game
The name of ASU when it was first founded
Territorial Normal School
The year that the most recent Constitutional Amendment was ratified
1992
The UN announced that this type of toxic gasoline was phased out globally in 2020
Leaded gas
The first successful heart transplant from this animal to a human occured in January
Pig
This reality tv show about Los Angeles celebrities came to an end after 20 seasons in 2021
Keeping Up With the Kardashians
DAILY DOUBLE
The Fall 2021 overall student enrollment at ASU (+/- 5,000)
134,500
The four major steps to the federal appropriations process
1. President introduces budget
2. Congress passes budget resolutions
3. Congress passes budget appropriations
4. President signs into law
This NASA helicopter performed the first powered flight on Mars in history
Ingenuity
The name of the ship that sank during Ernest Shackleton's 1915 expedition to Antartica
Endurance
This singer released a ten-minute song about a missing scarf in 2021
Taylor Swift
Sparky the Sun Devil became ASU's official mascot in this year (+/- 5 years)
1946
In 1845, Congress gave this state the the legal ability to split into five states, something their state government can still do today with a simple majority vote & governor signature
Texas