Page 5: Historical Events In March - 31
Sunday, 21 June 2026
1914 Octavio Paz, Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas) 

1914 Ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42. 

1915 Eliseo Morales Pajaro, composer 

1916 Dutch government ends all military engagements 

1916 Dutch govt ends all milt engagements. 

1916 John Vivyan, Chic Ill, actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky) 

1917 US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands 

1918 inaugural daylight savings time in US comes into force 

1918 1st daylight savings time in US comes into force 

1918 Ted Post, Dir (Peacemaker, Beneath the Planet of the Apes). 

1919 Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann. 

1920 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law. 

1920 Marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco, Dutch writer (Bitter Herb) 

1921 Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity 

1921 British coal miners goes on strike 

1921 Establishment of the Royal Australian Air Force. 

1921 Formation of Australian Air Force, which is recorded as becoming the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 31aug1921. 

1922 Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam 

1922 KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions. 

1922 Patrick J G McGee, North Ireland, actor (Clockwork Orange) 

1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die. 

1923 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs. 

1923 Donald Argee Barksdale, Berkley Cal, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1948) 

1924 London public transport strike ends 

1924 Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established 

1924 Harry Cubitt, 4th Lord Ashcombe ("Mad Harry"), English landowner. 

1925 WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts) 

1926 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands 

1926 John Fowles, England, novelist (Collector, French Leiutenent's Woman) 

1927 Cesar Chavez, Yuma Az, farm labor leader (United Farm Workers) 

1928 Gordie Howe, Floral Sask, NHL right wing (Detroit Redwings) 

1928 Gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82 

1929 Aviators Kingsford Smith, Ulm, Litchfield and McWilliam leave Sydney for England in Southern Cross; they were forced down in northwest Australia and lost until April 12) 

1929 Lee Patterson, Vancouver BC, actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World) 

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