Events in year of 1921
- 01-021st religious service radio broadcast in US, KDKA-Pittsburgh
- 01-02DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens
- 01-03Turkey makes peace with Armenia
- 01-12Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
- 01-19Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sign Pact of Union
- 01-20British submarine K5 leaves with man and mouse
- 01-20Dagestan ASSR forms in RSFSR
- 01-20Mountain Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR
- 01-20Turkey declared in remnants of Ottoman Empire
- 01-26Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms
- 01-26Toronto St. Pat Corb Denneny scores 6 goals vs. Hamilton Tigers
- 01-29Hurricane hits Washington and Oregon
- 02-05Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium
- 02-06"The Kid, " starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, released
- 02-11Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th St, New York City
- 02-12Soviet troops invade Georgia (theirs, not ours)
- 02-12Winston Churchill becomes British, Minister of Colonies
- 02-14Canadian 5 cent nickel coin is authorized
- 02-14Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses, " New York
- 02-18British troops occupy Dublin
- 02-20Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran
- 02-231st US transcontinental air mail flight arrives in NYC from San Francisco
- 02-241st transcontinental flight in 24 hour flying time arrives in Florida
- 02-25Georgian SSR proclaimed
- 02-27US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
- 02-27US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
- 03-01Rwanda ceded to England
- 03-01Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia
- 03-04Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas
- 03-06Police in Sunbury Penn issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
People born in year of 1921
- 01-03John Russell: Los Angeles, California -- Actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo)
- 01-06Cary Middlecoff: Golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award)
- 01-06Lou Harris: Pollster (Lou Harris Poll)
- 01-07John Lanigan: Tenor
- 01-09Seymour Barab: Composer
- 01-12John Henry Davis, Jr.: Smithtown, New York -- Weightlifter (1948, 52 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-12Leo Smit: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Pianist / composer
- 01-14Charles Gaupp: German / Dutch painter
- 01-14Mark Lawrence: Washington, DC -- Pianist (Alice Pearce)
- 01-17Dehl Berti: Pueblo, Colorado -- Actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise)
- 01-18Bruce Woodcock: Boxer
- 01-19Patricia Highsmith [Plangman]: US / Swiss writer (Strangers on a Train)
- 01-20Bernt Engelmann: Germany -- Writer
- 01-21Barney Clark: 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart
- 01-21John Doucette: Brockton, Massachusetts -- Actor (Lock Up, Big Town)
- 01-21Todor Popov: Composer
- 01-22Andre Hodeir: Composer
- 01-24Bernard J Dwyer: (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1981- )
- 01-25Alfred Reed: Composer
- 01-25Russell Reading Braddon: Australian author
- 01-26Akio Morita: Kasugaya, Japan -- CEO (Sony)
- 01-26Frantisek Chaun: Composer
- 01-26Johannes Driessler: Composer
- 01-27Donna Reed: Denison, Iowa -- (From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life)
- 01-28Alfred Marks: Actor / comedian (Desert Mice, Scream & Scream Again)
- 01-30Bernie Leighton: West Haven, Connecticut -- Orchestra leader (Chance of a Lifetime)
- 01-31John Agar: Chicago, Illinois -- Actor (Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima)
- 01-31Mario Lanza: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Actor / singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans)
- 02-01Peter Sallis: Actor (Tast the Blood of Dracula)
- 02-05John M Pritchard: London, England -- Conductor
People died in year of 1921
- 01-02Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg: German chancellor / Prime Minister (Prussia), dies at 64
- 01-07Benno Erdmann: German philosopher (Logik I), dies at 69
- 01-08Luis Villalba Munoz: Composer, dies at 48
- 01-18Adolf von Hildebrand: German sculptor, dies at 73
- 01-23Wlasyslaw Zelenski: Composer, dies at 83
- 01-25Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych: Composer, dies at 43
- 02-02Luigi Mancinelli: Composer, dies at 72
- 02-03Max Wilhelm Zach: Composer, dies at 56
- 02-04Xavier Mellery: Belgian Painter / illustrator, dies at 75
- 02-07Peter Kropotkin: Russ Prince / geologist / revolut anarchist, dies at 78
- 02-08Pjotr A Kropotkin: Russian ruler / anarchist, dies at 78
- 02-13Willem P C Knuttel: Dutch bibliography / librarian, dies at 67
- 02-15Hans Haym: Composer, dies at 60
- 02-26Carl Menger: Austrian economist, dies at 81
- 03-01Nicholas Petrovic Njegos: King of Montenegro (1910-18), dies at 79
- 03-03Petrus Cuypers: Architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93
- 03-11Sherburne W Burnham: US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83
- 03-21"Big Jim" Colisimo: US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
- 03-24Deodat de Severac: Composer, dies at 48
- 04-05Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock: Dutch Composer (Missa), dies at 58
- 04-08Earnest von Possart: German actor / stage manager
- 04-11Augusta Victoria: Queen of Prussia / Wife of Emperor Wilhelm II
- 04-18Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire: Actor (Inkwartiering), dies at 70
- 05-01Louis Campbell-Tipton: Composer, dies at 43
- 05-05Alfred H Fried: Austrian / German pacifist (Nobel 1911)
- 05-12Emilia Pardo Bazan: Spanish writer (La sirena negra)
- 05-22Marie E Wilton: Writer
- 05-28Geo Mestdagh: Belgian aviation pioneer
- 06-05Georges Feydeau: French playwright (Chat and Poche), dies at 58
- 06-18Herman Baccaert: Flemish philological / writer (Kantkennis), dies at 37
Events in year of 1922
- 01-01Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road
- 01-031st living person identified on a US coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar
- 01-09KQV-AM in Pittsburgh PA begins radio transmissions
- 01-09Rotterdam metal strike ends
- 01-11Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)
- 01-13Buck Weaver, a Black Sox, applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement
- 01-13Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended
- 01-13WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions
- 01-15Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st Premier
- 01-19Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years
- 01-24Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)
- 01-24Lehman Caves National Monument established
- 01-28American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League"
- 01-28J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL
- 01-29Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved
- 01-30Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over New South Wales
- 01-30World Law Day, 1st celebrated
- 02-02It was 2:22:22 on 2 / 2 / 22
- 02-04WGY-AM in Schenectady New York begins radio transmissions
- 02-06Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI
- 02-06US, UK, France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation
- 02-08Radio arrives at the White House
- 02-09Italian government of Bonomi falls
- 02-09Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
- 02-11"April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1
- 02-11US intervention army leaves Honduras
- 02-15Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex
- 02-18Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball
- 02-18WOC-AM in Davenport IA begins radio transmissions
- 02-19Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer
People born in year of 1922
- 01-01Ernest F Hollings: (Sen-D-South Carolina, 1966- )
- 01-02Jason Evers: NYC, New York -- Actor (Wrangler, Channing)
- 01-02Nico Schuyt: Composer
- 01-02Renata Tebaldi: Pesaro, Italy -- Lyric soprano
- 01-03Bill Travers: Newcastle-on-Tyne, England -- Actor (Born Free, Gorgo)
- 01-03Morten Nielsen: Denmark -- Poet / resistance fighter
- 01-04Frank Wess: Flutist / saxophonist / composer
- 01-06Finn Einar Mortensen: Composer
- 01-07Jean-Pierre [Louis] Rampal: Marseilles, France -- Flautist
- 01-07Vincent Gardenia: Naples, Italy -- Actor (All in the Family, LA Law)
- 01-08Abbey Simon: NYC, New York -- Pianist
- 01-09Har G Khorana: India -- Canada bio-chemist (Nobel 1968)
- 01-11Kathleen Byron: London, England -- Actress (Abdication, Profile, 4 Days)
- 01-11Neville Duke: English test pilot
- 01-18Constance Moore: Sioux City, Iowa -- Actress (Window on Main Street)
- 01-18Yehezkiel Braun: Composer
- 01-19Guy Madison [Robert Moseley]: California, United States -- Actor (Wild Bill Hickok)
- 01-19Ken Hughes: Liverpool, England -- Director (Casino Royale)
- 01-20Lord James Hanson: English industrialist / House of Lords (Conservative)
- 01-20Ray Anthony: Pennsylvania, United States -- Orchestra leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme)
- 01-21Jean P Vroom: Dutch sculptor
- 01-21Paul Scofield: Hurst, England -- Actor (Man for All Seasons, Train)
- 01-22Howard Moss: Poet / editor (New Yorker)
- 01-24Neil Franklin: Soccer star
- 01-25Jules P de Palm: Antilles writer
- 01-25Raymond Baxter: British TV host / author (Fast Lady)
- 01-26Michael Bentine: England, United Kingdom -- Author / comedian (Reluctant Jester)
- 01-27Wilfrid Bourne: QC / Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
- 01-30Pal Jardanyi: Composer
- 01-31Michael Wilford: Diplomat
People died in year of 1922
- 01-05Ernest H Shackleton: British South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47
- 01-07Antonio Scontrino: Composer, dies at 71
- 01-08Charles R Young: Colonel, dies at 58 in Lagos, Nigeria
- 01-22Benedictus XV [Giacomo Markies D Chiesa]: Pope (1914-22), dies at 67
- 01-26Luigi Denza: Composer, dies at 75
- 01-31Heinrich Reinhardt: Composer, dies at 56
- 02-01William Desmond Taylor: Director / actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49
- 02-05James William Tate: Composer, dies at 46
- 02-11Gerardus J P Bolland: Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67
- 02-15Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann: German / Dutch anarchist / feminist, dies at 36
- 02-24Dmitri B Shostakovitch: Father of Russian Composer Dmitri D S
- 02-28Vicente Lleo: Composer, dies at 51
- 03-04Bert Williams: Famous black, dies at 46 in New York City
- 03-10Arthur Hervey: Composer, dies at 67
- 03-10Horace Wadham Nicholl: Composer, dies at 73
- 03-22Louis A Ranvier: French anatomist / historian, dies at 86
- 03-27Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov: Composer, dies at 63
- 04-01Charles I: Emperor (Austria) / King of Hungary (Charles IV)
- 04-05Charles F A Woeste: Belgian count / Minister of Justice, dies at 85
- 04-12Frantisek Ondricek: Composer, dies at 64
- 04-24Richard Batka: Composer, dies at 53
- 04-26Hans Sommer: Composer, dies at 84
- 04-30David M Chumaceiro: Curacaos poet
- 05-19Heinrich I Quincke: German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79
- 05-28Carl Tieke: Composer, dies at 58
- 05-29Jevgeni B Vachtangov: Armenian / Russian actor / director, dies at 39
- 05-30David Mendes Chumaceiro: Curacaos Poet (Adelfas), dies at 45
- 06-04William Halse Rivers: British psychologist / anthropologist
- 06-06Lillian Russell: Entertainer, dies at 60
- 06-09Albert Baertsoen: Flemish Painter / etcher, dies at 56
Events in year of 1923
- 01-01Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established
- 01-02Ku Klux Klan surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood Florida, 8 killed (compensation awarded in 1995)
- 01-041st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Ft Worth Texas)
- 01-07Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan
- 01-08Typography strike in Amsterdam
- 01-09Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro (helicopter) flight, Spain
- 01-10Last US troops leave Rhineland (Germany)
- 01-10Lithuania seizes and annexes country of Memel
- 01-111st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg & Kurt Schwitters)
- 01-11French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations
- 01-17Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
- 01-181st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies
- 01-19WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions
- 01-23Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th)
- 01-24Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM established
- 01-281st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich
- 01-28Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent
- 01-28NSDAP 1st election in Munich
- 01-291st flight of autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain)
- 02-01Allied ultimatum on Lithuanian occupation of Memel
- 02-01Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini
- 02-02Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio
- 02-02US signs friendship treaty with Central American countries
- 02-05General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar
- 02-05Mass arrests of socialists and communists in Italy
- 02-08Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
- 02-08German NSDAP Volkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily
- 02-09Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms
- 02-10Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard Ink Company
- 02-10SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied
People born in year of 1923
- 01-01Chalmers Goodlin: US test pilot (XS-1)
- 01-01Milton Jackson: United States -- Vibraphonist (Milt of Bags)
- 01-03Dragutin Gostuski: Composer
- 01-03Jaroslav Hasek: Czechoslovakia -- Writer (Good Soldier Schweyk)
- 01-04Flavio Testi: Composer
- 01-05Robert L Bernstein: NYC, New York -- Publisher (Random House)
- 01-05Sam Phillips: Musician / record founder (Sun)
- 01-06Leah Chase: Master chef, in the creole tradition
- 01-07Charles Russell Woolen: Composer
- 01-08Giorgio Tozzi: Chicago, Illinois -- Basso
- 01-08Iva Michiels [Rik Ceuppens]: Flemish writer (Ksiega Alfa)
- 01-08Joseph Wiezenbaum: Artificial intelligence pioneer
- 01-10Ingeborg Drewitz: Writer
- 01-13Danil Shafran: Cellist
- 01-13Jack Watling: London, England -- Actor (Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart)
- 01-15Lee Teng-hui: President of ROC (Taiwan), head of KMT (1988- )
- 01-16Martin Stokken: Norway -- Nordic relay (1952 Olympics - Silver Medalist)
- 01-16Roy Lanham: Rocker (Sons of the Pioneers)
- 01-16Willem Aantjes: Dutch politicial leader (CDA)
- 01-17Onno Molenkamp: Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift)
- 01-21Judith Merril [Josephine Juliet Grossman]: Sci-fi writer
- 01-22Diana Douglas: Devonshire, Bermuda -- Actress (The Cowboys)
- 01-22Friedrich Zehm: Composer
- 01-22Leslie Bassett: Composer
- 01-23Florence Halop: Queens -- Actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere)
- 01-23Horace Ashenfelter: United States -- 3000m steeplechase (1952 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-23Walter M[ichael] Miller, Jr.: United States -- Sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars)
- 01-24Simeon ten Holt: Composer
- 01-25Eva Zeller: Writer
- 01-26Anne Jeffreys: North Carolina, United States -- Actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital)
People died in year of 1923
- 01-02Sam Carter: Black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK
- 01-03Jaroslav Hasek: Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39
- 01-11Constantine I: King of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54
- 01-18Wallace Reid: Actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31
- 02-06Edward E Barnard: US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65
- 02-10Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen: Physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 77
- 02-15Josephine B Willson Bruce: US black theorist, dies at 69
- 02-19Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido: Composer, dies at 68
- 02-27Charles Francis Abdy Williams: Composer, dies at 67
- 03-08Johannes S van der Waals: Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85
- 03-26Sarah Bernhardt [Henriette]: Actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77
- 04-04L Martov [Joulij O Tsederbaum]: Russ revolutionary, dies at 49
- 04-09Mauritius H Binger: Director / producer (Living Ladder)
- 04-19Thomas Paine Westendorf: Composer, dies at 75
- 05-10Vaslav Vorovsky: Russian delegate, assassinated
- 05-20Hans Goldschmidt: German chemist
- 05-30Camille Chevillard: Composer, dies at 63
- 06-05George H Breitner: Impressionist painter, dies at 65
- 06-10Pierre Loti [Julien Viaud]: French sea officer / writer
- 06-15Alexander Stamboeliski: Premier Bulgaria (1919-23)
- 06-20Joseph Leopold Rockel: Composer, dies at 85
- 06-29Fritz Mauthner: German Author / philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73
- 06-29Gustave Adolph Kerker: Composer, dies at 66
- 06-30Claude Antoine Terrasse: Composer, dies at 56
- 07-04Florimond Fonteyne: Flemish priest / politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67
- 07-14Louis Ganne: Composer, dies at 61
- 07-16Louis M A Couperus: Poet / writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60
- 07-20Pancho Villa [Doroteo Arango]: Mexican rebel, murdered at 55
- 08-02Warren Harding: 29th President (1921-23), dies at 57 in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco
- 08-07Hendrik Pierson: Dutch Theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89