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Technology 1921

  • More and more tests and advancements are being made that will later provide the basis for television technology that will be used in millions of homes


  • With the changing needs of the airline industry and the future Boeing obtains orders for aircraft and abandons furniture-making

What Events Happened in 1921

  • Adolf Hitler becomes Chairman of the Nazi Party in his rise to power and prominence in Germany


  • The Irish Free State is Created


  • Franklin D. Roosevelt at 39 years old contracts Polio


  • Ellis Island under quarantine due to Typhus Outbreak


  • The Emergency Quota Act limits the number of immigrants admitted into the US.


  • Coco Chanel introduces "Chanel No. 5"


  • The Communist Party of China is formed with Mao Tse-tung as a founding member


  • Iowa becomes the first state to impose a cigarette tax


  • Ku Klax Clan Activities become violent Throughout Southern US


Popular Culture 1921

  • Irving Berlin song "All By Myself" becomes popular


  • Channel Number 5 Perfume introduced