Today in History for November 1921

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 16 of 16

1st - National Birth Control League & Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League
2nd - Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," premieres in NYC
4th - The Sturmabteilung or SA is formally formed by Adolf Hitler
4th - Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
7th - Ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in NYC
9th - Partito Nazionalista Fascista, forms in Italy by Mussolini
11th - Pres Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier (Arlington Cemetary)
12th - Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments
13th - "Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released
13th - US, France, Japan & British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
14th - The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
15th - KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
23rd - Pres Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
28th - Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha (Baha'i festival-Qawl 6, 78)
29th - Coldest day in Nov in Netherlands -14.0°C
29th - Z Parenteau & Schuyler Green's musical "Kiki," premieres in NYC

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 45 of 45

1st - Ilse Aichinger, Austria, author
1st - Jan Tausinger, composer
1st - John Willard Peterson, composer
2nd - Fernando Correia de Oliveira, composer
2nd - Willaim D Schaefer, Maryland, (Gov-D-Md)
2nd - Shepard Menken, American voice actor (d. 1999)
2nd - Bill Mosienko, National Hockey League player (d. 1994)
3rd - Charles Bronson, Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, actor (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, Dirty Dozen), (d. 2003)
4th - Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer
5th - Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt)
5th - Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran
6th - Geoff Rabone, cricketer (gifted all-rounder for NZ in 1950's)
6th - James Jones, Robinson Ill, novelist (From Here to Eternity)
8th - Douglas Townsend, composer
8th - Gene Saks, NY, actor/director (One & Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave)
8th - Jerome Hines, [Heinz], Hollywood California, basso (I am The Way)
9th - Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor
9th - Silvio O Conte, (Rep-R-MA, 1959- )
9th - Viktor Chukarin, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
Actor Charles Bronson (3rd) 9th - Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano
11th - Terrell Bell, American politician (d. 1996)
12th - Robert Fleming, composer
13th - Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist
13th - Joonas Kokkonen, composer
13th - Yoshiro Irino, composer
14th - Brian Keith, Bayonne NJ, actor (Bill-Family Affair, Loneliest Runner)
17th - Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter
18th - Peter Pocklington, NHL team owner (Edmonton Oiler)
19th - Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodger catcher (NL MVP 1951/53/55) (d. 1993)
19th - Peter Ruckman, American Baptist minister
20th - Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Fort Worth), (d. 2012)
20th - Jim Garrison, American district attorney and judge (d. 1992)
21st - Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist (Mozart/Bartok)
21st - Vivian Blaine, Newark NJ, actress (Guys & Dolls, Skirts Ahoy)
22nd - Rodney Dangerfield, [John Cohen], Babylon NY, comedian (Caddyshack)
22nd - Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003)
23rd - Hein J Roethof, lawyer/Dutch MP (PvdA)
23rd - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)
24th - Joe "Ducky" Medwick, baseball player
24th - John V Lindsay, (Mayor-R/D-NY, 1965-73)
26th - Francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984
26th - Verghese Kurien, Calicut, British India, engineer (billion-litre idea), (d.2012)
27th - Alexander Dubcek, headed Czech Communist Party (1968-69)
27th - Ole Sarvig, Danish writer/critic (Limbo, Glem Ikke)
29th - Dagmar, American television personality (d. 2001)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

4th - Takasji Hara, premier of Japan, murdered
8th - Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (b. 1849)
12th - Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63
17th - John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies
17th - Pa Chay Vue, Hmong Nationalist
27th - Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician]] (b. 1854)
28th - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1844)
29th - Ivan Caryll, composer (Pink Lady), dies at 60