WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1921
Find out what all happened September to December 1921

16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America. (8. September 1921)

The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome. (4. November 1921)

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. (11. September 1921)

The Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF), National Fascist Party, comes into existence. (9. November 1921)

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

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

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. (13. October 1921)

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

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

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

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

Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo. (4. November 1921)

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. (5. September 1921)

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

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

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

Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in the United States of America. (29. October 1921)

The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery. (11. November 1921)

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

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