The Year 1921 News, Events, Technology and Popular Culture

Technology 1921

• More and more tests and advancements are being made in 1921 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.

• Albert Einstein receives the Nobel Prize in Physics.

What News 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 (as Southern Ireland).

• Franklin D. Roosevelt, at 39 years old, contracts Polio.

• Ellis Island is placed under quarantine on May 18th due to Typhus Outbreak.

• Sleeping Sickness claims nearly 1,000 lives in the US.

• The Emergency Quota Actis passed into law on May 19th which limits the number of immigrants admitted into the USA.

• Coco Chanel introduces "Chanel No. 5".

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

• The Chicago White Sox Baseball team is accused of throwing the World Series.

• Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery.

• Iowa becomes the first state to impose a cigarette tax on April 11th .

• Flash Floods strike Pueblo County in Colorado.

• Ku Klux Clan activities become violent throughout the Southern United States.

• One of the worst famines in modern times, killing tens of thousands, grips Russia due to the failure of crops.

From Our Fashion Accessories From 1921 Page

From Our 1921 Fashions Page

Popular Culture

• Irving Berlin;s song "All By Myself" becomes popular.

• Chanel Number 5 Perfume is introduced.