Today in History for October 1921

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 23 of 23

1st - WJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting
2nd - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR
4th - League of Nations refuses to assist starving Russians
4th - Riccardo Zanella becomes first elected president of Free State of Fiume.
5th - 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0
5th - Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect
6th - Century Theater opens at 7th Ave & 59th St NYC (demolished 1962)
6th - Fewest hits in World Series Game, 5, Yanks (3) beat Giants (2), 3-0
6th - International PEN is founded in London.
9th - Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
10th - NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10
13th - NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 5 games to 3 in 18th World Series
16th - Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, & Bill Piercy defy Landis ban on World Series
16th - Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history
17th - Belgium's public library law goes into force
19th - Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup.
21st - Tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam
23rd - Green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis
23rd - Leos Janacek's opera "Kat'a Kabanova," premieres in Brno
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 26th - Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia
28th - Amsterdam's Tuschinski movie theater opens
29th - The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
31st - Federation Sportive Feminine Intl forms (1st woman track & field association)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 41 of 41

1st - James Whitmore, White Plains NY, actor (Give 'em Hell Harry)
2nd - A Scott Crossfield, US Test pilot (XS-1)
2nd - Robert Runcie, [Kennedy], Liverpool England, Archbishop of Canterbury
3rd - Ray Lindwall, cricketer (Australian fast bowler & St George full-back)
5th - Bill Willis, AAFC, NFL guard (Cleveland Browns)
6th - Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)
7th - John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian (Pre-Raphaelite painter)
8th - Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
9th - Michel Boisrond, French film director (d. 2002)
10th - "Boy" [FHP] Trip, Dutch minister
12th - Jaroslav Drobny, Czech, hockey (Oly-gold-1948), tennis (Wimb-1954)
13th - Harper MacKay, Boston Mass, orchestra leader (NBC Follies)
13th - Yves Montand, France, actor/singer (Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix)
15th - Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55)
15th - Gul Mahomed, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman)
16th - Linda Darnell, Dallas, Tx, actress (Unfaithfully Yours, 2nd Chance)
16th - Michael Conrad, Washington Hgts NY, actor (Delvecchio, Hill St Blues)
17th - George Mackey Brown, poet
17th - Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952)
17th - Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist (National Review)
17th - Tom Poston, Columbus Ohio, actor (Steve Allen Show, Newhart)
18th - Jesse Helms, (Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973- )
19th - George Nader, Pasadena California, actor (Robot Monster, Away All Boats)
19th - Gunnar Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)
20th - Hans Warren, Dutch writer/poet/critic (Secret Diary)
20th - Pierre Laporte, Canada, journalist/statesman (Revolution Script)
21st - Jarmil Burghauser, composer
21st - Malcolm Arnold, Northampton Engld, composer (Bridge over River Kwai)
22nd - Georges Brassens, French poet/cabaret singer
22nd - Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (d. 1986)
23rd - Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus)
25th - Brian Malzard Foss, psychologist
25th - Michael I, King of Romania (1927-30, 40-47)
26th - George Houston, land economist
26th - George Forrest, Northern Irish MP (d. 1968)
27th - Anestis Logothetis, composer
27th - Warren Allen Smith, American encyclopedist
28th - Peggy Kirk Bell, LPGA golfer
29th - Bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts)
29th - Ed Kemmer, Reading Pa, actor (Buzz Corey-Space Patrol)
29th - William Henry Mauldin, NM, political cartoonist (Pulitzer-1945, 59)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 4 of 4

17th - Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45
18th - King Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
19th - Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered
23rd - John B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81

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