Historical Events
- Jan 20 Republic of Turkey declared out of remnants of Ottoman Empire
- Mar 3 Toronto's Dr Banting & Dr Best announce discovery of insulin
- Jul 1 The Communist Party of China is founded and Chen Duxiu elected its leader
- Jul 20 Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson becomes the first woman to preside over the floor of US House of Representatives
- Jul 27 Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolate insulin at the University of Toronto
- Jul 29 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party
- Dec 6 Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland
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1921 in Film & TV
- Feb 6 "The Kid", silent film starring Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, released
- Oct 21 "The Sheik", a silent film starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres in Los Angeles
Did You Know?
Lana Turner
Vera-Ellen
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Prince Philip
Charles Bronson
Roy CampanellaFamous People in 1921
Claude MonetWorld Leaders in 1921
David Lloyd George
Vladimir Lenin
Warren G. Harding
Would You Believe?
Police in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
On March 6, 1921
Famous Weddings
- Jan 16 Politician Elpidio Quirino (30) weds girlfriend Alicia Syquia
- Feb 25 Actor Jack Haley (22) weds Florence McFadden
- Mar 24 Comedian Oliver Hardy (29) marries actress Myrtle Reeves (24)
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Enrico Caruso