WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1921
Find out what all happened January to October 1921

George Melford's silent film, The Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino, premiers. (21. October 1921)

President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep south. (21. October 1921)

The Young Communist League of Czechoslovakia is founded. (20. February 1921)

The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland. (7. September 1921)

Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia. (9. January 1921)

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held. (7. September 1921)

A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people. (21. September 1921)

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. (29. October 1921)

Mongolia is proclaimed an independent monarchy, ruled by Russian military officer Roman von Ungern-Sternberg as a dictator. (13. March 1921)

U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States. (30. June 1921)

The second Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Union. (18. March 1921)

The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur. (25. August 1921)

Belfast's Bloody Sunday: 16 people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (10. July 1921)

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. (31. May 1921)

KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game. (8. October 1921)

The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the RSFSR. (18. October 1921)

Serbian King Alexander I proclaimed the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution. (28. June 1921)

Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki. (15. February 1921)

The Second Republic of Poland adopts the March Constitution. (17. March 1921)

The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna. (27. February 1921)

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