November 1921 in History

Events in History

Nov 1 National Birth Control League & Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League

Theater Premiere

Nov 2 Eugene O'Neill's play "Anna Christie" premieres in NYC

Nov 4 Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated by a right wing fanatic in Tokyo

Historic Event

Nov 4 The Sturmabteilung or SA (the "Brown Shirts") is formally established by Adolf Hitler

Nov 5 Soviet Russia signs a treaty with Mongolia, temporarily supporting the new government against China and Japanese incursions
Nov 7 Hungary passes a law invalidating the Habsburg line of succession to the throne

Historic Event

Nov 9 Partito Nazionalista Fascista formed in Italy by Mussolini

Historic Event

Nov 11 US President Warren G. Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery

Nov 12 Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments
Nov 13 US, France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
Nov 14 The Communist Party of Spain is founded
Nov 15 KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
Nov 21 The trial of the accused of the Bulhoek Massacre commences in South Africa
Nov 23 US President Warren G. Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
Nov 28 Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha (Baha'i festival-Qawl 6, 78)
Nov 29 Coldest day in November in Netherlands -14.0°C

Birthdays in History

Nov 1 Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (Die größere Hoffnung), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2016)
Nov 2 William Donald Schaefer, American politician (Gov-D-Md), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2011)
Nov 5 Fawzia Fuad, Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, born in Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria, Sultanate of Egypt (d. 2013)
Nov 6 James Jones, American novelist (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), born in Robinson, Illinois (d. 1977)
Nov 8 Jerome Hines [Heinz], American basso (I am The Way), born in Hollywood, California
Nov 9 Silvio O. Conte, American politician (Rep-R-MA, 1959-91), born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (d. 1991)
Nov 11 Terrel Bell, American politician (2nd United States Secretary of Education 1981-84), born in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho (d. 1996)
Nov 17 Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter
Nov 19 Peter Ruckman, American Baptist minister and founder of Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, Florida, born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 2016)
Nov 20 Jim Garrison, American district attorney, politician and judge, born in Denison, Iowa (d. 1992)
Nov 23 Hein Roethof, Dutch journalist and politician (PvdA)
Nov 24 John V Lindsay, (Mayor-R/D-NY, 1965-73)
Nov 25 Stanley Ho, Chinese casino tycoon who transformed Macao, born in Hong Kong (d. 2020)
Nov 26 Françoise Gilot, French painter, designer, and author (Life with Picasso), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nov 26 Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer (billion-litre idea), born in Calicut, India (d. 2012)

Alexander Dubček (1921-1992)

Nov 27 Slovak politician who headed the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and was deposed after the Soviet invasion, born in Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)

Nov 27 Ole Sarvig, Danish writer and critic (Limbo, Glem Ikke), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1981)

Deaths in History

Nov 4 Takasji Hara, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (1918-21), assassinated by right wing fanatic at 65
Nov 8 Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (b. 1849)
Nov 12 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter and sculptor, dies at 63
Nov 14 Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (while serving as regent signed law abolishing slavery), dies in exile at 75
Nov 17 Pa Chay Vue, Hmong Nationalist
Nov 27 Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician (b. 1854)
Nov 28 `Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1844)