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1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar).
Events
January 1 - In American football , California defeats Ohio State 28-0 in the Rose Bowl .
January 2 - The first religious radio broadcast (KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania )
January 2 - Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia - 244 dead
January 2 - DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens.
January 20 - Royal Navy K-boat K5 sinks in the English Channel with all 56 hands
February 25 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
February 28 - Russian sailors rebel in Kronstadt - On March 17 the Red Army crushes the rebellion and number of sailors flee to Finland
March 1 - The city Kiryu , located in Gunma , Japan , is founded.
March 6 - The Portuguese Communist Party is founded.
March 8 - Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid .
March 13 - Mongolia declares its independence from China
March 17 - Marie Stopes opens the first birth control clinic in London , England . The Second Republic of Poland adopts the March Constitution .
March 18 - The second Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Union ending Polish-Soviet war . Despite the recent Polish successes, Soviets annex Ukraine and Belarus .
April 11 - The Emirate of Transjordan is created, with Abdullah I as emir.
April 14 - In Britain, labour unions for mining, railway and transportation workers call for a strike - government threatens to call in the army
April 24 - Referendum in Tyrol supports joining to Germany
May 1 a href="May_7.html" title="May 7">May 7 - Riots in Palestine of May, 1921
2 May a href="July_5.html" title="July 5">5 July - Third Silesian Uprising , the Poles in Upper Silesia rise against the Germans
May 5 - Only 13 spectators attend the soccer match between Leicester City and Stockport County , the lowest attendance in The Football League 's history.
May 6 - General strike begins in Norway
May 8 - Death penalty abolished in Sweden
May 14 - 17 - Violent anti-European riots in Cairo and Alexandria
May 19 - The Emergency Quota Act passes the U.S. Congress establishing national quotas on immigration .
May 31 - Race riots in Tulsa, Oklahoma
May 24 - Elections are held for the first time for the new Northern Ireland Parliament.
June 1 - Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 : A race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma kills 85 people.
June 26 - In Britain, rain ends 100 days of drought
July 1 - Coal strike ends in England
July 11 - The Irish War of Independence comes to an end when a truce is signed between the British Government and the Irish forces.
July 11 - Mongolia becomes independent of China
July 14 - A Massachusetts jury finds Nichola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti guilty of first degree murder following a widely-publicized trial.
July 18 - The first BCG vaccination against tuberculosis
July 22 - Irish Truce declared in Britain
July 26 - US President Warren G. Harding receives Princess Fatima of Afghanistan - and Stanley Clifford Weyman w/.
July 29 - Adolf Hitler becomes Chairman of the Nazi Party
July 27 - Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin .
August - The United States formally ends World War I , declaring a peace with Germany
August 5 - First radio broadcast of baseball game; Harold Arlin announced Pirates-Phillies game from Forbes Field over Westinghouse KDKA Pittsburgh
August 11 - 35 degree Celsius in Breslau - heat wave continues elsewhere in Europe as well
August 23 - King Faisal is crowned in Baghdad
August 24 - Airship ZR 2 explodes during a test flight near Hull , England - 41 dead
August 26 - Rising prices cause riots in Munich
August 29 - Assassination of German politician Matthias Erzberger causes the government to declare martial law
September 1 - Poplar Strike in London - 9 members of Poplar borough council are arrested
September 7 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey , the first Miss America Pageant is held.
September 8 - 16-year-old Margaret Gorman won the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America .
September 12 - Lotta Svärd founded in Finland .
September 21 - explosion of BASF 's nitrate factory in Oppau, Germany - 535-561 dead.
October 10 - Teaching at the University of Szeged started in Hungary .
October 21 - Peace conference between Irish and United Kingdom begins in London.
October 24 - Spanish army defeats rifkabyls.
October 29 - Construction of the Link River Dam , a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project completed.
November 9 - Riots in Reykjavík - most of the small police force is injured.
November 11 - During an Armistice Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery , the Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding .
December 1 - Rising prices cause riots in Vienna .
December 16 - The Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the Irish Free State is signed in London . See Ireland/History .
December 13 - In the Four Power Treaty on Insular Possessions Japan , the United States , United Kingdom , and France agree to recognize the status quo in the Pacific.
December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Canada 's tenth prime minister .
Fictitious Events
1921 is a song on the album Tommy by The Who .
Births
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January
February
March
March 1 - Jack Clayton , British film director
March 1 - Terence Cardinal Cooke , American Catholic archbishop (d. 1983 )
March 1 - Richard Wilbur , American poet
March 2 - Robert Simpson , English composer (d. 1997 )
March 3 - Paul Guimard , French writer (d. 2004 )
March 5 - Elmer Valo , Czech Major League Baseball player (d. 1998 )
March 8 - Cyd Charisse , American actress and dancer
March 11 - Frank Harary , American mathematician (d. 2005 )
March 12 - Giovanni Agnelli , Italian auto executive (d. 2003 )
March 12 - Gordon MacRae , American singer and actor (d. 1986 )
March 13 - Al Jaffee , American cartoonist
March 13 - Cyril Poole , English cricketer (d. 1996 )
March 20 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe , American singer (d. 1973 )
March 21 - Arthur Grumiaux , Belgian violinist (d. 1986 )
March 25 - Simone Signoret , French actress (d. 1985 )
March 28 - Dirk Bogarde , English actor (d. 1999 )
April-May
April 1 - Beau Jack , American boxer (d. 2000 )
April 8 - Franco Corelli , Italian tenor (d. 2003 )
April 10 - Sheb Wooley , American actor and singer (d. 2003 )
April 14 - Thomas Schelling , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
April 15 - Georgi Beregovoi , Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1995 )
April 16 - Peter Ustinov , English actor and director (d. 2004 )
April 23 - Warren Spahn , baseball player (d. 2003 )
May 2 - Satyajit Ray , Indian filmmaker (d. 1992 )
May 5 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999 )
May 6 - Erich Fried , Austrian author (d. 1988 )
May 9 - Sophie Scholl , resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. 1943 )
May 9 - Mona Van Duyn , American poet (d. 2004 )
May 11 - Hildegard Hamm-Brücher , German politician
May 12 - Joseph Beuys , German artist (d. 1986 )
May 12 - Farley Mowat , Canadian writer and naturalist
May 17 - Dennis Brain , English French horn player (d. 1957 )
May 18 - Sir Michael Epstein , British medical researcher
May 19 - Karel van het Reve , Dutch writer (d. 1999 )
May 20 - Wolfgang Borchert , German writer (d. 1947 )
May 20 - Hal Newhouser , baseball player (d. 1998 )
May 21 - Andrei Sakharov , Russian physicist and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (declined) (d. 1989 )
May 23 - James Blish , American science fiction author (d. 1975 )
May 25 - Jack Steinberger , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
May 25 - James C. Quayle , American newspaper publisher
May 26 - Stan Mortensen , English footballer (d. 1991 )
May 28 - Heinz G. Konsalik , German author (d. 1999 )
June-August
June 1 - Nelson Riddle , American bandleader (d. 1985 )
June 8 - Alexis Smith , Canadian actress (d. 1993 )
June 10 - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
June 15 - Errol Garner , American jazz musician (d. 1977 )
June 26 - Violette Szabo , French World War II heroine (d. 1945 )
June 28 - P. V. Narasimha Rao , Prime Minister of India (d. 2004 )
July 4 - Gerard Debreu , French economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004 )
July 4 - Tibor Varga , Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003 )
July 10 - Harvey Ball , American designer (d. 2001 )
July 11 - Ilse Werner , German actress (d. 2005 )
July 13 - Friedrich Peter , Austrian poltitician (d. 2005 )
July 14 - Leon Garfield , English children's author (d. 1996 )
July 14 - Geoffrey Wilkinson , English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
July 15 - Robert Bruce Merrifield , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
July 17 - Hannah Szenes , Hungarian World War II heroine (d. 1944 )
July 22 - William Roth , U.S. Senator (d. 2003 )
July 30 - Grant Johannesen , American concert pianist (d. 2005 )
August 4 - Maurice Richard , Canadian hockey player (d. 2000 )
August 8 - John Herbert Chapman , Canadian physicist (d. 1979 )
August 9 - J. James Exon Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Senator (d. 2005 )
August 19 - Gene Roddenberry , American television producer (d. 1991 )
August 23 - Kenneth Arrow , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
August 25 - Monty Hall , Canadian actor and game show host
September-December
September 3 , Thurston Dart , English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971 )
September 8 , Harry Secombe , Welsh entertainer (d. 2001 )
September 12 , Stanisław Lem , Polish science fiction writer
October 2 - Robert Runcie , Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000 )
October 5 - Bill Willis , American football player
October 13 - Yves Montand , French singer and actor (d. 1991 )
October 18 - Jesse Helms , U.S. Senator from North Carolina
October 19 - Gunnar Nordahl , Swedish footballer (d. 1995 )
October 25 - King Michael of Romania
November 3 - Charles Bronson , American actor (d. 2003 )
November 5 - Princess Fawzia of Egypt
November 11 - Ron Greenwood , English football manager
November 14 - Brian Keith , American actor (d. 1997 )
November 22 - Rodney Dangerfield , American actor and comedian (d. 2004 )
November 23 - Fred Buscaglione , Italian singer and actor (d. 1960 )
December 3 - Phyllis Curtin , American soprano
December 6 - Otto Graham , American football player (d. 2003 )
December 26 - Steve Allen , American actor, composer, comedian, and author (d. 2000 )
Deaths
February 8 - Peter Kropotkin , Russian anarchist (b. 1842 )
February 26 - Carl Menger , Austrian economist (b. 1840 )
February 27 - Schofield Haigh , English cricketer (b. 1871 )
March 2 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841 )
April 27 - Arthur Mold , English cricketer (b. 1863 )
May 5 - Alfred Hermann Fried , Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1864 )
June 5 - Georges Feydeau , French playwright (b. 1862 )
August 2 - Enrico Caruso , Italian tenor (b. 1873 )
September 2 - Henry Austin Dobson , English poet (b. 1840 )
September 11 - Subramanya Bharathy , Tamil poet (b. 1882 )
September 27 - Engelbert Humperdinck , German composer (b. 1854 )
October 25 - Bat Masterson , American gunfighter
November 28 - `Abdu'l-Bahá , Persian religious leader (b. 1844 )
December 16 - Camille Saint-Saëns , French composer (b. 1835 )
December 31 - Boies Penrose , United States Senator from Pennsylvania (b. 1860 )
Nobel Prizes
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