What Happened In July 1921 In History

Historical Events for July, 1921

• 1st » The Communist Party of China is founded.
• 2nd » World War I: President of the United States called U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Imperial Germany.
• 11th » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
• 11th » Former President of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the United States or Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States known as U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
• 27th » Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
• 29th » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party or National Socialist German Workers Party.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1921

• 1st » Seretse Khama, Batswana politician, 1st President of Botswana (d. 1980)
• 3rd » Susan Peters, American actress (d. 1952)
• 3rd » François Reichenbach, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
• 4th » Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize in Economics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 4th » Philip Rose (theatrical producer) called Philip Rose, American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011)
• 4th » Tibor Varga (violinist) called Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003)
• 5th » Viktor Kulikov, Russian marshal (d. 2013)
• 6th » Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 6th » Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States
• 6th » F. Michael Rogers, American general (d. 2014)
• 7th » Ezzard Charles, American boxer (d. 1975)
• 7th » Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996)
• 9th » David C. Jones, American general (d. 2013)
• 10th » Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the Smiley (d. 2001)
• 10th » Jeff Donnell, American actress (d. 1988)
• 10th » Jake LaMotta, American boxer and actor
• 10th » Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (d. 2009)
• 11th » Ilse Werner, Dutch-German actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 12th » Bram Bogart, Dutch born Belgian painter (d. 2012)
• 12th » Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player
• 13th » Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 13th » Ernest Gold (composer) known as Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (d. 1999)
• 13th » Friedrich Peter, Austrian politician (d. 2005)
• 14th » Sixto Durán Ballén, American-Ecuadorian politician, 48th President of Ecuador
• 14th » Leon Garfield, English author (d. 1996)
• 14th » Armand Gaudreault, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 14th » Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
• 15th » Jack Beeson, American composer (d. 2010)
• 15th » Henri Colpi, Swiss-French director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 15th » Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
• 17th » George Barnes (musician) e.g George Barnes, American guitarist, producer, and songwriter (The Three Suns) (d. 1977)
• 17th » Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (d. 1955)
• 17th » Mary Osborne, American guitarist (d. 1992)
• 17th » Robert V. Remini, American historian and author (d. 2013)
• 17th » Toni Stone, American baseball player (d. 1996)
• 17th » František Zvarík, Slovakian actor (d. 2008)
• 18th » Peter Austin, English brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery (d. 2014)
• 18th » Aaron T. Beck, American psychiatrist and educator
• 18th » John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician
• 18th » Richard Leacock, English-French director and producer (d. 2011)
• 19th » Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (d. 2013)
• 19th » Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
• 20th » Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 21st » James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author (d. 2000)
• 22nd » William V. Roth, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
• 23rd » Calvert DeForest, American actor (d. 2007)
• 24th » Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor (d. 2008)
• 24th » Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
• 25th » Adolph Herseth, American trumpet player (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) (d. 2013)
• 25th » Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (d. 1965)
• 26th » Tom Saffell, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
• 26th » Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 27th » Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (d. 2013)
• 27th » Émile Genest, Canadian-American actor (d. 2003)
• 29th » Richard Egan (actor) named Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)
• 29th » Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 30th » Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (d. 2005)
• 31st » Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International (d. 2005)
• 31st » Donald Malarkey, American sergeant
• 31st » Whitney Young, American activist (d. 1971)

Famous Deaths for July 1921

• 3rd » James Mitchel, Irish-American weight thrower (b. 1864)
• 13th » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

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