Page 9: Historical Events In 1921
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Jun 22 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10000m (30:40.2). 


Jun 23 Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964- ). 


Jun 24 Billy Casper, golfer. 


Jun 25 56th British Golf Open: Jock Hutchison shoots a 296 at St Andrews 


Jun 25 Jack Hutchinson is recorded as becoming inaugural American to win golf's British Open 


Jun 25 Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer. 


Jun 26 Abe Jan Koldijk, SS-physician (Limburg's family doctor) 


Jun 27 G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA) 


Jun 28 P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- ). 


Jun 29 34th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (62 60). 


Jun 30 Gordon Reynolds, musician 


Jul 01 Seretse Khama, 1st premier/president of Botswana (Bechuanaland). 


Jul 02 41st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Tilden beats B Norton (46 26 61 60 75). 


Jul 02 Edwin Evans, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia), dies. 


Jul 03 Susan Peters, Spokane WA, actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas) 


Jul 07 Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51). 


Jul 09 Jacob J Hage, Dutch farmer/WW II resistance fighter. 


Jul 10 Eunice Shriver, founder (Special Olympics) 


Jul 11 Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75 


Jul 11 Ilse Werner, Dutch-born actress 


Jul 11 Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day) 


Jul 12 Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs. 


Jul 12 Trevor Illtyd Williams, scientific writer 


Jul 13 Charles Scribner Jr, music publisher (Scribner) 


Jul 14 Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist. 


Jul 14 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Mass, of killing their shoe company's paymaster 


Jul 15 Jack Hamilton Beeson, composer. 


Jul 16 Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe 


Jul 17 Acquanetta, [Mildred Davenport], Wyo, actress (Tarzan and Leopard Woman). 


Jul 18 Black Sox trial begins in Chicago. 


Jul 18 John Glenn, American astronaut is born. 


Jul 18 John H Glenn Jr, Cambridge OH, astronaut (Mer 7, sk:STS 95)/(Sen-D-Oh) 


Jul 19 Rosalyn Yalow, medical physicist 


Jul 20 Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson became the inaugural woman to preside over the US House of Representatives 


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