13 events found for 1921
Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and S
At his trial for the assassination of Talaat Pasha, viewed as the main orchestrator of the Armenian genocide, Soghomon T
Soviet politician Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko authorised the use of chemical weapons against a peasant rebellion in the Ta
Bessie Coleman (pictured) became the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license from the Fédération Aér
Workers at the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in Madras, India, began a four-month strike
British Army officer Thomas Stanton Lambert was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army near Moydrum, Ireland
Irish War of Independence: Most of the village of Knockcroghery in County Roscommon was burned by British forces
Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured), the first full-length Chinese film, is released in Shanghai.
Irish War of Independence: One day after a truce was agreed between the Irish Republican Army and British forces,…
The first National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party opened in a house in Shanghai.
Adolf Hitler became leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
The Royal Navy's R.38, the world's largest airship at the time, was destroyed by a structural failure over Hull,…
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Margaret Gorman (pictured) was crowned the "Golden Mermaid", the forerunner to the Miss…