Page 4: Historical Events In 1921

Mar 11   Sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83   

Mar 12   Giovanni Agnelli, CEO (Fiat Automakers)   

Mar 13   Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator (MAD Magazine).   

Mar 13   Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China.   

Mar 14   Lis Hartel, Denmark, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1952, 56).   

Mar 15   The colony of Ruanda, East Africa, is ceded to Britain by Belgium   

Mar 17   Dr Marie Stopes opens Britain's 1st birth control clinic (London).   

Mar 17   Dr Marie Stopes opens Britain's inaugural birth control clinic (London)   

Mar 17   Lenin proclaims New Economic Politics   

Mar 17   Mick Harvey, cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire).   

Mar 17   Sailors revolt in Kronstadt (thousands die).   

Mar 18   2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged.   

Mar 18   Steamer "Hong Kong" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1000   

Mar 19   Italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed, two mangled and three wounded.   

Mar 20   Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO)   

Mar 21   "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone   

Mar 21   Antony Hopkins, composer.   

Mar 21   Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC   

Mar 22   Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Netherland, foreign minister (KVP).   

Mar 23   Donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records)   

Mar 24   Deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48.   

Mar 25   Nancy Kelly, Lowell Mass, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James).   

Mar 26   George Jefferson, CEO (British Telecom).   

Mar 27   Tom Bevill, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- ).   

Mar 28   Sir Dirk Bogarde, British actor is born.   

Mar 29   Hugh Neill, Lord-Lieutenant (South Yorkshire)   

Mar 30   Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire.   

Mar 31   Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity   

Mar 31   British coal miners goes on strike.   

Mar 31   Establishment of the Royal Australian Air Force.   

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

Apr 01   Douglas Allenbrook, composer   

Apr 01   K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa   

Apr 02   Prof Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity.   

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Jan 01   Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Algerian/French cross country (Oly-gold-1956) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of friedrich Dörrenmatt, Switzerland, playwright/novelist (Visit)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964- )   

Jan 05   In the year 1921 birth of friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (d. 1990)   

Jan 06   In the year 1921 birth of cary Middlecoff, golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award)   

Jan 02   In the year 1921 theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64   

Jan 07   On this day in history benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), dies at 69   

Jan 08   Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1921 death of gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)   

Jan 18   On this day in history adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73   

Jan 22   Captain George Streeter, American riverboat captain and circus owner (b. 1837) died on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.