December 1921 in History

Events in History

Anglo-Irish Treaty

Dec 6 Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland

Election of Interest

Dec 6 Canada's Liberal Party and its leader Mackenzie King defeats Arthur Meighen's Conservative Party and Thomas Crerar' Progressive Party in general election, goes on to form a minority government

Dec 7 KWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions

Treaty of Interest

Dec 8 Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty

Revolutionary and President of Ireland Éamon de Valera

Irish Revolutionary and Republican Politician Michael Collins

Treaty of Interest

Dec 16 The Anglo-Irish Treaty, agreed to by the British Parliament and Sinn Féin, is ratified

Dec 16 The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) calls for a united front in a pass burning campaign on Dingaan's Day
Dec 21 Supreme Court rules labor injunctions & picketing unconstitutional

Event of Interest

Dec 23 Gangster Carlo Gambino enters the United States as an illegal immigrant on the SS Vincenzo Florio

Event of Interest

Dec 23 Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, founded by Rabindranath Tagore

Dec 28 The beginning of the Rand Rebellion in Southern Africa; the rebellion started as a strike by white mineworkers on and became an open armed rebellion against the state
Dec 29 Mackenzie King is sworn in as the 10th Prime Minister of Canada
Dec 31 Last San Francisco firehorses retired

Birthdays in History

Dec 2 Isabella Karle, American scientist who was instrumental in developing techniques to extract plutonium chloride, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2017)
Dec 3 Hans G. Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (known for the comic strip Eric de Noorman), born in the Netherlands (d. 1992)
Dec 5 George Henderson, Scottish priest (Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1977-92), born in Oban, Scotland (d. 1996)
Dec 7 Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu spiritual leader (BAPS), born in Chansad, Gujarat (d. 2016)
Dec 21 James Tye, British safety expert
Dec 25 Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist (d. 2000)
Dec 26 John Severin, American comic book artist (Hulk, Mad Magazine), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2012)
Dec 29 Dobrica Cosic, Serbian writer and President 1992-93), born in Velika Drenova, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (d. 2014)
Dec 29 Robert C. Baker, American inventor & professor (invented the chicken nugget), born in Newark, New York (d. 2006)
Dec 30 Michael Hollings, British Catholic priest/crusader, born in Camberley, London (d. 1997)
Dec 30 Rashid Karami, Lebanon, 10 time PM: 1955..87 of Lebanon
Dec 31 Lynn Compton, American jurist (Sirhan Sirhan prosecutor) and commissioned officer (Easy Company, 101st Airborne), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)

Deaths in History

Dec 9 Arthur Pearson, English newspaper proprietor (Daily Express), dies at 55
Dec 10 George Ashlin, Irish architect noted for his work on churches and cathedrals, dies at 84
Dec 12 Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer (period-luminosity relation), dies at 53
Dec 20 Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German Colonel General, dies at 71
Dec 21 P B S Pinchback, major Reconstruction politician, dies at 84
Dec 31 Boies Penrose, American politician (U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1897-1921)), dies at 61
Dec 31 József Kiss, Hungarian literary (Zsido Dalok), dies at 78