Page 2: Historical Events In 1921

Jan 30   French rapist-murderer Henri-Desire Landru sentenced to death.   

Jan 31   Mario Lanza, American Tenor and film actor, who died suddenly aged 38 is born.   

Feb 01   Peter Sallis, actor (Tast the Blood of Dracula).   

Feb 02   Luigi Mancinelli, composer, dies at 72.   

Feb 03   Max Wilhelm Zach, composer, dies at 56.   

Feb 04   Betty Friedan, American philosopher is born   

Feb 04   Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75   

Feb 05   John M Pritchard, London England, conductor   

Feb 05   Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium   

Feb 05   Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx for Yankee Stadium.   

Feb 06   "The Kid," starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, released   

Feb 07   Athol Rowan, cricketer (brother of Eric, South African off-spinner).   

Feb 07   Peter Kropotkin, Russ Prince/geologist/revolut anarchist, dies at 78   

Feb 08   Hoot Evers, baseball player   

Feb 08   Pjotr A Kropotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist, dies at 78   

Feb 09   B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service)   

Feb 10   Adrian Cruft, composer.   

Feb 11   Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th St NYC   

Feb 11   Eva Gabor, American actress is born   

Feb 12   Charles Leslie, cricketer (4 Tests England v Australia 1882-83), dies   

Feb 12   Soviet troops invade Georgia (theirs, not ours)   

Feb 12   Soviet troops invade the republic of Georgia   

Feb 12   Winston Churchill is recorded as becoming British, minister of Colonies   

Feb 13   Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist   

Feb 13   Willem P C Knuttel, Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at 67.   

Feb 14   Canadian 5 cent nickel coin is authorized   

Feb 14   Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses," New York   

Feb 15   Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 v England, Australian Test Cricket rec   

Feb 15   Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60   

Feb 17   Arthur Honegger's "Pastorale D'ete," premieres.   

Feb 18   Barbara Hale, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)   

Feb 18   British troops occupy Dublin, Ireland   

Feb 18   British troops occupy Dublin.   

Feb 19   Andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (S Afr Conservative Party).   

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Jan 01   In the year 1921 birth of alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Algerian/French cross country (Oly-gold-1956)   

Jan 01   In the year 1921 birth of ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian philosopher (d. 1986)   

Jan 02   Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1921 birth of john Russell, LA Calif, actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo)   

Jan 05   Friedrich Dörrenmatt, Switzerland, playwright/novelist (Visit) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1921 birth of jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964- )   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (d. 1990)   

Jan 06   Cary Middlecoff, golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award) was born in the year 1921.   

Jan 02   On this day in history theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64   

Jan 07   Benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1921 luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48   

Jan 12   Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866) died on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1921 adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73   

Jan 22   On this day in history death of captain George Streeter, American riverboat captain and circus owner (b. 1837)   

Jan 23   Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1921.   

Jan 25   Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1921.