WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1921
Find out what all happened July to December 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)

A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect. (11. July 1921)

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

The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives. (6. December 1921)

The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic. (11. July 1921)

Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party. (29. July 1921)

The Chicago Theatre opens. (26. October 1921)

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

Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated. (23. December 1921)

Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar. (27. July 1921)

The Communist Party of Spain is founded. (14. November 1921)

The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali (leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire) as King Faisal I of Iraq. (27. August 1921)

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. (11. July 1921)

Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia). (14. August 1921)

The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle ends in a hung jury. (4. December 1921)

The Communist Party of China is founded. (1. July 1921)

The Sturmabteilung or SA, whose members were known as "brownshirts", physically assault Adolf Hitler's opposition after his speech in Munich. (4. November 1921)

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

Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time. (5. October 1921)

Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup. (19. October 1921)

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