02 Jan 1921
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1st religious service radio broadcast in US, KDKA-Pittsburgh
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02 Jan 1921
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DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens
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03 Jan 1921
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Turkey makes peace with Armenia
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06 Jan 1921
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Formation of the Iraqi Army. |
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09 Jan 1921
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Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia. |
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12 Jan 1921
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Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner. |
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12 Jan 1921
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
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16 Jan 1921
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The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa. |
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18 Jan 1921
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William Archer's "Green Goddess" premieres in New York City NY
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19 Jan 1921
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Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union
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20 Jan 1921
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The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty. |
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20 Jan 1921
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Mountain Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR
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20 Jan 1921
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Turkey declared in remnants of the Ottoman Empire
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20 Jan 1921
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British submarine K5 leaves with man & mouse
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20 Jan 1921
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Dagestan ASSR forms in RSFSR
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25 Jan 1921
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Karel Cap
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26 Jan 1921
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Toronto St Pat Corb Denneny scores 6 goals vs Hamilton Tigers
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26 Jan 1921
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Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms
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29 Jan 1921
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Hurricane hits Washington & Oregon
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30 Jan 1921
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French rapist-murderer Henri-D
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05 Feb 1921
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Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium
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06 Feb 1921
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"The Kid, " starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, released
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11 Feb 1921
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Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th St, New York City
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12 Feb 1921
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Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Soviet invasion of Georgia. |
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12 Feb 1921
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Soviet troops invade Georgia (theirs, not ours)
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12 Feb 1921
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Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies
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14 Feb 1921
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Canadian 5 cent nickel coin is authorized
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14 Feb 1921
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Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses, " New York
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14 Feb 1921
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Canadian 5
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15 Feb 1921
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Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki. |
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15 Feb 1921
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Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 vs England, Australian Test Cricket record
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17 Feb 1921
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Arthur Honegger's "Pastorale D'
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18 Feb 1921
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British troops occupy Dublin
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20 Feb 1921
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The Young Communist League of Czechoslovakia is founded. |
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20 Feb 1921
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Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran
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21 Feb 1921
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Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup |
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21 Feb 1921
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Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution. |
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22 Feb 1921
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After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia. |
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23 Feb 1921
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1st US transcontinental air mail flight arrives in New York NY from San Francisco CA
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24 Feb 1921
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1st transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time arrives Florida
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25 Feb 1921
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Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia. |
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25 Feb 1921
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Georgian SSR proclaimed
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27 Feb 1921
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The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna. |
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27 Feb 1921
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
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27 Feb 1921
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
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01 Mar 1921
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Rwanda ceded to England
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01 Mar 1921
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Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia
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01 Mar 1921
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The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years. |
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04 Mar 1921
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Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas
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06 Mar 1921
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Police in Sunbury Penn issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
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06 Mar 1921
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Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International. |
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07 Mar 1921
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Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt
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08 Mar 1921
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Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid. |
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12 Mar 1921
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İstiklâl Marşı is adopted in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. |
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13 Mar 1921
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Mongolia is proclaimed an independent monarchy, ruled by Russian military officer Roman von Ungern-Sternberg as a dictator. |
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13 Mar 1921
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Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China
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15 Mar 1921
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Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian. |
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17 Mar 1921
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The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution. |
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17 Mar 1921
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Dr Marie Stopes opens Britain's 1st birth control clinic (London)
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17 Mar 1921
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Lenin proclaims New Economic Politics
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17 Mar 1921
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Sailors revolt in Kronstadt (thousands die)
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18 Mar 1921
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Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000
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18 Mar 1921
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The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union. |
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18 Mar 1921
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2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged
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19 Mar 1921
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Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them. |
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21 Mar 1921
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Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St, New York City
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21 Mar 1921
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The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism. |
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31 Mar 1921
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The Royal Australian Air Force is formed. |
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31 Mar 1921
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Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity
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31 Mar 1921
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British coal miners goes on strike
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02 Apr 1921
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Prof Albert Einstein lectures in NYC on his new theory of relativity
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02 Apr 1921
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The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established. |
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04 Apr 1921
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
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11 Apr 1921
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Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
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11 Apr 1921
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Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan. |
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11 Apr 1921
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Iowa imposes 1st state cigarette tax
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11 Apr 1921
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KDKA broadcast the 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
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11 Apr 1921
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Turkestan ASSR is established in Russian SFSR
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14 Apr 1921
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NHL Championship Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St Patricks in 2 games
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14 Apr 1921
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Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route
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15 Apr 1921
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Black Friday: Mine owners announce more wage and price cuts, leading to the threat of a strike all across England. |
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15 Apr 1921
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Black Friday-Labour Party strike of mine workers fails
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16 Apr 1921
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Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague
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18 Apr 1921
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Junior Achievement incorporated in Colorado Springs, Colorado
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18 Apr 1921
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Philip James Barry's "Punch for Judy", premieres in NYC
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19 Apr 1921
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25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of New Jersey in 2:18:57.6
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19 Apr 1921
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Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria
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21 Apr 1921
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Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
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23 Apr 1921
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Charles Paddock runs world record 100 meter (10.4 seconds)
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24 Apr 1921
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1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium
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27 Apr 1921
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Hadjememaar, [Corn de Gelder] elected in Amsterdam
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30 Apr 1921
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Pope Benedict XV encyclical "On Dante"
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30 Apr 1921
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American Professional Football Association reorganizes in Akron
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30 Apr 1921
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Pope Benedict XV encyclical "On Dante"
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01 May 1921
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Drusian Sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected Governor of Suwayda
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02 May 1921
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Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia
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03 May 1921
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West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
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03 May 1921
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West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues. |
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05 May 1921
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1st ranger for Cleveland Metroparks hired
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05 May 1921
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Miniature newspaper published (Brighton Gazette 10 x 13 cm)
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06 May 1921
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American Soccer League forms
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07 May 1921
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47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2
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08 May 1921
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Sweden abolished capital punishment
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10 May 1921
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Luigi Pirandello's "Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore" premieres
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11 May 1921
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Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality
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12 May 1921
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National Hospital Day 1st observed
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14 May 1921
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Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death
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14 May 1921
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Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats
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16 May 1921
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47th Preakness: F Coltiletti aboard Broomspun wins in 1:54.2
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17 May 1921
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Belgian-Luxembourg sign customs union
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17 May 1921
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President Harding opens (via telephone) 1st Valencia Orange Show
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19 May 1921
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The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration. |
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19 May 1921
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Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system
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21 May 1921
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Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Company
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23 May 1921
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"Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in New York City
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23 May 1921
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"Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC
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24 May 1921
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The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens. |
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24 May 1921
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1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected
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24 May 1921
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British Legion is formed
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27 May 1921
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Afghanistan gains sovereignty
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27 May 1921
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After 84 years of British control, Afgh
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30 May 1921
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Lord Dunsany's "If" premieres in London
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30 May 1921
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Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds
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30 May 1921
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Salzburg Austria votes to join Germany
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31 May 1921
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Tulsa race riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher. |
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31 May 1921
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Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700 chances
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01 Jun 1921
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Race riot in Tulsa Okla (21 whites & 60 blacks killed)
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01 Jun 1921
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Tulsa race riot: Civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
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03 Jun 1921
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A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado
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06 Jun 1921
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Southwark Bridge in London is opened to traffic by King George V and Queen Mary. |
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08 Jun 1921
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Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4pm
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10 Jun 1921
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Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath)
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11 Jun 1921
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53rd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Grey Lag wins in 2:16.8
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11 Jun 1921
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Brazil adopts women suffrage
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13 Jun 1921
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Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs beating Tigers 11-8
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15 Jun 1921
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Bessie Coleman reaches France as US 1st black pilot
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19 Jun 1921
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event
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Census in Great-Britain
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19 Jun 1921
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Turk and Christian of Palestine sign a friendship treaty against Jews
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20 Jun 1921
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11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)
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20 Jun 1921
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Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike. |
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20 Jun 1921
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29.2 cm (11.5") of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)
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22 Jun 1921
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Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2)
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25 Jun 1921
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56th British Golf Open: Jock Hutchison shoots a 296 at St. Andrews
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25 Jun 1921
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Charlie McCartney scores 300 in 205 minutes Aust vs. Notts
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25 Jun 1921
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Jack Hutchinson becomes 1st American to win golf's British Open
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28 Jun 1921
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Serbian King Alexander I proclaimed the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution. |
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29 Jun 1921
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34th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (62 60)
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30 Jun 1921
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U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States. |
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01 Jul 1921
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The Communist Party of China is founded. |
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02 Jul 1921
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41st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Tilden beats B Norton (46 26 61 60 75)
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02 Jul 1921
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World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Imperial Germany. |
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10 Jul 1921
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Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
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11 Jul 1921
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A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect. |
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11 Jul 1921
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The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic. |
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11 Jul 1921
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Former President of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices. |
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11 Jul 1921
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Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)
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12 Jul 1921
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Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs
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12 Jul 1921
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Indians (9) andYankees (7) combine for an AL record 16 doubles
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14 Jul 1921
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Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Mass, of
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18 Jul 1921
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Black Sox trial begins in Chicago
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21 Jul 1921
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event
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Indians (9) & Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles
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22 Jul 1921
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25th US Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia Country Club - Maryland
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23 Jul 1921
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Chinese communist party forms under Henk Sneevliet
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23 Jul 1921
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Edward Gourdin of the US, sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4"
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27 Jul 1921
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2nd government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms
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27 Jul 1921
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Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolates insulin at University of Toronto
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29 Jul 1921
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New rules of language assumed (equal rights Flemings / Walen Belgium)
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29 Jul 1921
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party. |
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02 Aug 1921
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Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox
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03 Aug 1921
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event
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1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
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03 Aug 1921
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event
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Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball
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03 Aug 1921
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Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court. |
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05 Aug 1921
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1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pittsburgh)
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05 Aug 1921
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Treaty of Berlin: US and Germany sign separate peace treaty
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06 Aug 1921
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Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins
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07 Aug 1921
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Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world champ sprinter
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10 Aug 1921
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FDR stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello
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14 Aug 1921
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Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia). |
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19 Aug 1921
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Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits
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20 Aug 1921
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event
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35th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62)
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22 Aug 1921
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J Edgar Hoover becomes Assistant Director of FBI
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24 Aug 1921
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Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece
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24 Aug 1921
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event
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British airship R-38 crashes in Humber, 44 die
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25 Aug 1921
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US signs peace treaty with Germany
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25 Aug 1921
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Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record
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27 Aug 1921
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event
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J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise
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28 Aug 1921
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2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels & Paris)
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28 Aug 1921
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event
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Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games
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01 Sep 1921
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event
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Nederlander Theater opens at 208 W 41 St. NYC (Billy Rose, Trafalgar)
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03 Sep 1921
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event
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16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
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03 Sep 1921
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event
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KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
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05 Sep 1921
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event
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Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287
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05 Sep 1921
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event
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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community. |
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07 Sep 1921
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event
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In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held. |
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07 Sep 1921
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event
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The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland. |
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08 Sep 1921
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event
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1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC)
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08 Sep 1921
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event
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16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America. |
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11 Sep 1921
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event
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Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan to colonize Palestine and creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel. |
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15 Sep 1921
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event
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Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Alcohol Paraclitus
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15 Sep 1921
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event
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WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions
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21 Sep 1921
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Pope Benedictus XV donates 1 million lire to feed Russians
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21 Sep 1921
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A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people. |
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21 Sep 1921
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Gas generator explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany
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22 Sep 1921
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Estonia and Lithuania admitted to League of Nations
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22 Sep 1921
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event
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Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St, New York City
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26 Sep 1921
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event
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Yankee Ruth hits HRs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7
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27 Sep 1921
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event
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Yanks beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds
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28 Sep 1921
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event
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4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood Country Club - Far Rockaway, New York
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29 Sep 1921
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event
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Pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL
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01 Oct 1921
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event
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WJZ, Newark New Jersey begins broadcasting
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02 Oct 1921
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event
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New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR
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04 Oct 1921
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League of Nations refuses to assist starving Russians
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05 Oct 1921
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event
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1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0
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05 Oct 1921
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event
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Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect
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05 Oct 1921
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event
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Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time. |
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06 Oct 1921
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event
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Century Theater opens at 7th Ave and 59th St. NYC (demolished 1962)
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06 Oct 1921
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event
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Fewest hits in World Series Game, 5, Yanks (3) beat Giants (2), 3-0
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08 Oct 1921
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event
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KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game. |
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10 Oct 1921
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event
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NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10
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13 Oct 1921
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event
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New York Giants beat the New York Yankees, 5 games to 3 in 18th World Series
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13 Oct 1921
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The Soviet republics of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia sign the Treaty of Kars with the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to establish the contemporary borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states. |
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16 Oct 1921
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Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, and Bill Piercy defy Landis ban on World Series
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16 Oct 1921
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Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history
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18 Oct 1921
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The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. |
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19 Oct 1921
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Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup. |
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21 Oct 1921
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Tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam
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21 Oct 1921
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President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South. |
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21 Oct 1921
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George Melford's silent film, The Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino, premiers. |
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23 Oct 1921
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Green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis
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26 Oct 1921
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The Chicago Theatre opens. |
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26 Oct 1921
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Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia
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29 Oct 1921
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The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed. |
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29 Oct 1921
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Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in the United States of America. |
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29 Oct 1921
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The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football. |
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31 Oct 1921
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Federation Sportive Feminine International forms (1st Woman Track & Field Association)
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01 Nov 1921
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National Birth Control League & Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League
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04 Nov 1921
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The Sturmabteilung or SA, whose members were known as "brownshirts", physically assault Adolf Hitler's opposition after his speech in Munich. |
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04 Nov 1921
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Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo. |
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04 Nov 1921
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The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome. |
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09 Nov 1921
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Partito Nazionalista Fascista, forms in Italy by Mussolini
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11 Nov 1921
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President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier (Arlington Cemetary)
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11 Nov 1921
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President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier
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12 Nov 1921
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Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments
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13 Nov 1921
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"Sheik, " starring Rudolph Valentino, is released
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13 Nov 1921
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"The Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released
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13 Nov 1921
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US, France, Japan & British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
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15 Nov 1921
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KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
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23 Nov 1921
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President Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
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28 Nov 1921
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Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bah
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01 Dec 1921
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1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight
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01 Dec 1921
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US Post Office establishes philatelic agency
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03 Dec 1921
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9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0
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04 Dec 1921
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The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle ends in a hung jury. |
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06 Dec 1921
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Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland
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06 Dec 1921
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The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives. |
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07 Dec 1921
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KWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions
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08 Dec 1921
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Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty
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20 Dec 1921
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American League votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while National League votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7
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21 Dec 1921
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Supreme Court rules labor injunctions & picketing unconstitutional
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23 Dec 1921
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Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated. |
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29 Dec 1921
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William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian Prime Minister
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31 Dec 1921
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Last San Francisco firehorses retired
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