Today in History for September 1921

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 20 of 20

1st - Nederlander Theater opens at 208 W 41 St NYC (Billy Rose, Trafalgar)
3rd - 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
3rd - KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
5th - Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287
7th - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
8th - 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC)
8th - Mary Gorman (Wash DC), 16, crowned 1st Miss America [or 9/14]
11th - Nahalal, the first moshav in Israel, is settled.
15th - Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Alcohol Paraclitus
15th - WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions
19th - 41st US Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 63 61)
21st - Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die
21st - Pope Benedictus XV donates 1 million lire to feed Russians
21st - Oppau explosion, a storage silo at a fertilizer producing plant exploded in Oppau, Germany, 500—600 killed.
22nd - Estonia & Lithuania admitted to League of Nations
22nd - Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St NYC
26th - Yankee Ruth hits HRs 57 & 58 to beat Indians 8-7
27th - Yanks beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds
28th - 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY
29th - Pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 39 of 39

1st - Matt Higgins Doran, composer
1st - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (Mandarins on Sulfuric Acid)
3rd - Marguerite Higgins, American reporter and war correspondent, Pulitzer prize winner (d. 1966)
3rd - Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
5th - Jack Valenti, Pres (Motion Picture Association of America)
6th - Robert Millar, journalist
6th - Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (d. 2004)
6th - Norman Joseph Woodland, Atlantic City, New Jersey, inventor (barcode), (d. 2012)
7th - Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 - 2000)
8th - Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia)
8th - Harry Secombe, Swansea Wales, actor (Down Among the "Z" Men)
9th - Andrzej Dobrowolski, composer
10th - Cornelis A H Wagtho, student/resistance fighter
11th - Edwin Richfield, British Actor (d. 1990)
12th - Frank McGee, Monroe La, news anchor (NBC Evening News)
12th - Stanislaw Lem, Poland, sci-fi author (Solaris, Invincible)
12th - Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (d. 2006)
14th - Hughes Rudd, TV newscaster (CBS/ABC)
15th - Jackie Cooper, LA California, actor/director (Hennesey, People's Choice)
15th - Jan Frank Fischer, composer
15th - Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001)
16th - Dusty Hughers, playwright
16th - Fritz Geissler, composer
16th - John Hendricks, lyricist singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)
16th - William Johnston, Chaplain to Queen of Scotland
17th - Virgilio Barco Vargas, president of Colombia (1986-90)
19th - Billy Ward, US songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger (Dominoes)
19th - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator & writer (d. 1997)
20th - Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian
24th - Jim McKay, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports)
24th - Leonard Overton, British glider pilot (Arnhem 1944)
24th - Leonardo Lopez Salzedo, composer
25th - Remy C, de Kerckhove, Flemish poet
25th - Robert Muldoon, premier NZ (1975-84)/chairman (IMF)
27th - D E Nineham, theologian
28th - Ilhan Usmanbas, composer
29th - Miklos Jancso, Vac Hungry, director (Muzsika, Aube, Pacifist)
30th - Deborah Kerr, Helensburg Scotland, actress (King & I, Night of Iguana)
30th - Eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

3rd - American author and journalist Ernest Hemingway (22) marries 1st wife Hadley Richardson (29)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

2nd - Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (b. 1840)
2nd - Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-born oil pioneer (b. 1855)
7th - Alfred William Rich, watercolor painter (b. 1856)
11th - Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil poet (b. 1882)
13th - Italo Svevo, writer, dies at 59
13th - Ludwig-Alexander von Battenberg [Mountbatten], adm (WW I), dies at 67
15th - Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russ baron/general, dies
27th - Engelbert Humperdinck, Ger opera composer (Schneewittchen), dies at 67
30th - Oskar Panizza, writer, dies at 77