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1921 Historical Event(s)
February 8, 1921
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.
May 31, 1921
– Tulsa Race Riot: A civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.
June 1, 1921
– Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
June 30, 1921
– U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States.
July 27, 1921
– Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
August 3, 1921
– Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
September 7, 1921
– In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
November 14, 1921
– The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
December 4, 1921
– The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe ‘Fatty’Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
December 23, 1921
– Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated.
Who Were Born On 1921?
January 5, 1921
– Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (d. 1990)
May 7, 1921
– Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer (d. 1985)
May 27, 1921
– Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (d. 1960)
July 18, 1921
– John Glenn, American astronaut and politician
July 25, 1921
– Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (d. 1965)
August 8, 1921
– Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer
September 14, 1921
– Dario Vittori, Argentinian actor (d. 2001)
October 24, 1921
– R. K. Laxman, Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist
November 3, 1921
– Charles Bronson, American actor (d. 2003)
November 14, 1921
– Brian Keith, American actor (d. 1997)